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.

Wool Royd

Other OS name in the Parish of Huddersfield

Historical Forms

  • Wolleroyde 1577 WillY

Etymology

, Wolleroyde 1577 WillY , v. wulf ' wolf ' or wulle ' wool ' , rod 1 ' clearing ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site