Talk 5, Place Names & Manor Mills

Scope and Content

2 different subjects, both with slides. Place Names (22 slides in 1 small green slide box) looks at the development of local placenames from Anglo saxon, Viking, Danish, suffixes -by, ley, ham royd, den, thorpe, thwaite, gate, garth,scale & gill. Manor Mills (66 slides in2 small green slide boxes) including Almondbury (Kings Mill), Huddersfield, Lepton and Farnley.

Access Information

Original available for consultation by appointment

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Handwritten loose pages with slides