West Riding of Yorkshire place-names
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-04. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-05.
Introduction
This page lists, and provides data summaries of, West Riding of Yorkshire place-names. Similar pages exist for the East, and North Ridings as well as for the entire shire.
A systematic search for relevant field names in all tithe awards for West Riding townships[1] was completed on 20 June 2020. Everything found in the course of this search has a page of its own in this section of IRHB. Since all relevant field names (as well as place-names) found in Smith's Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire[2] are also included, it is perhaps not too optimistic to think that IRHBs' coverage of Robin Hood-related field names in the West Riding is close to exhaustive. There is still a fairly short list of place-names to be added from 25" and 6" Ordnance Survey maps. Template:PnAdministrativeDivisionChronology
Lists and Gazetteers
- Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 307-11.
- Smith, A.H. The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire (English Place-Name Society, vols. XXX-XXXVII) (Cambridge, 1961-63).
Background
Neighbours
- Derbyshire
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Lancashire
- Lincolnshire
- North Riding of Yorkshire
- Nottinghamshire
- Westmorland
- Yorkshire.
Also see
- East Riding of Yorkshire place-names
- North Riding of Yorkshire place-names
- Yorkshire place-names
- Doubtful place-names in Gest of Robyn Hode
- Place-names in Gest of Robyn Hode.
Notes
- ↑ Online at The Genealogist (subscription required).
- ↑ Smith, A.H. The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire (English Place-Name Society, vols. XXX-XXXVII) (Cambridge, 1961-63)