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.

Wiley Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkleatham

Historical Forms

the Wylyes 1296 YI

le Wyli(g)es 1300 YI 1301 LS

Willey 1571 FF

Etymology

'The willows' v. welig .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement