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Windle Royd

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Wynlif(e)royd 1574,1587 FGr
  • Wynlefroid 1584 ib
  • Windeelroyde 1624 Greave
  • Windill royd 1709 WMB

Etymology

, 1709WMB , 1716 HAS 15, 260 , Wynlif (e )royd 1574, 1587FGr 8, 24,Wynlefroid 1584 ib 8, Windeelroyde 1624 Greave, Windill royd 1709WMB ; the first el . is probably a reduced form of an older wind-clif ' wind-swept bank ' ( v. wind , clif ) ; v. rod 1 ' clearing ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name