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Survey of English Place-Names

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Exley Head

Early-attested site in the Parish of Keighley

Historical Forms

  • Ecleslay 13 YDxii,298
  • Heckylsley 1532 YDiii
  • Ekyslay 1546 BfdAntqiii,101
  • Exley 1563 WillY 1566 FF 1627 WYD
  • Exley moore 1596 FF
  • Exley head 1636 PRKy

Etymology

'Clearing near the site of a British church', v. eclēsia , lēah , and cf. Ecclesall i, 192supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement