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.

Akroydon, Akroyd Park

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Etymology

, named from the local benefactor Col . Akroyd ; the surname is very common locally , cf. HAS 48, 78 ff .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name