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.

Priestroyd

Other OS name in the Parish of Calverley

Historical Forms

  • Prestrod c.1257 Calv
  • Presterode c.1260 ib

Etymology

, Prestrod c. 1257 Calv,Presterode c. 1260 ib , v. prēost , rod 1 ' clearing ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement