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 Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Langeley(e) 13 ADi 1316 WCR
  • Langlay 1307,1308 ib
  • Longeley 1274 ib
  • Longlayhirst 1308 ib
  • Longley 1589 WillY
  • Longley feild 1600 WCR3d

Etymology

Longley, Langeley (e )13 AD i, 1316 WCR, Langlay 1307, 1308 ib, Longeley 1274 ib, Longlayhirst 1308 ib, Longley 1589 WillY, Longley feild 1600WCR 3d. 'Long clearing', v. lang , lēah , a common YW p.n.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site