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.

Fox Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Foxhouses 1709 WMB
  • Foxes 1771 M

Etymology

, 1817 M , Foxhouses 1709 WMB, Foxes 1771 M , v. fox , perhaps as a surname , hūs .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site