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.

Humley Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Sandal Magna

Historical Forms

  • Humley 1486 WCR1 1695 Grant 1709 WMB
  • The common called Humley 1716 Glebe
  • Humley royd 1709 WMB
  • Humbley Side 1709 ib

Etymology

, 1844TA , Humley 1486WCR 1,1695Grant 50, 1709 WMB, The common called Humley 1716Glebe ,Humley royd 1709 WMB, Humbley Side 1709 ib , cf. also Slack infra ; this may be appropriately derived from OE  humol ' a rounded hill ' and lēah ' clearing ' , as the spelling of Slack (infra ) suggests the first el . is hum (b )le - rather than hum - .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement