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.

Pickles Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Keighley

Historical Forms

  • Pighell 1675 Briggs
  • Pickells 17 PRKy

Etymology

, Pighell 1675Briggs , v. pightel 'smallenclosure', but it may be named more directly from the local familyof Pickells (17 PRKypassim ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement