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Survey of English Place-Names

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Whinney Royd

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Wynerode 1492 MinAcct
  • Whynneeroide 1499 WCR3d
  • Whymeroide (sic for Whynieroide), Whymingroyd 1536 Rent
  • Whynny Royde 1576 PRHfx

Etymology

, 1775 HAS 15, 316 , Wynerode 1492MinAcct , Whynneeroide 1499WCR 3d, Whymeroide (sicfor Whynieroide ), Whymingroyd 1536 Rent, Whynny Royde 1576 PRHfx , v. hvin ' gorse ' , - ig , rod 1 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name