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

  • Longelai 1220–30 Bodl102
  • Longley, Longlay 1353 YDi 1391 YDiii
  • Langley 1566 PRHfx

Etymology

Longley, Longelai 1220–30Bodl 102, Longley , Longlay 1353 YD i, 1391 YD iii, Langley 1566 PRHfx. 'Long clearing', v. lang , lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name