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.

Hamlet

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Hamlet Field 1830 Sav
  • Hamlet bottom 1861 ib

Etymology

, 1843 O.S. , Hamlet Field 1830Sav , Hamlet bottom 1861 ib , possibly ME (OFr ) hamelet ' a hamlet ' , but the name denotes a moorland hill without habitations , and if this etymology is correct it must be used of some subdivision of the township .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement