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.

Weethley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Weethley

Historical Forms

  • Withelea 714 BCS130 16th
  • Withelega c.1086 Evesham 1190 P 1173 Ass 1262
  • Witheleia c.1200 Evesham
  • Withelegh 1227 FF
  • Wiðelega 1175 P
  • Wythele(y) 1271 For 1297 Ass 1316 Evesham 1350 BM
  • Wythley 1345 Evesham
  • Wilelei 1086 DB
  • Witeleye 1316 FA
  • Wythyleye 1392 IpmR 1517 StratGild
  • Waythley 1525 SR
  • Wetheley 1535 VE
  • Whetheley 1603 FF

Etymology

'Withy-clearing or wood,' v. wiðig , leah .

Places in the same Parish

None