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.

Burley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Leeds

Historical Forms

  • Burteg (sic) 1195 Abbr
  • Burcheleia c.1200 Kirkst 1315 Calv
  • Burgeley c.1245 Bodl92
  • Burhelay 1305 WYD
  • Bourghlay 1327 SR
  • Burghlay, Burghley Ed1 BM 1332 Kirkst 1605 FF
  • Burlay, Burley 1402 FA 1507 TestLds 1641 Rates
  • Burley by Ledes 1408 Pat

Etymology

'Clearing near a fortification', v. burh , lēah , cf. Burley in Wharfedale 196infra . The allusion is obscure.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name