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.

Haven

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Haven 1709 WMB 1758 TaxS

Etymology

, Haven 1709 WMB, 1758 TaxS , v. hæfen 2 ' a holding of land, possession ' , but it could well be ME  heven ' heaven ' , describing ' a blissful residence ' as in Little Haven 58supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name