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.

Edge End

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Hegend 1608 HAS
  • the Little Edge End 1765 ib

Etymology

, 1708FGr , Hegend 1608 HAS 13, 218, the Little Edge End 1765 ib 15, 265 , v. ecg , ende ; the escarpment referred to is now Sentry Edge 129infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement