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.

Bartley Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wadhurst

Historical Forms

  • Barkeldy (sic) 1333 Ct
  • Berkelegh 1452 Ct
  • Barckley 1597 SAC56,148

Etymology

Bartley Fm (6″) is Barkeldy (sic)1333Ct , Berkelegh 1452Ct , Barckley 1597 SAC 56, 148, v. beorc , leah . Cf. Bartley supra 376 and Birtley in Witley (Sr), Berkeleye 1332 SR (p).