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.

Semley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Semley

Historical Forms

  • (on) Semeleage 955 BCS917 14th
  • Semele c.1190 SarumCh 1291 Tax
  • Semeleg(h) 1225 SR 1242 Fees 1344 FF
  • Semlegh 1329 ib
  • Semble 1571 SR
  • Sembly al. Sembleighe 1572 FF
  • Semblie 1650 ParlSurv

Etymology

'Clearing or wood by the river Sem,' v. leah and Sem supra 9.