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.

Nab

Other OS name in the Parish of Mirfield

Historical Forms

  • the Nab, ye Nab 1583,1588 PRMrf

Etymology

, the Nab , y e Nab 1583, 1588 PRMrf , v. nabbi ' a knoll ' .