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.

Hostingley

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornhill

Etymology

, 1694 PRThl , Hastingley 1634 My v. lēah ; the first el . is obscure , but Ritter 140 suggests late OE  hūsting ( ON  hús -þing ' asmall assembly ' , v. þing ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement