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.

Farleigh

Major Settlement in the Parish of Farleigh

Historical Forms

  • Fearnlege c.880 BCS558
  • Farnl' 1247 FF
  • Farnlegh 1255 Ass
  • Farnleg 1264 BM
  • Farnelegh 1279 QW
  • Ferlega 1086 DB
  • Farleg 1215 ClR 1233 FF
  • Farle 1249 Ch
  • Farlegh 1314 Ipm
  • Pharleye 1291 Tax

Etymology

'Bracken clearing,' v. fearn , leah .