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.

Foster Clough

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Foster Clough als. Postal Clough 1594 Wads

Etymology

, 1582 HAS 4, 82 , 1647 ib 39, 27 , Foster Clough als. Postal Clough 1594Wads 39 , named from the local family of Foster ( 17 PRHept freq , 4 , 78 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement