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.

Lutley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Halesowen

Historical Forms

  • Ludele(ya) 1169 P 1255 Ass
  • Ledeleye 1275 SR
  • Lod(e)leye 1275 Ass
  • Lotteleye, Lutteleye 1291 Ipm
  • Lutleye 1327 FF
  • Lutteleye 1346 ADvi
  • Ludley 1500 Nash 18th VE 1535

Etymology

This points to a pers. name Hlūda or Hlȳda , a derivative of hlūd , 'loud.' For the possibility of such a pers. name stem cf. Hludesbeorh (BCS 741), v. leah .