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.

Everley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hackness

Historical Forms

  • Eurelai, Eurelag 1086 DB
  • Euerlaye 1090–6 YCh
  • Everle 1177–89 FF 1328 Banco
  • Everlac 1314 NRS
  • Yereley 1577 Saxton

Etymology

'Wild boar clearing' v. eofor , leah . On the modern form cf. Yearsley 193infra and for lac v. Helmsley 71supra .