The End of the Wood by Elizabeth Clay

I know that many of the field names have changed over the years. Tenant farmers probably shortened ancient field names or renamed them completely. Bronte Bedford Payne in her book “Barden in Wharfedale “refers to Wood End field names that I do not recognise. They are likely to date from the time of pre-Conquest settlement and a few from the Anglo-French after the Norman Conquest. The names she mentions that I can’t recall are West Leys, Leyr, Calf Garth, High and Low Birk Close. Field names that have remained almost the same with slightly changed spelling are Bracken Haw, High and Low Dowsgill, The Hagg and Bombey. I refer to these fields and describe them spelling them as they were pronounced in the local dialect.