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.

Royd

Other OS name in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • Royd(e) 1654 WB75a 1744 WB77 1771 M

Etymology

, Royd (e )1654WB 75a,1744WB 77, 1771 M , v. rod 1 ' clearing ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name