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.

Barley End

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pitstone

Historical Forms

Bereleie 1241 Ass

Berle(e) 1291,1293 Ch

Barleyend 1520 ADvi

Etymology

'Barley-clearing' v. bere , leah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Pitstone