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Survey of English Place-Names

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Edgerley, Edgerley Fm

Major Settlement in the Parish of Aldford

Historical Forms

  • Odgerley 1275 Ipm
  • Oggerley' 1305 AddCh
  • Oggerley 1421 ChRR 1424 Plea
  • Ogerley 1317 ChRR
  • Egerisleg' 1300–7 JRC
  • Eggerlegh' 1378 Eyre 1398 ChRR
  • Eggerley 1425 Orm2 1453 Plea 1611 ChRR
  • Edgerley 1724 NotCestr 1831 Bry

Etymology

'Ecghere's wood or clearing', from the OE  pers.n. Ecghere and lēah, cf. Egerton 33supra . As with the analogous pair Cholmondeley 21supra , Cholmondeston 3136, the same person may be involved. The O - forms are presumably scribal errors