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.

Wansley Barton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Roborough

Historical Forms

Wanteslegh 1238 Ass 1242 Fees773

Wonteslegh 1281 Ass 1310 FF

Etymology

'Want 's clearing,' v. leah . Cf. Wantley PN Sx 219.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Roborough