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.

Henley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Buttermere

Historical Forms

  • henna leah 961 BCS677
  • Henle t.Hy3 For
  • Henlegh 1276 StOsmund
  • Henley 1597 FF
  • Hendlye 1666 Recov

Etymology

Henley is henna leah 961 BCS 677, Henle t. Hy 3For , Henlegh 1276 StOsmund, Henley 1597FF , Hendlye 1666Recov . In BCS 677, 1080 we have mention also of henna dene , henne dene in the bounds common to Buttermere and Hurstbourne. 'Clearing and valley of the hens,' v. denu , leah .

Places in the same Parish