Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Enlelei 1086 DB

• Hendeleia, Hendeley John (17) Tab, Orm2

• Hendley (or Endley) c.1230 Orm2 17

• Endel(e)y 1325 Chol 1594 IpmR 1329

• Endley 1666 Orm2

• Endley Wood, Higher Endley Wood 1688 Dep

• Enleywod(d) H8 Rental 1538 AOMB399

• Henley Wood alias Endley Wood 1691 Dep

• Hemley Wodd, Enley Wodd 1538 AOMB399

• Eanl(e)y Wood 1709 LCWills 1842 OS

• Danely Wood 1831 Bry

• Hindley Wood, Lower Hindley Wood 1842 OS

• Ashley Bridge Farm 1831 Bry

Etymology

'Lambs' clearing or wood', v. ēan (gen.pl. *ēana ), lēah , cf. Yeanley 327infra . The DB form duplicates the final el., probably a copyist's error, and the forms in Hend - contain an infixed -d - between -n - and -l - as in Handley 326infra , 1 98. The Bry form is either erroneous, or derived from one with the definite article prefixed. The lower farm at Eanley Wood is called Ashley Bridge Farm 1831 Bry, probably from an older name of Borrow's Bridge infra .