Fackley
Early-attested site in the Parish of Teversal
Historical Forms
- Falthleybrygge, Overfathleye, Overfatheleye, Fathley 13th Felley
- Faghelaie bridge 1589 For
- Faulkley heade 1609 LRMB
- Foughley Bridge 1663 WoodsRept
- Faighleigh 1682 Recov
Etymology
This is a difficult name. We might, with Professor Ekwall, take it to be a compound of OE fealh , 'fallow' and leah, hence 'fallow clearing,' but it is a little difficult to think that the same name would be found at Felley (supra 117) and Fackley, only six miles away, still more that it should develop so differently.Possibly we should take the name to be a compound of fah and leah , 'stained, variegated clearing.'