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Oats Royd

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Otes Roid 1549 Ipm
  • Otes royd 1551 HAS 10,1650 HAS
  • Otes Roode 1572 WCR1d
  • Ottes Royd 1551 HAS
  • Oates Royd 1563 ib
  • Oates roid 1667 WRC

Etymology

Oats Royd, Otes Roid 1549 Ipm, Otes royd 1551 HAS 39, 10, 1650 HAS 2, Otes Roode 1572WCR 1d, Ottes Royd 1551 HAS 20, 67, Oates Royd 1563 ib, Oates roid 1667 WRC 395, from the local surname Oates (cf. Thomas Otes 1314 WCR, Ricardus Okes (sic)1379 PT), a patronymic from the common local ME  pers.n. Ote (WCR freq ), v. rod 1 'clearing'.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement