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.

Ackworth

Other OS name in the Parish of Giggleswick

Historical Forms

  • Ac(k)with 1645 WillY 1771 M
  • Aquith Coppy 1845 TA

Etymology

, Ac (k )with 1645 WillY, 1771 M, Aquith Coppy 1845TA , ' oak wood ' , v. āc , viðr , copeiz ' coppice ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name