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.

Dockroyd

Other OS name in the Parish of Keighley

Historical Forms

  • Dockroid 1616 PRKy

Etymology

, 1650 PRHaw , 1657 WillS , Dockroid 1616 PRKy , ' clearing overgrown with docks ' , v. docce , rod 1 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement