Prestley Hill
Early-attested site in the Parish of Lyddington
Historical Forms
- Presteley 1249 Cl
- Prestesleye 1284 ib
- Presteleye 1286 Ass
- Prestleys 1565,1567 Conant
- Prestleyes 1567 ib
- Preistleis 1591 ib
- Prisley Hill 1610 Speed 1715 Map
- Prestley Hill c1800,1806 ib
- Priestly Hill 1825 ib
Etymology
'Woodland of the priest(s)'. v. prēost , lēah . The earliest form, because constituting a pers.n., indicates that there was once a habitation site here. The income from this woodland would have been set aside for the endowment of clergy.