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.

Marley Green, Marley Hall & Marley Moss

Other OS name in the Parish of Marbury Chapelry

Historical Forms

  • Marley 1621 Orm2 1656
  • Marley Green & Marley Hall, Marbury Moss 1831 Bry
  • Marley Moss 1837 TA

Etymology

, ( 109–5845 ) , Marley 1621 (1656) Orm2, Marley Green & Marley Hall , Marbury Moss 1831 Bry, Marley Moss 1837TA , probably ' boundary wood orclearing ' , v. (ge)mǣre , lēah , grēne 2 , hall , mos . These , and Marbury Heys , are near the Wrenbury boundary . There is confusion of Marley and Marbury in all these names .