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.

Old Park

Other OS name in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • veteris Parci domini 1499 WCR1d
  • (the) Olde Parke 1524 Testv 1558 TestLds 1597 SessnR

Etymology

, 1817 M , ' the old park ' 1307WCR 117 , 1327 ib 113 , veteris Parci domini 1499WCR 1d, (the ) Olde Parke 1524 Test v, 1558 TestLds, 1597 SessnR , v. prec.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site