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.

Royds Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Huddersfield

Historical Forms

  • Roilsehead 1646 WillY
  • Royles Head 1817 M

Etymology

, Roilsehead 1646 WillY, Royles Head 1817 M , probably the ME pers.n. Rolle ( cf. Royles Head iii, 125 ) , hēafod ; the name has changed under the influence of the nearby Royds Hall ( 302 supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site