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.

(South) Langley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Broadwindsor

Etymology

(South) Langley (lost, near Littlewindsor and Sandpit infra ), Langely 1863 Hutch3 (2327), (wood of) Langel (sic, for Langel ')1209 FF, Langelegh '1251–2 Fees, Langeley (e )Hy 3 Hutch3, 1288Ass (p), 1495 CarP, 1496Pole , Langele 1288Ass , 1316 FF, 1327, 1332 SR all (p), Langgeleye 1319 (15) Forde (p), bosc ' de langelee 1329 (15) ib , Langley 1496 CarP, 1505Pole , 'the long wood or woodland clearing', v. lang 1 , lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement