Willey Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Chatteris
Historical Forms
- Wyliethe, Wylyethe 1240 Rams
- Wilihethe, Wyliehithe, Wyliehythe 1251 ElyCouch
- Willyhythe, Wyllyhythe 1457–61 MinAcct
- W(h)ilhith 1378–1418 MinAcct
- Wilheeth 1401 CCC
- Willeye 1552 CCC
- Welagh 1772 Imb
Etymology
Willey Fm is Wyliethe , Wylyethe 1240 Rams, Wilihethe , Wyliehithe , Wyliehythe 1251ElyCouch , Willyhythe , Wyllyhythe 1457–61MinAcct , W (h )ilhith 1378– 1418MinAcct , Wilheeth 1401CCC , Willeye 1552CCC , Welagh 1772 Imb. 'Landing-place by the willows,' v. welig , hȳð . For loss of th cf. Odsey supra 62.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Nightlayer's Fen, Long Nightlayer's Drove, Short Nightlayer's Drove
- Old Halves
- Restages
- Warth's Old Halves
- Wenny Fm and Severals
- Birch Fen
- Holwoods Fm
- Honey Hill
- Horseway
- Horslode Fen Fm
Other OS name
- Horseley Fen Drove
- Acre Fen
- Block Fen
- Burrow Lands
- Campole Drove
- Common Fm
- Curf, Curf Fen
- Dean Hill
- Mount Pleasant
- Turf Fen
- Delve Fm
- Ferry Burrows
- Ferry Burrows Drove
- Ferry Drove
- Forty Foot Fm
- Holwood Ho
- Horseley Fen
- How Fen
- Langwood Fm, Langwood Fen
- Langwood Hill Drove
- Normoor
- Pickle Fen
- Slade Field
- Slade Lode Bridge
- Stocking Drove
- Tuck's Gate
- Westmoor
- White Ho Fm