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.

Barley Hill

Field in the Parish of Wistow

Historical Forms

  • 1969 Surv
  • Barley Hill feild 1625 Terrier

Etymology

Barley Hill 1969 (Barley Hill feild 1625, Barley Hill field 1690, c. 1700, v. feld; one of the great open - fields of the township) (v. bærlic, hyll)