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.

Field Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Feldhead 1580 WillY

Etymology

, 1678FGr 1 , 1781PRHept , Feldhead 1580 WillY , cf. Feldclif 13 YD xiii, 66 , the feild 1598YAS 99 , v. feld , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name