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.

Silleys

Field in the Parish of Melbury Osmond

Historical Forms

  • 1838 TA

Etymology

Silleys(cf. cot' et claus' nuper Johannis Sylyes 1409(Stockwood), John Sillie 1635, Thomas Selly 1664)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement