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.

Mountain

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Mowntane 1536 Rent
  • Mounteyn 1540 Watson

Etymology

, Mowntane 1536 Rent, Mounteyn (a mess .) 1540 Watson 283 , v. mon-taigne ' a lofty hill ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name