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.

Audley End

Early-attested site in the Parish of Saffron Walden

Historical Forms

  • Audeley 1539 FF
  • Audleyend 1555 ib
  • Awdlens 1571 Braybrooke
  • Audley Inn 1662 EASix
  • Awdley end 1594 N

Etymology

Audley End is Audeley 1539FF , Audleyend 1555 ib., Awdlens 1571 Braybrooke, Audley Inn 1662 EAS ix, Awdley end 1594 N.A manorial name derived from the family of Sir Thomas Audley to whom Henry VIII granted the lands of the Abbey of Walden in 1538 (M ii, 548).