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.

Bishopwood

Other OS name in the Parish of Otley

Historical Forms

  • bishoppwood 1655 ib

Etymology

, 1658 PRFew , 1673 PROt , bishoppwood 1655 ib , v. biscop , wudu ; the manor of Otley , Clifton , etc . belonged to the Archbishop of York 's estates ( YCh 7, DB ) .