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.

Firth Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • del Frith 1327 WCR
  • Oldefrith 1492 MinAcct
  • Oldfrith 1579 Arm

Etymology

, 1817 M , del Frith 1327 WCR (p), Oldefrith 1492MinAcct , Oldfrith 1579 Arm , v. fyrhðe ' wood ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name