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.

Half Acres

Other OS name in the Parish of Castleford

Historical Forms

  • the halfe acre 1592 Meth

Etymology

, the halfe acre 1592 Meth 124 , v. half , æcer .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement