Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• on mapoldor lea middeweardne, of mapoldor lea 1033 SherC(S969) 12

• on mapeldurelea midewarde 12 ib

• claus' voc' Materlie 1551 Midd

• Matterly 1774 Hutch1

• Matterly Cow Leaze, Matterly 9 Acres & Matterly 10 Acres 1840 TA

Etymology

Matterley Ctgs (SU 021092), on mapoldor lea middeweardne , of mapoldor lea 1033 (12) SherC (S 969), on mapeldurelea midewarde n.d. (12) ib (f. 24v), claus ' voc ' Materlie 1551Midd , Matterly 1774 Hutch1, Matterly Cow Leaze , Matterly 9 Acres & Matterly 10 Acres 1840TA , 'maple-tree wood or clearing', v. mapuldor , lēah , cf. Mapperley Db 583. The earliest forms occur in the Anglo-Saxon bounds of Horton par. supra .