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.

Rook's Nest

Other OS name in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • Rook Nest 1841 O.S.

Etymology

, Rook Nest 1841 O.S. , v. hrōc , nest , cf. Crow Nest 186infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site