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.

Farley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Farley and Pitton

Historical Forms

  • Farlege 1086 DB
  • Ferleg' 1198 Fees 1231 Cl
  • Farle(y)gh juxta Pitton 1285 FF
  • Farle(y)gh juxta Claryndon 1351 Ass
  • Fernelega 1109–20 StOsmund
  • Fernlee 1185 Templars

Etymology

'Fern or bracken clearing or wood,' v. fearn , leah .

Places in the same Parish