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.

Bagley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Calverley

Historical Forms

  • Baglay, Bagley 1344 Calv 1379 PT 1542 YDv 1586 FF

Etymology

Bagley, Baglay , Bagley 1344 Calv, 1379 PT (p), 1542 YD vet freq to 1586 FF. Probably 'badger wood or glade', v. bagga , lēah and cf. Bagley i, 53supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement