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.

Hole Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Hoylehead(es) 1624 Greave 1675 Soy 1709 WMB

Etymology

, 1817 M , Hoylehead (es )1624Greave, 1675 Soy, 1709 WMB , v. hol 1 , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name