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.

Cugley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Newent

Historical Forms

  • Cugheleia Hy2 Madox
  • Kuggeley(e), Cuggeley(e) 1277,1310 FF 1282 Newent13
  • Cuggeley(e) iuxta Neuwent 1315 FF
  • Coggeley 1512 ib
  • Cogley 1537 MinAcct
  • Cugley c.1580 LRMB
  • Cuggan hyl(le) 974 BCS1298

Etymology

Cugley, Cugheleia Hy 2 Madox, Kuggeley (e ), Cuggeley (e )1277, 1310FF , 1282Newent 13, Cuggeley (e ) iuxta Neuwent 1315FF , Coggeley 1512 ib, Cogley 1537MinAcct , Cugley c. 1580LRMB . 'Cugga's forest-clearing', v. lēah .The pers.n. is an OE  Cugga found in OE Cuggan hyl (le )974 BCS 1298 (Wo) and as the once recorded OE  Cuga .