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.

Benroyd

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkheaton

Historical Forms

  • Benrode 13 YDi
  • the Bendroydhead, Bentroydhead 1640,1677 WB125,151

Etymology

, Benrode 13 YD i, the Bendroydhead , Bentroydhead 1640, 1677WB 125, 151 , probably ' bean clearing ' , v. bēan , rod 1 , but it has been confused with beonet ' bent-grass ' ; on Bend - for Ben - cf. Hand Bank 200 , Phonol . § 46 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement