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Stalley Royd

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Stalayroide 1525 WCR1d
  • Stalay Royds 1709 WMB

Etymology

, Stalayroide 1525WCR 1d, Stalay Royds 1709WMB , possibly a reduced form of some p.n. from OE  stæf ( gen . plur . stafa ) ' staff, stave ' and lēah ( as is Stalybridge Ch ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site