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.

Sedgeley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tewkesbury

Historical Forms

  • Segeley 1504 Pat 1540 AOMB
  • Seggelese 1527 Rent
  • Sedg(e)ley(e)s 1617,1619 Dep

Etymology

Sedgeley (lost), Segeley 1504 Pat, 1540AOMB , Seggelese 1527Rent , Sedg (e )ley (e )s 1617, 1619Dep . 'Clearing overgrown with or amongst the sedge-grass', v. secg 1 , lēah ; cf. also the local name leʒ Seggeʒ 1487MinAcct .