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.

Wood Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Wodhed(e) 13 YDvi 1379 PT 1448 YDi

Etymology

, 1647 WillY , Wodhed (e )13 YD vi, 1379 PT (p), 1448 YD i , ' top of the wood ' , v. wudu , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement