English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Owlet Hurst

Other OS name in the Parish of Birstall

Historical Forms

  • Hullothirst 1669 Arm

Etymology

, 1843 O.S. , Hullothirst 1669 Arm , dial . ullet ( e.ModE  oulette ) ' anowlet ' , hyrst ' wood ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name