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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.

Wildersley Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Belper

Historical Forms

  • Wilderlee Ed3 DuLa
  • Wylardesley 1387 ib
  • Wildursley 1473 Rental
  • Wildersley, Wyldersley 1554 Lanc Ed6 StarChamb 1611 DuLaSC

Etymology

Wildersley Fm (6″), Wilderlee Ed 3DuLa , Wylardesley 1387 ib, Wildursley 1473Rental , Wildersley , Wyldersley 1554 Lanc, Ed 6StarChamb , 1611DuLaSC . 'Wilh(e)ard's clearing', v. lēah ; cf. Willersley supra 389.