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.

Woolleigh

Early-attested site in the Parish of Beaford

Historical Forms

Oluelia 1086 DB(Exon)

Ulvelie

Wlveleye 1238 FF

Northwollegh, Southwollegh 1394 Ass

Etymology

'Wolves' clearing,' v. leah .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Beaford