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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.

Wood Royd

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Hudderode 1539 YDi
  • Hudroyd(e) 1583,1681 PREll
  • Hood Royd 1843 O.S.

Etymology

Wood Royd, Hudderode 1539 YD i, Hudroyd (e )1583, 1681 PREll, Hood Royd 1843 O.S., cf. also Huddeheyie 13 YD i. 'Hudda's clearing', from the OE  pers.n. Hudda (ME  Hudde ), rod 1 (v. also (ge)hæg); initial W - in the modern form is dial. as in [wum] for home (EDGr § 236); cf. also Wood Royd i, 324supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement