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.

Wyllies

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cuckfield

Historical Forms

  • Willys 1586 Rowe
  • Wylies 1617 SAC58,17
  • Willises 1604 ParReg

Etymology

Wyllies is Willys in 1586 (Rowe) and Wylies in 1617 (SAC 58, 17) and is probably derived from a pers. name, perhaps from the family called Willies of Willises (1604 ParReg).