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.

Causeway

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Causey 1615 HAS
  • Cawsey 1709 WMB

Etymology

, Causey 1615 HAS 8, 103, Cawsey 1709WMB , cf. Causey Holme 1699WCR 3 , v. caucie ' a causeway , a raised track ; the road is now called Raw End Rd .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement