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.

Athersley Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Royston

Historical Forms

  • Hattirslay 1379 PT
  • Ethersley 1591 Comm13 1684 WharnSurv
  • Eddersley, Tedersley 1591 Comm

Etymology

Athersley Wood, Hattirslay 1379 PT (p), Ethersley 1591Comm 13, 1684WharnSurv 71, Eddersley , Tedersley 1591Comm , probably 'Æthered's forest-glade', from the OE  pers.n. Æþe (l )rēd and lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site