Silkestone
Major Settlement in the Parish of Silkstone
Historical Forms
- Silcheston(e), Silcston(e) 1086 DB
- Silkestun(a), Sylkestun(a), Silkeston(a) c.1090 Pont Hy2 Ch 1230 YCh 1155–8 1185–1215 FF 1196 P 1196 Ebor 1229 YDv 1572
- Silkistuna, Silkiston(a) 1154–9,1238 Pont 1552 Hall
- Selkestona 1155 Pont
- Silechest' 1166 P
- Silcheston' 1167 P
- Silketon' 1196 FF
- Sylxton 1440 YDv
Etymology
Silksworth Du 180 (Sylceswurðe c. 1050) has a similar first el., which is probably a shortened form of OE Sigelāc ; v. tūn 'farmstead'.This is preferable to a supposed strong form of the ON byname Silki , which is merely a variant of Selki (ON selki 'a seal').
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- The Fleets
- Longcar Lane
- Green Foot
- Holgate Ho
- Honeywell Lane
- Horse Wood
- Hoyle Mill
- Jordan Hill
- Hollin Moor
- Jubb Hill
- Mag Wood
- Partridge Dale
- Spring Wood
- Beevor Hall
- Cockerham Gardens
- Drury Place, Drury Spring
- Eaming Wood
- Harborough Hill
- Needle Eye, Needle Wood
- Old Mill
- Shaw Lands
- Slack Hills
- Stocks Lane
- Wood Ho
- Ben Bank
- Champany Hill
- Church Hill
- Dodworth Bottom
- Dodworth Dike
- Dodworth Green
- Field Head
- Gate Inn
- Gilroyd
- Lambert Fold
- Lane Head
- Laneside Fm
- Langford Wood
- Ley Royd
- Moor End
- North Field
- Pond Fm
- Ratten Row
- Rose Hill
- Saville Hall
- Smithy Wood Lane
- Snow Hill
- Water Royd
- Acre Lane
- Boulder Bridge Wood
- Bray Wood
- Broad Hall
- Carr Head
- Cat Hill
- Crabtree Hill
- Cross Hill
- Delf Ho
- Fell Ho
- Fell Lane
- Green Bottom Fm
- Green Side
- Guyder Bottom
- Haigh
- Haigh Common
- Hamper Lane
- High Royd
- Hoyland Swaine Height
- Hoyland Moor
- Hunger Hill
- Kidfield Ho
- Little Royd
- Long Lands Wood
- Malling Carr Wood
- Mustard Hill
- Nipping Row
- North Wood
- Pickness Hall
- Pinfold
- Renald Lane
- Royd Wood
- Scout Dam, Scout Dike
- Shrogg Wood
- Stud Royd
- Tinker Ho
- Top of the Cliff
- Walker Ing Wood
- Well Ho
- Whin Moor
- Blacker Dam, Blacker Green
- Bloomfield Ho
- Cone Lane
- Daw Wells
- Fall Head
- Great Fall, Little Fall
- Hall Royd
- Highfield Bridge
- Hill Top
- Hollow Spring
- Icicle Wood
- Kine Moor
- Lindley Dike, Lindley Wood
- Moor End
- Nabs Ho
- Nether Royd Wood
- New Hall
- Nope Pit
- Pie Flat, Pye Greave
- Roger Royd
- Roggins
- Royd Hill
- Silkstone Beck
- Throstle Nest Fm
- Warren Royd
- Bagger Wood
- Broom Royd, Broom Wood
- Brough Green Brook
- Cliffe Bridge
- Cold Bath Fm
- Crane Moor Dike
- Crowther Wood
- The Dikes
- Falthwaite Bottoms
- Gudgeon Hole
- Hood Green
- House Carr Dike
- Ivas Wood
- Lee Bottom
- Listners Pond
- Low Wood
- Old Fold
- Ratten Row
- Raven Holt
- Round Green
- Small Stew Pond
- Stainborough Castle
- Stainborough Fold
- Stainborough Lane Fm
- Stoney Royd
- Top Pit Wood
- Wentworth Castle
- Wood Nook
- Berry Moor
- Bird Lane
- Calf Hall Wood
- Cheese Bottom
- Copster
- Crane Moor
- Crane Moor Nook
- Depledge Well
- Eastfield
- Edgecliff Fm
- Hadley Ho
- Hand Lane
- Highfield
- Hill Top
- Hollin Dike
- Ing Well
- Long Wood
- Nor Royd Wood
- Sim Hill
- Thurgoland Hall
- Toad Hole
- Top o' th' Height
- Tom Royd Wood
- Woodlands
- Stubbin Wood
- Hall Bank
- Mount Osborne
- Huthwaite
- Lower Lee Wood, Upper Lee Wood
- Nabs Wood
- Pickliffes
- Pinfold Hill
- Pog Hall
- Pule Hill
- Rag Lane
- Roper Ho
- Rumtickle
- Oak Well