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.

Carter Royd

Other OS name in the Parish of Kildwick

Historical Forms

  • Cartroyd 1592 Briggsk.2

Etymology

, 1846TA , Cartroyd 1592Briggs k. 2 , ME cartere ' carter ' ( perhaps as a surname ) , rod 1 ' clearing ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name