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.

Cubley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Cubley

Historical Forms

  • Cobelei 1086 DB
  • Cob(b)elegh, Cob(b)ele, Cob(b)eley(e) 1269 Ass Hy3 WollCh 1272 DbAxxxii 1296 Ipm
  • Cob(b)elag c.1350 DbCh
  • Cub(b)eleia, Cub(b)elegh(e), Cub(b)el(e), Cub(b)eleg(e), Cub(b)eley(e) c.1166 AddCh 1231 Cl 1232 FF 1243 Fees 1251,1252 LichChart 1252 FF 1354 Pat
  • Cubley(e) 1302 FA 1330 Ass 1345 Cor

Etymology

'Cubba's clearing', v. lēah . For the same pers.n. cf. Cublington (PN Bk 77–8) and Cubbington (PN Wa 169).