Townley Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Marbury Chapelry
Historical Forms
- Tunleg', Tounlegh 1287 Court
- Townley 1593 Orm2 1619 Sheaf
- Townley Hall 1820 ib
- Townly 1724 NotCestr
- Tunlegh 1288 Court
- Tounelegh 1342 Eyre 1344,1399 ChRR
- Tounley 1394 ib
Etymology
Townley Fm (109–573462), Tunleg ', Tounlegh 1287 Court (p), Townley 1593 Orm2, 1619 Sheaf, Townley Hall 1820 ib, Townly 1724 NotCestr, 'woodland clearing with a farmstead or belonging to one', v. tūn , lēah , hall . A surname, perhaps from this place, appears as Tunlegh 1288 Court, Tounelegh 1342Eyre , 1344, 1399 ChRR, Tounley 1394 ib. Cf. Towneley La 84.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Big Wood
- Brankelow Moss
- Buttermilk Bank
- Church Bridge
- Crosshill Fm
- Fox Hall
- Glebe Covert
- The Grange
- Heath Lane
- Hollins Lane
- Hollyhurst
- Holly Rough
- The Knowles
- Limepits
- Marbury Brook
- Big Mere & Little Mere
- Poole Hook
- Canal Covert
- Church Bridge
- Common Fm
- Gauntons Bank
- Lower Hall
- Handley Hill & Handley Park
- Horse Green
- The Mount
- Norbury Common
- Oak Cottage
- Peartree Fm
- Ryebank
- Lower Snab
- Steer Bridge
- Marbury Heys
- Mere Fm
- Quoisley Big Mere & Quoisley Little Mere
- Marbury Mill(lost)
- Mossbank
- Steer Bridge
- Bank Fm
- Marley Green, Marley Hall & Marley Moss
- Poole Gorse