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.

Hough Gate Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Hougat Land 1624 Greave

Etymology

, 1843 HAS14, 233 , Hougat Land 1624 Greave , v. hōh ' projecting hill-side ' or haugr ' mound ' , gata .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name