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.

Bagley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Horsley

Historical Forms

  • Baggeley, Baggelegh' 1448,1473 MinAcct
  • Bagley 1448 ib

Etymology

Bagley (lost), Baggeley , Baggelegh '1448, 1473MinAcct , Bagley 1448 ib, a further example of this fairly common p.n. v. bagga (some kind of animal), lēah 'clearing' and cf. Bagpath (ii, 239infra ).