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.

Barnsley Park & Barnsley Wold

Other OS name in the Parish of Barnsley

Historical Forms

  • super Waldam 1459 MinAcct
  • super Weldam 1468 ib

Etymology

( 1830 M ) ( 1841TA , super Waldam 1459MinAcct , super Weldam 1468 ib ) , v. park , wald ( WSax  weald ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement