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.

Hawkstones

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Hawkstones Slack 1771 M

Etymology

, 1817 M , Hawkstones Slack 1771 M , v. hafuc , stān , slakki ' hollow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name