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.

Halfacre

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Halfacker 1758 TaxS

Etymology

, 1721 HAS 14, 152 , Halfacker 1758 TaxS , ' a half-acreof land ' , v. half , æcer .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name