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.

Manley Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Budworth

Historical Forms

  • (le) Manhay(outwode) 1422,1423 MinAcct
  • Menehegh 1443 MinAcct
  • parcus de Menhey 1487 ib
  • Meanhey alias Manlegh' 1573 Rental
  • Manheth 1487 MinAcct
  • The Man Heath 1591 Rental
  • Manlegh' 1507,1514 MinAcct

Etymology

'The common enclosure', 'heath', and 'glade or wood', v. (ge)mǣne, (ge)hæg, hǣð , lēah , and the outlying wood (-outwode ) thereof, v. ūt , wudu .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site