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.

Osmerley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Alvechurch

Historical Forms

Osmeresle(ia) 1138 BM 1156 Ch 1266 ADii 13th

Osmerley 1227,1244 FF

Over and Nether Osmerley 1535 VE

Etymology

'Ōsmǣr 's clearing,' v. leah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Alvechurch