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.

Hawley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sheffield

Historical Forms

  • Haulay juxta Schef(f)eld, Houlay juxta Schef(f)eld 1385,1394 YDv
  • Awley meadows 1660 Norf

Etymology

Hawley (lost), Haulay juxta Schef (f )eld , Houlay juxta Schef (f )eld 1385, 1394 YD v, Awley meadows 1660Norf . 'Clearing near the mound', v. haugr , lēah . The last form, like Hawley 206supra , may contain a surname Hawley , formed from this p.n.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name