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.

Hirst

Other OS name in the Parish of Huddersfield

Historical Forms

  • Hyrste 1557 ib

Etymology

, 1650WillY , Hyrste 1557 ib , v. hyrst ' wood ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site