Seckley Wood
Early-attested site in the Parish of Upper Arley
Historical Forms
- Soegeslea 866 BCS513 18th
- Secceslea 866 BCS514 11th
Etymology
'Secg 's clearing' (v. leah ) with the same unexpected phonological development which we find in Seckloe (PN Bk 16). The identification is not certain. Seckley Wood is on the right bank of the Severn, the place in the charter was in Wolverley. It is possible that the original Wolverley included Arley east of the Severn, but to include Seckley Wood we must believe that Wolverley crossed the Severn or else that the term Secgeslea described land on both sides of the Severn, cf. the use of Shelsley infra 76 as the name of manors on either side of the Teme.