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.

Higham

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • (the) Hougham 1717,1736 FGr

Etymology

, 1842ValS , probably identical with (the ) Hougham 1717, 1736FGr 2 , v. hōh ' spur of land ' ; as with Higham 148supra , the second el . may be ME  home , OE  hām ' homestead ' , but the place is on top of the moors and there is no farm there to - day .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name