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.

Drake Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Drakeholt 1551 WCR1

Etymology

, Drakeholt 1551WCR 1 , ' dragon wood ' , v. draca , holt .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site