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.

Peckfield Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Garforth

Historical Forms

  • Peckfield house(s) 1734 PRGf 1817 M

Etymology

Peckfield Ho, Peckfield house (s )1734 PRGf, 1817 M. This is named from Peckfield Common 51supra . The house stands on the Great North Road at the Selby cross-road on the edge of the old common.