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.

Playley Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Redmarley D'Abitot

Historical Forms

  • Pleyleye 1275 SR

Etymology

This may be 'play-clearing' (v. plega ). It might also be Pleganleage (dat.), 'Plega's clearing,' Plega not being on actual record but a regular formation from one of the OE  names in Pleg -, cf. Plealey (Sa).