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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sun Roy

Other OS name in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • Swynrodhill 1572 WCR1
  • le Vpper Sunroydhill 1699 ib

Etymology

d Fm , Swynrodhill 1572WCR 1, le Vpper Sunroydhill 1699 ib 9 , probably ' swine clearing ' , v. swīn , rod 1 , hyll .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site