Horsley
Major Settlement in the Parish of Horsley
Historical Forms
- Horselei(a) 1086 DB 1103–12 France
- Horselega 1176 P
- Horseley 1261 Ch 1316 FA 1614 Rec
- Horselegh 1327 Madox 1335 Misc
- Horsle 1221,1248 Ass
- Horsleg' 1221 1271 Episc
- Horslegh 1221 Ass 1293 MinAcct 1327 SR
- Horsley(a) 1274 Episc 1644 PR
Etymology
'Horse clearing', v. hors , lēah , cf. the f.n. Horsecroft (infra ).
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Downend
- Harvey's Grave
- Park Wood
- Bedlam
- Boscombe Ho
- Chambers Grove
- Hartley's Bridge
- Newnham
- The Priory
- Ragged Barn
- Rockness Fm
- Sandgrove
- Sealey Wood
- Short Wood
- Sleight Wood
- Sugley Fm
- Tickmorend
- Tiltups End
- The Tump
- Twatley
- Wallow Green
- Washpool
- Wood Leaze
- Wormwood Hill
- Fooks
- Hazlecote Lane
- Hollingham
- Horsleyfield & Horsleyfield Wood
- Kilcombe
- Laggers Covert
- Lophorn
- Lutheridge Fm
- Lutsome Cottage
- Miry Brook
- The Peaked Stone
- Enoch's Barn
- The Nelms