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.

Wardley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Iping

Historical Forms

  • Wardelegh 1279 Ass 1437 Ct
  • Ward(e)ly 1296,1327,1332 SR
  • Wardle 1398 Ct

Etymology

'Wearda 's clearing,' v. leah . For this unrecorded OE pers. name v. Warrington in PN Bk 16. The situation forbids our taking the first element as weard , 'watch.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement