Willesley
Major Settlement in the Parish of Willesley
Historical Forms
- Wivleslei(e) 1086 DB
- Wivelesleia, Wyvelesleia, Wyuelesleia, -elesleia, Wivelesle(e), Wivelesley(e) 1198 FF(P) 1208 FF 1212 Cur 1243 Fees 1330 Ass
- Wivesleia 1197 FF
- Wivesl' 1236 Cl
- Wyueslay 1269 Ass
- Wyllesley, Willesley 1348 Cor 1413 DbCh
- Wilsley 1577 Saxton 1610 Speed
Etymology
'Wifel's clearing', v. lēah , cf. Willesey (PN C 102) for the same first element.
Places in the same Parish
None