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.

Ox Ings

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Osanz 1381 DodsN 16
  • Oxings 1771 M
  • Hozins 1843 O.S.

Etymology

, Osanz 1381 (16) DodsN, Oxings 1771 M, Hozins 1843 O.S. ; the spelling Osanz could be an AN spelling of Oxeng , v. oxa , eng ; ME x often becomes [ z ] in NCy dial . ( cf. Phonol. §44 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site