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.

Great Farley Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halesowen

Historical Forms

  • Farnle 1271 Ct
  • Farleya 1274,1301 Ct
  • Farlee 1291 Tax
  • Fareley 1605 Wills

Etymology

'Fern clearing,' v. fearn , leah and cf. Farley in Mathon supra 66.