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.

Hell Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Warmfield

Historical Forms

  • Hell-hole 1728 LdsM

Etymology

, 1841O.S. , named from Hell-hole 1728 LdsM , v. hell , hol 1 ; this is a continuation of the Roman road from Pontefract called High Street 116supra .