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.

Fernilee

Major Settlement in the Parish of Fernilee

Historical Forms

  • Ferneley(e), Fernele(i)gh 1101–8 RegLich
  • Ferneleia a.1108 Dugd
  • Fernelig' 1254 Ipm 1285 For 1714 DuLa
  • Fernilegh(e), Fernileg(e), Fernylegh(e), Fernyleg(e),Fernyley(e), Fernyle(e) 1236 FF 1252 BelCh 1254 Ipm 1272 LichChart
  • Middilfernyleye 1295 DbAxxviii
  • Overfarnileygh 1323 FF

Etymology

'Fern(y) clearing', v. fearn(ig), lēah .