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.

Headley Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bramham

Historical Forms

  • Hedlei(a), Hedlaie, Hedlay(e), Hedley c.1090 Dugdiv 1402 12 Pat Hy2 Nost151 1464 l.12 Pat e.13 M 1254 1695
  • Hethleia 1173–85 YCh1742
  • Heuedlay e.13 Nost157d
  • Hedelay, Hedeley c.1268 YDi 1379 PT 1528 WillY
  • Headley als. Headley Hall 1584 FF

Etymology

'Clearing on the heath', v. hǣð , lēah , a common type of p.n.The single spelling in Heued - is due to a scribal confusion with hēafod which had become hede by the thirteenth century.