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.

Abberley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Abberley

Historical Forms

  • Edboldelega 1086 DB
  • Albodeslega c.1150 Surv
  • Haudebodeleya 1169 P
  • Albodelega 1180 France c.1225
  • Abbedeslegh 1216 ClR
  • Albedeley 1275 SR 1309,1315 Ipm
  • Aubedeleye 1276 RH
  • Abbodeley 1327 SR 1346 FA
  • Abbedeleye 1337 Ipm 1349 Wigorn 1400 IpmR
  • Ab(b)ot(t)(e)ley(e) 1346 Pat 1433 IpmR 1487 ADv 1485 Pat
  • Abbudley 1399 Pat
  • Abboteslegh 1428 FA
  • Abburley 1478 Pat
  • Aberley 1480,1484 Pat
  • Abbutley 1488,1493 Pat
  • Abboteley al. Abburley 1499 Pat
  • Abbotsley 1637 QSR 1663 D
  • Abberley 1649–1710 FF

Etymology

'Ealdbeald 's clearing,' v. leah . This p.n. has the same history as Abbotsley (PN BedsHu 252) with curiously similar fluctuation of forms.