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.

Wood Royd

Other OS name in the Parish of Birstall

Historical Forms

  • Wodrode 1549 TestLds
  • Wodroyde 1549 1580 Arm

Etymology

, 1849TA , Wodrode 1549 TestLds, Wodroyde 1549 ib, 1580 Arm , v. wudu , rod 1 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name