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.

Lower Plain, Upper Plain

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Plain(e) 1624 Greave 1709 WMB

Etymology

, 1839ValS , Plain (e )1624 Greave, 1709 WMB , v. plain ' flat meadowland ' ; the hill - side levels out somewhat at these farms .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement