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.

Nun Royd

Other OS name in the Parish of Guiseley

Historical Forms

  • Nonnerode 1540 MinAcct
  • the nunne rode 1556 TestLds
  • Nunroad 1710 PRGs

Etymology

, 1840TA , Nonnerode 1540MinAcct , the nunne rode 1556 TestLds, Nunroad 1710 PRGs , ' nuns' clearing ' , v. nunne ( here the nuns of Esholt ) , rod 1 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site