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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.

Barley Leys Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Haselor

Historical Forms

  • (apud) Barlecheweye t.Hy2 Kenilworth
  • Barlike Weye 1232 Ass
  • Barlichway Farm c.1830 O.S. 1850 White

Etymology

Barley Leys Fm is (apud ) Barlecheweye t. Hy 2Kenilworth , Barlike Weye 1232Ass , Barlichway Farm c. 1830 O.S., 1850 White. This was the Hundred meeting-place, v. supra 193. The present form appears to be a fairly recent corruption.

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