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.

Hayley Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halesowen

Historical Forms

  • haia apud Hayleya 1274 Ct

Etymology

The Hay - is the same as the haia and the whole name denotes a leah marked by a (ge)hæg, 'a clearing with an enclosure.'