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.

  1. Hurstingstone Hundred (Hundred in Huntingdonshire)

    The history of this Hundred-name has been made out by Mr Goodall in the paper already referred to s. n. Sword Point supra 190. He makes a convincing case for thinking that

  2. England Lane (Other OS name, Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire)

    , 1844TA

  3. Hall Clough (Other OS name, Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire)

    Hallefeld 1525 WCR 2d

    , cf. Hallefeld 1525WCR 2d , Hall B . 1771 M , v. hall , clōh , feld