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.

Hobroyd

Other OS name in the Parish of Sheffield

Historical Forms

  • le Hobroyd 1633 SheffMan

Etymology

, le Hobroyd 1633 SheffMan , cf. Hobfeld Meadow 1550 ib , from the ME  pers.n. Hobbe and rod 1 ' a clearing ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name