Chorley
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wilmslow
Historical Forms
- Cheorleia 12 Earw
- Chorlegh c.1200 Fitt
- Chorlegh iuxta Werford 1364 Eyre
- Chorleg c.1330 Fitt
- Chorlei 13 Cre
- Chorleya 13 Fitt
- Chorley 1357 ChRR
- Chorlee 1285 Eyre
- Chorlay 1411 Chol
- Cherleg' 1286 Eyre c.1313 SocAnt c.1330 Fitt
- Cherlegh E2 Orm2 1329 Fitt 1341 Eyre
- Cherle 1310 Cl
- Cherleigh 1313 SocAnt
- Charlegh 1393 Adl
- Jorle 1420 JRC
Etymology
'Peasants' clearing', v. ceorl , lēah . For Jorle , v. 332infra .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Boden Ho
- Brown's Fm
- Corn Mill
- Green Hall
- Hilltop
- The Hole
- The Hollies
- The Homestead
- Hunters Close
- Ladyfield
- Land Lane
- Lees Lane
- Mains Fm, or Hough Hall Fm
- Maltkin Fm
- Manor Ho
- The Meadow
- Rosevale Fm
- Wharton(lost)
- Wizard's Well
- Yewtree
- Brook Cottage & Brook Ho
- Brook Lane
- Broomfield Ho
- Chorley Hall, Chorley Hall Lane
- Common Carr
- Davenport Ho
- Field's Fm
- Foden Lane(lost)
- Gorse Ho
- Grange Ho
- The Knoll
- Lindow, Lindow End
- Lingards
- Meadow Brow
- The Moss, Little Mosses
- The Oak(lost)
- Preston Brook
- Stone Ho(lost)
- Gravel Lane
- Hole Fm
- Lacy Green
- Mossbrow
- Wood Fm
- Ashfield
- Big Brick Hill Fm & Little Brick Hill Fm
- Chonar
- The Croft
- Deanbank
- Deanwater Bridge
- Handforth Bridge
- New Inn
- South Lodge
- White Hall, White Hall Bridge
- Woodbank
- Oswald Cottage & Oswald Fm
- Row of Trees
- Tanyard Fm
- Apprentice's House(lost)
- Bank Ho
- Beech Fm
- Black Lake
- Bollinhey
- Boundary Lodge
- Burleyhurst Bridge & Burleyhurst Wood
- Burned Hey Wood
- Carr Wood
- Cross Fm
- Davenport Green
- Deadman's Clough
- Farmfold
- Highfield
- Hooksbank Wood
- Lode Hill, Lode Hill Fm
- Woodend
- Bollinfee Bridge
- Castle Rock
- Faulkner's Fm
- Hillside
- Old Bridge
- Swiss Villa
- Wilmslow Bridge
- Yews Fm
- Pool Field(lost)
- St Mary's Cliff(lost)
- Trafford Fm
- Blackbrook Cottage
- Brookfield
- Brookfield Bridge
- Brook Lane
- Chorlton Ho
- Fulshaw Bank, Fulshaw Cross & Fulshaw Ho
- Fulshaw Park
- Harefield, Harefield Fm
- Pump Ho(lost)
- Stockton Fm
- Giant's Castle
- Hogshead Green
- Hope Lane(lost)
- Moor Lane, Moor Lane Ho
- Nansmoss
- Newgate, Newgate Ho
- Oak Brow, Oak Cottages & Oak Fm
- Oakwood Fm
- Parkfield
- Pigginshaw, Pigginshaw Brook
- Platt Cottage
- Quarry Bank
- Smallwood Ho(lost)
- Southfield
- Stamford Lodge
- Stone Ho
- Strawberry Lane
- Styal Cross
- Threethorne Cottage
- Top o' th' Green(lost)
- Timperley Ho(lost)
- Twinnies Bridge
- Valley Ho
- Whitaker's Fm(lost)
- Wilmslow Cross
- Yewtree Fm
- Beech
- Brook Fm
- Clayton's Fm
- Green End
- Moss Terrace
- Sandhole Fm(lost)
- Thorngrove
- Thorn Ho
- Unicorn
- Upton Ho
- Verdon Bridge & Verdon Ho
- Wilmslow Park
- Orrells Well
- Preston Ho(lost)
- Street Lane Ends(lost)
- Alcock Green
- Green Lake
- Heald Ho(lost)
- Hollinlane
- Linney's Bridge
- Moss Fm & Moss Lane
- Worms Hill
Early-attested site
- Alderley Edge
- The Ryleys, The Ryleys Fm, Ryleys Lane
- Fulshaw Hall
- Oversley Bank, Oversley Cottages, Oversley Fm, Oversley Ford, Oversley Ford Bridge & Oversley Lodge, Oversley Lodge Fm
- Bollin Hall
- Hough, Hough Green & Hough Lane, locally The Hough
- Colshaw
- Dean Row
- Finney Green
- The Heyes, Heyes Lane
- Norcliffe Fm & Norcliffe Hall
- Staneyland
- Morley, Morley Green
- Pownall Hall & Pownall Fm
- Styal, Styal Green
- Lindow Moss
- Rylance