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.

Royds

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wath upon Dearne

Historical Forms

  • Rodes 1164–81 YChviii,13 1332 YDvi,60,62 1390 SheffMan 1604 PRWath
  • Rodis 13 YDx
  • Rodeslayne 1516 Surv
  • the Roydes 1628 PRWath
  • Royds 1822 Langd

Etymology

Royds, Rodes 1164–81 YCh viii, 13, 1332 YD vi, 60, 62, 1390 SheffMan, 1604 PRWath, Rodis 13 YD x(p), Rodeslayne 1516Surv , the Roydes 1628 PRWath, Royds 1822 Langd. 'The clearings', v. rod 1 . On the form Royds cf. Phonol. § 28.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name