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.

Hell House Brink

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • the Helhous 1539 WillY

Etymology

, the Helhous 1539 WillY , v. hell , hūs , denoting ' a hell-house, an evilhouse ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name