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.

The Sikes

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirby Underdale

Historical Forms

  • Ouerwhart Sykes 1590 Terrier

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Ouerwhart Sykes 1590Terrier . ' (Acrossthe) streams , ' from OScand  þvert and sik . Cf. also Sykelands ib.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement