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.

Barnsleyhall Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bromsgrove

Historical Forms

  • Barndesley 1255 Pat
  • Barndele(ye) 1259 Ipm 1275
  • Barndley c.1300 Nash 18th
  • Brandeleie 1347 Pat
  • Barnsley 1564 Wills

Etymology

'The leah of Beornmōd or of Beornnōð ,' for the former cf. Barnsley (PN Gl 15).