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.

Batley

Parish in the County of West Riding of Yorkshire

Etymology

The townships of Churwell and Gildersome in that part of the parish of Batley (v. ii, 179supra ) which lies in Morley Wapentake are now in the Municipal Borough of Morley (ii, 182supra ).

Major Settlements