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.

Pikeley

Other OS name in the Parish of Bradford

Historical Forms

  • Pykeley, Pekeley 1613,1614 PRBfd
  • Pikeley Deyne 1666 Stansf

Etymology

, Pykeley ,Pekeley 1613, 1614 PRBfd, Pikeley Deyne 1666Stansf 580 , v. pīc 1 ' pointed hill ' , lēah ' clearing ' ( or possibly hlāw ' hill ' with which pīc is often combined in YW ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name