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.

Forest

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • a close called Forrest 1669 YAS

Etymology

, a close called Forrest 1669YAS 212 , v. foll , and forest .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name