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.

Paddock

Other OS name in the Parish of Huddersfield

Historical Forms

  • Parock 1576 WillY
  • Parrockfoot als. Paddockfoot 1766 Arm
  • Paddock Foot 1817 M

Etymology

, 1771 M , Parock 1576 WillY, Parrockfoot als. Paddockfoot 1766 Arm, Paddock Foot 1817 M , v. pearroc ' a small enclosure ' ; paddock is a late variant of this , usually not found before the sixteenth century ; v. fōt .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site