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.

Virley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Virley

Historical Forms

  • Salcotā 1086 DB
  • Salcote Verly, Salcote Virly 1291,1323 For
  • Salcott Firley, Salcott Furley 1542–60 FF
  • Salcott Virley 1501 Pat

Etymology

This name has undergone a series of interesting changes.Originally simply Salcott, it later had a feudal addition derived from its lord in 1086, Robert de Verli (DB), and now consists only of that feudal addition.

Places in the same Parish

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