Canley
Early-attested site in the Parish of Stoneleigh
Historical Forms
- Canelea 1179 P
- Canele 1279 Nott 1284 Ch 1343 Pat
- Kaneley(e) 1266,1286 Pat
- Canlege 1221 Ass
- Canley 1318 AD t.Ed3 Coventry
- Canneley t.Hy3 CartMisc 1288 Ass 1324 ADiii
- Cannaleye 1352 FF
Etymology
As Canley is on a well-marked hill and not in a hollow, we must take the first element to be the OE pers. name Cana rather than the element canne assumed for various place-names in Devon and elsewhere (PN D 481s. n. Canna, PN Do 20s. n. Cann). Hence 'Cana 's woodland or clearing.'
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Bockendon Grange
- Cloud Bridge
- Crackley and Crackley Wood
- Cryfield Grange
- Dallies, Dallimore
- Echills Wood
- Finbury
- Stoneleigh Grange (olim Home Grange)
- King's Hill olim Helenhull
- Millburn Grange
- Motslow (sic) Hill
- Stareton
- Stare Bridge
- Tocil Ho
- Waverley Fm and Waverley Wood
- Westley Bridge
- Whoberley Hall
- Finham
- Fletchamstead Hall