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.

Longley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • Langelei, Langeley 12 Font e.13 Arm
  • Longele 1370 Ramsd
  • Longlay, Longlegh, Longley 1376 1379 PT 1493 DodsN 1624 FF
  • Over Longley 1639 SessnR

Etymology

Longley, Langelei , Langeley 12 Font, e. 13 Arm, Longele 1370Ramsd , Longlay , Longlegh , Longley 1376 ib, 1379 PT (p), 1493 DodsNet passim to 1624 FF, Over Longley 1639 SessnR. 'Long clearing', v. lang , lēah , a common YW p.n.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name