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.

Pulley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Salwarpe

Historical Forms

  • Wulle lea (sic) 817 BCS362 11th
  • Pullege, Pulley(e) 1255,1275 Ass 1298 Wigorn c.1300 Nash 18th Wills 1560
  • Polleye 1275 SR

Etymology

This is probably OE  pull-leage (dat.), 'clearing by the pool,' v. pull , leah .

Places in the same Parish