Waterless Wood
Other OS name in the Parish of Tarvin
Historical Forms
- Burton Covert 1831 Bry
Etymology
, Burton Covert 1831 Bry , cf. Burton 3270 , later named from Waterless Brook 137 , itself derived from Watleys 1838TA ( 109–505635 ) , Whatelegh 1362 BPR , Whatelee 1443 ChRR , Whatlegh 1426 ib , Whatlee 1426 (17) Orm2 , Whatley 1468MinAcct , 1513 ChRR , ' wheat clearing ' , v. hwǣte , lēah . The brook is not waterless , but Watleys Brook may well have become Waterless Brook .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Stapleford, Bruen Stapleford & Foulk Stapleford
- Hargrave, Hargrave Hall, Hargrave Old Hall Hargrave Stubbs & Hargrave Fm