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.

Henley Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Foleshill

Historical Forms

  • Henle juxta Wykne 1309 FF
  • Henle juxta Coventre 1330 Ass
  • Heneleye 1319 Pat
  • Henley 1327 SR 1358 BPR 1410 Ct

Etymology

Henley Green is Henle juxta Wykne 1309FF , Henle juxta Coventre 1330Ass , Heneleye 1319 Pat, Henley 1327 SR, 1358 BPR, 1410Ct . 'High clearing,' v. heah , leah . “From the rising ground near which it stood” (Dugdale 82). v. Wyken infra 192.