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.

Wheatley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Queteleyhirst 1307 WCR
  • Wheteley 1511 HAS
  • Overr Wheyteleygthe 1548 Testvi
  • Wheatl(e)y 1568 PRHfx 1624 FF

Etymology

Wheatley, Queteleyhirst 1307 WCR, Wheteley 1511 HAS 12, 115, Overr Wheyteleygthe 1548 Test vi, Wheatl (e )y 1568 PRHfx, 1624 FF.'Woodland clearing used for growing wheat', v. hwǣte , lēah , a common type of p.n.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name