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.

Wally Corner

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dorchester

Etymology

Wally Corner (6″). Cf. Walley 1551–2Survey , the Walley , the Walley mead 1632Bodl . The second element is probably (ī)eg, 'land near a river.' The first may be wælle , 'spring or stream,' v. w(i)elle.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement