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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.

Woodley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • Wod(e)ley, Wod(e)legh 1326 Orm2 1354 Eyre 1392 Orm2
  • Wodeley iuxta Stokport 1513 ib
  • Wodlegh 1344 ChRR
  • Woodley 1615 Orm2

Etymology

Woodley (101–9492), Wod (e )ley , Wod (e )legh 1326 Orm2, 1354Eyre , 1392 Orm2, Wodeley iuxta Stokport 1513 ib, Wodlegh 1344 ChRR, Woodley 1615 Orm2et freq , 'clearing in a wood', v. wudu , lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name