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.

Widley Copse

Early-attested site in the Parish of Swinbrook and Widford

Historical Forms

  • (on) wiðilea 1059 StDenis 11th

Etymology

Widley Copse is (on ) wiðilea 1059 (11th) St Denis : OE  wīðig-lē(a)h, 'willow wood.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement