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.

Oakley Close

Field in the Parish of Duffield

Historical Forms

1791 EnclA

Okeley meadowe 1396 DuLa

Etymology

Oakley Close 1791(cf. Okeleiesiche c. 1250 Darley, Okeley meadowe 1396, v. āc, lēah, sīc, mǣd)

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Duffield