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.

Knowsley

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • New Laith 1843 O.S.

Etymology

, formerly New Laith 1843 O.S. , v. nīwe , hlaða ' barn ' ( often reduced to -ley ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name