English Place-name Society

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.

Woodleigh

Major Settlement in the Parish of Woodleigh

Historical Forms

  • Wudeleage, æt Wudeleage 1008–12 Crawford10
  • Odelea 1086 DB
  • Wodelegh' 1242 Fees765
  • Wodelegh juxta Lodeswell(e) 1338 FF 1339 Ass

Etymology

v. leah .

Places in the same Parish