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.

Noseley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Noseley

Historical Forms

  • Noveslei 1086 DB
  • Noveslai c.1131 Ord
  • Novesleia 1221 RHug
  • Novesleya 1228 ib
  • NovesV 1254 Val
  • Nouesle 1229 Cl 1230 Cur 1250,1264 Hazlerigg 1330,1338 1402 1422 Pat
  • Nouesley(e) Hy3 Hazlerigg 1317 Ipm 1387 Pat
  • Noueslee 1306,1335 ib
  • Nouisll' c.1220 Hazlerigg
  • Nouysle 1276 RH
  • Nowesle Hy3 Hazlerigg c.1291 Tax 1415 Deed
  • Nouwesle 1292 OSut
  • Noweselee 1334,1335 Pat 1344 Hazlerigg
  • Nowesley 1378 Pat 1389 Win 1535 VE 1572 LEpis
  • Nousele Hy3 Hazlerigg 1274(1579),1307(1579) LRoll
  • Nousleye 1374 Deed 1374 Cl
  • Nows(e)ley 1471 Hazlerigg 1478 Peake 1516 Fine 1535 VE
  • Nawseley 1430 Ct 1540 Hazlerigg
  • Nawisley 1510 LP 1540 Hazlerigg
  • Noseley 1509 Hazlerigg 1510 LP 1529 Wyg 1544 Hazlerigg
  • Nosley 1510 Visit c.1545 Leland 1576 LibCl

Etymology

'Nōðwulf's wood or woodland clearing', v. lēah ; with early reduction of a dithematic OE  masc. pers.n. Nōðwulf .