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 .