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.

Whitehaughs

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • le Qwithalgh 1336 YDiv

Etymology

, le Qwithalgh 1336 YD iv , ' bright nook of land ' , v. hwīt , halh .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name