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.

Wharrals

Other OS name in the Parish of Calverley

Historical Forms

  • ye Quarrels 1704 LPTax
  • Warrels 1848 TA

Etymology

, ye Quarrels 1704 LPTax, Warrels 1848TA , v. quarrelle ' quarry ' , cf. Quarry Gap supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement