Mickley
Major Settlement in the Parish of Prees
Historical Forms
- Mitteleg' 1241–9 Lil
- Mitteleye 1327 SR
- Mittonley 1308 Ipm
- Mittomleye Ed3 SBL5924
- Mutteleye 1327 SR
- Mittley 1655 SAS1/XLVII 1672 HTR
- Mitley 1765 SBL4264
- Mickley 1833 OS 1843 TA
Etymology
An etymology 'wood or clearing at a junction of streams', from (ge)mȳðe and lēah, would be sustainable on topographical grounds. Two forms suggest that the first element was dative plural. Mickley is between Bailey Brook and another tributary of the R. Tern, and there is a junction of these and several other streams with the Tern about 1½ miles downstream. Mickley could have been on the N. edge of a wood through which these streams flowed.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- The Ford
- Greenlane
- Heathgates
- Lower College
- Prees Lower Heath
- Rose Cottage
- Upper College
- Moat Ho
- Brickfield Pltn
- Larch Pltn
- Millenheath Bridge, Millenheath Cottages, Pltn
- Aldersey
- The Brades
- Brick Barn
- Broadhay
- Corn Mill
- Crookmoor, Crookmoor Lane
- Cumberbatch Wd
- Dicken's Wd
- Dogmoor
- Fernylees
- The Fields
- Green's Gorse
- The Grove
- Hill Cottage
- Hough
- Johnson's Covert
- Lighteach
- Lilyfields, Lily Hall
- Lower Heath Coppice
- Manor Ho, Manor Lane
- The Manse
- Mansfield Cottage
- Mill Ho
- The Nook, Nook Coppice, Nook Coppice Lane
- Plat
- Preesgreen
- Prees Hall
- Prees Wd, Preeswood Fm
- Rag Lane Fm
- Round Covert
- Sandylane
- Sidleymoor Brook
- Twemlows Big Wd
- Ashford Covert, Ashford Grange, Ashford Grange Cottages
- The Hall
- Hightrees
- The Lawn
- Old Mill
- Sandford Pool
- Moss Covert
- Paddock
- Pitholes Pltn, Slips Pltn
- Steel Grange Fm
- Steel Heath
Early-attested site
Major Settlement
Field
- Barn Fd
- Barn Pce
- Big Fd
- Big Mdw
- Brickkiln Fd
- Calves Croft
- Carthouse Lsw
- Chamber End
- Clover Fd
- Clover Lsw
- Common Fd
- Cow Lsw
- Daisy Bank
- Ferny Bank
- The Holmes
- House Mdw
- Kiln Croft
- Long Croft
- Marl Fd
- Meadows
- Mickley Fd
- Mickley Wd
- Old House Fd
- Pool Mdw
- Purgatory Mdw
- Rough
- The Rough Yds
- Ryegrass Fd
- Sand Fd
- The Shutt Fd
- The Slade
- Slang
- Smith 's Mdw
- The Thistle Fd
- Tobacco Fd
- Wall Fd
- Well Fd
- Withings Bridge Mdw