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.

Worley's Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wargrave

Historical Forms

  • Worsley Fm 1846 Snare

Etymology

Worley's Fm (Worsley Fm 1846 Snare); in 1286–7FF there is mention of land in Horleye owned by Will. le Hore de Kylham . If Horleye be an early form for Worley's Fm (which is quite near Culham), the name would appear to be identical with Wharley BdHu 69, from horu 'dirt' and (a)h 'clearing'. The similarity of the surname is probably coincidental.