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.

Lister Rd

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Liftarpihelis (sic for Listarpihelis) c.1280 Bodl151

Etymology

, named from the well - known local family of Lister long resident at Shibden Hall ; Liftarpihelis (sic for Listarpihelis )c. 1280Bodl 151 may contain an early reference to someone of that name ( v. litestere ' dyer ' , pightel ' enclosure ' ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement