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.

Clough Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Clough 1839 Sav
  • Coldacres 1775 Watson

Etymology

, Clough 1839Sav , v. clōh 'dell'. Cold Acre, Coldacres 1775Watson , v. cald ' cold, bleak ' , æcer .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name