Monkton Farleigh
Major Settlement in the Parish of Monkton Farleigh
Historical Forms
- Farnleghe 1001 KCD706 14th
- Farnlege 1196 Cur 1249 Ass
- Farnligh 1272 ib
- Farlege 1086 DB
- Farlega 1155 RBE
- Farle 1241 Ch
- Ferleia 1131 AC 1203 Cur
- Ferlega 1156,1158 P t.Hy2 BM
- Ferneleia 1198 Abbr
- Ferneleg' 1245 WMxvi 1257 Cl
- Franleye 1267 Pat
- Farley Monachorum 1316 FA
- Monekenefarlegh 1321 FF
- Munkesfarlegh 1364 IpmR
- Farleye Monketon 1370 Ass
- Monks Farlegh 1384 Pat
- Monkenferlowe 1462 ib
- Mounton Farley 1773 AandD
Etymology
'Fern or bracken clearing,' v. fearn , leah . A Cluniac priory was founded here in 1125; cf. Monkton Deverill infra 174. For Mounton cf. supra 119.