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.

Prison

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • a cottage called Prison 1624 Greave
  • Prisonhouse 1683 HAS
  • Prison Croft 1798 ib

Etymology

, a cottage called Prison 1624 Greave, Prisonhouse 1683 HAS18, 174, Prison Croft 1798 ib 16, 125 , an old jail , ME  prisoun ' prison ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement