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.

Olney

Early-attested site in the Parish of Coventry

Historical Forms

  • Holney 1236 FF
  • Olneia 1249 Ch 1250 FF

Etymology

Olney (lost) is Holney 1236 FF, Olneia 1249 Ch, 1250 FF, Onleye 1327, 1332(both p), Olneye 1656 Dugdale. The forms are too uncertain for any etymology to be suggested.