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.

Ockley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Woodhurst

Historical Forms

  • Ocleywode 1245,1286 For
  • Occle 1251 Rams c.1350
  • Acle(y) 1254–67 ADi c.1350 Rams
  • Oklee 1260 Ass
  • Ocle, Okleyhil 1306 Ct
  • collem Acle c.1350 Rams

Etymology

'Oak clearing' v. ac , leah , appropriate enough in this parish.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site