Placenames: origin

• From The Annals of Yorkshire, 1862:
• ALLERTON - Alder, a Tree, and ton town.
  ARMLEY - Arm or Orm, a proper name, and ley, field.
  BEESTON - Bede a proper name, and ton, town.
  BRAMLEY - Bram or Bramble, a wild shrub and ley, field.
  BURLEY - Bur a tree and ley, field
  COLDCOTES - Cold and Cotes Houses
  COTTINGLEY - Cot House, ing, meadow and ley, field
  FARNLEY - Fern, a wild plant, and ley, field
  FARSLEY - Furze, a wild plant, and ley, field
  GLEDHOW - Gled, hwak, and how, hill
  GIPTON - Gip, a proper name and ton, town
  HEADINGLEY - Heath, moor, ing, meadow, and ley, field
  HOLBECK - Hol, a low place, and ceck, stream
  HUNSLET - Hounde, hound, and leet, a meeting
  KIRKSTALL - Kirk, church, and stall, place
  KNOWSTHORPE - Knowl, the brow of a hill, and thorpe, village
  MEANWOOD - Mense, in common, and wood
  OSMUNDTHORPE - Osmund, a proper name, and thorpe, village
  OTLEY - Ott's ley (field), Ott being a person's name
  POTTERNEWTON - New-town, near the pottery
  RODLEY - Rood, a cross, and ley, field
  SKELTON - Skel, water, and ton, town
  STANNINGLEY - Stan, stone, ing, meadow and ley, field
  SWINNOW - swin, swine and how, hill
  WEETWOOD - Weet, wet, or marshy, and wood
  WORTLEY - Wort, a wild plant, and ley, field.