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.

Priesthorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Calverley

Historical Forms

  • Prestorp c.1250 Calv l.13 YDiv
  • Presthorp(e) Ed1 BM 1379 PT 1431 YDiii 1547 WillY
  • Presthorp(e) grene 1398 Calv
  • Prestthorp c.1320 Calv
  • Prestroppe 1589 Dep
  • Presttrop 1617 PrHosp
  • Priesthorpe 1589 Dep
  • Priestthorpe 1604 FF

Etymology

'Outlying farmstead of the priests', v. prēost , þorp , cf. Priest Thorpe (Bingley) pt. iv infra . The allusion may be to the monks of Kirkstall who possessed lands in the neighbourhood.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement