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.

Farley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mathon

Historical Forms

  • Farenlega c.1250 AOMB61 15th
  • Farlege, Farley 1255 Ass 1287 Abbr 1327 SR 1652 FF
  • Farnleye 1275,1332 SR
  • Farnleye juxta Mathern 1331 FF
  • Fareley 1316 FF

Etymology

'Fern-clearing,' v. fearn , leah . Cf. Farley in Romsley infra 301.