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Canyards, Canyards Hills

Other OS name in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • Canyas 1592 SheffMan
  • Canions 1617 ib
  • Canyards 1771 M
  • Canyard House 1817 M 1819 Hlm

Etymology

, Canyas 1592 SheffMan, Canions (corrected fromCanyas ) 1617 ib i, 193, Canyards 1771 M, Canyard House 1817 M;1819 Hlm 23 calls it “ the Canyers , a range of conical hills stretching about a mile ” ; they surmount the steep hillside at the opposite end of Bar Dike from the Apronful of Stones . But no suggestion can be made for the name other than that it is a variant of ME  coninger ( OFr  coninière ) ' a rabbit-warren ' with the more recent form influenced by coning-erth and geard .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name