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.

Binley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Binley

Historical Forms

  • Bilnei, Bilueie (sic) 1086 DB
  • Bilneia 1191 P
  • Bilingheia t.Hy1 Kenilworth
  • Bileney c.1144 Ch 1348
  • Billenei 1221 Pap
  • Bilneye c.1155 Ch 1251 FF 1424
  • Bilne c.1185 Ch 1348 Cur 1199 Pat 1397
  • Bilneia 1191 P
  • Bylneygrene 1336 Coventry
  • Binlea t.Rici Cur
  • Bynle 1279 Nott
  • Bynl(e)y 1486 Pat
  • Bingley t.Jas1 Rental

Etymology

'Billa 's well-watered land,' v. eg . The place lies by the Sowe river. The Kenilworth Cartulary spelling, if not corrupt, points to an alternative form with connective ing .

Places in the same Parish