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.

Shoulder Hill, Shoulder Nick

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Shoulder Nick 1778 Wads

Etymology

, Shoulder Nick 1778 Wads 40 , ' hill resembling a shoulder ' ; the Nick is a small clough .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name