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.

Alwoldley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkheaton

Historical Forms

  • Adwaldlaya 13 YDvi
  • Adhelwoldeleia 1200–20 YCh1817
  • Ethelwaldeleg 1246 Ass26d

Etymology

Alwoldley (lost), Adwaldlaya 13 YD vi (YCh 1816), Adhelwoldeleia 1200–20 YCh 1817, Ethelwaldeleg 1246Ass 26d. 'Athelwald's glade or Clearing', from the OE  pers.n. Æþelwald , lēah , cf. Alwoodley pt. iv infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name