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.

Grass Wheatley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Royston

Historical Forms

  • Wetelay(a), Weteley 13 YDi,vii
  • Wetlaygate 1348 YDviii
  • Le Qwethelaybeghe 1438 Brett
  • Le Qwetlay 1451 ib

Etymology

Grass Wheatley (lost), 1845TA , Wetelay (a ), Weteley 13 YD i, vii (an assart), 14 AD i, Wetlaygate 1348 YD viii, Le Qwethelaybeghe 1438 Brett, Le Qwetlay 1451 ib. 'Wheat clearing', v. hwǣte , lēah , cf. Wheatley Wood 287infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site