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.

Strafforth Wapentake

Wapentake in the County of West Riding of Yorkshire

Historical Forms

  • Strafordes wapentac 1086 DB
  • Wap' de Staford (sic) 1166 P
  • wap(entac) de Strafford(e), wapp(entakum) de Strafford(e), wapentagium de Strafford(e) 1166–94 YChvi 1230 P 1246 Ass5 1276 RH 1428 FA
  • wap' de Stradford 1208–37 Nost37d,38
  • wap' de Stratford' 1219,1231 Fees 1260 FF 1316 Pat
  • wapp' de Stretford 1293 QW
  • (wap' de) Strafforth(e) 1330 YDv 1615 Comm65 1641 Rates
  • wap' de Mekesburgh 1302 Hnt
  • wappen' de Straford 1340 Ass4
  • Honor' de Tikehull(e), Honor' de Tykehull(e) 1161 RBE 1161 P 1200 OblR 1200,1212–17 RBE c.1219 1285 KI
  • Honor' de Tikehella 1194 P
  • Honor' de Tykehill(e) 1208–13 Fees 1304 YI
  • Hon' Thikehill' 1199 Abbr
  • honor' de Tikill' 1279–81 QW
  • Libertas de Tikhill, Honor' de Tikhill, Libertas de Tykhill, Honor' de Tykhill 1316 Vill 1377 Ch 1428 FA
  • wapentagium de Tykhill' 1379 PT
  • Honor' de Tekhyll 1422 YI
  • Honor de Tickhill 1590 Camd
  • Halumsira 1161 YCh1268
  • Halums(c)hir(e) 1276 RH Ed2 Dugdvi 1367 YDv,74 1367 BM 1410,1461 Pat
  • comitatum de Halum 1451 FA
  • Hallums(c)hir(e), Hallumscire 13 YDx 1268 FF 1279–81 QW c.1280 YDv,70 1298 YI 1398 YDxiii,66
  • Halomshire 1303 KF 1401 Pat 1441 BM
  • Halomeschire 1394 ADii
  • Halomeshier 1515 Testv
  • Halamshyre, Halamshire 1473–4 Pat 1543 Leland
  • Hallomshyre 1564 FF