Place in Halifax

[JoolsAnn123]

Can anyone decipher the last word in this baptism entry of 1687 St John the Baptist, Halifax?

I think it's Nathan (son of ) Jos: Firth ..............

Thanks

[PaulineJ]

Are they township names or individual houses/abodes?
Nothing is jumping out at me..

Hightown is a bit of a trek to Halifax, but do-able if the family had a habit of baptising at St John's

Pauline

[BumbleB]

Could it be Highroad = Highroad Well 

[JoolsAnn123]

Thanks.

Must be High... something.

I'll search for more entries

[JoolsAnn123]

This is on the same page...

[BumbleB]

Hipperholm    or

https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Halifax

[JoolsAnn123]

I wonder if it's Hipholm?

This is a bit clearer

[arthurk]

What looks a bit like a 'g' is actually a modified 'p' with a loop in the stem and a line crossing back through it. This is an abbreviation for 'par' or 'per', and is most often seen at the start of a word that looks like 'pish' but is actually 'parish'.

It's not seen as often in the middle of a word, but the clearer examples that JoolsAnn123 has found (see replies #4 and #6) can't be anything other than Hiperholm, ie Hipperholme.

[JoolsAnn123]

Brilliant! Thank you