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.

Riding Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Rydeing(e) Heade 1624 Greave 1709 WMB

Etymology

, Rydeing (e ) Heade 1624 Greave, 1709 WMB , v. rydding ' clearing ' , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name