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.

Boreley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ombersley

Historical Forms

Barlege c.1190 EveA

Borleye 1275 Ass, SR (p)

Boreley 1527,1570 Wills

Etymology

This is a compound of OE bar and leah, 'boar clearing.'

Places in the same Parish