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.

Fox Royd

Other OS name in the Parish of Mirfield

Historical Forms

  • Foxe royde 1612 PRMrf

Etymology

, Foxe royde 1612 PRMrf , v. fox , rod 1 ' clearing ' .