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.

Old Earth

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • le Oldhertheside 1297 WCR
  • Old Earthe 1628 HAS
  • the old earth 1652 PREll

Etymology

, le Oldhertheside 1297 WCR,Old Earthe 1628 HAS 2, the old earth 1652 PREll , ' the old arableland ' , v. ald , erð , sīde .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name