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.

Wheatley

Other OS name in the Parish of Sawley

Historical Forms

  • Weatley 1607 PRGis
  • Wateley 1618 ib
  • Waitley 1643 WillY

Etymology

, Weatley 1607PRGis, Wateley 1618 ib, Waitley 1643 WillY , ' wheat clearing ' , v. hwǣte , hveiti , lēah .