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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.

Cold Laughton

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Cow Laughton 1735 Turnp
  • Cold Laighton 1775 Watson

Etymology

, 1771 M , Cow Laughton 1735 Turnp, Cold Laighton 1775 Watson 49 , ' cold exposedgarden ' , v. cald , lēac-tūn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name