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.

Water Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Watergreen(e) 1675 Soy 1709 WMB

Etymology

, Watergreen (e )1675 Soy, 1709WMB , v. wæter , grēne 2 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name