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.

Hailey Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashbury

Historical Forms

  • Haley Coppice 1772 EnclA
  • Hayley Wood 1828 OS

Etymology

, Haley Coppice 1772EnclA ,Hayley Wood 1828 OS , Hailey occurs several times in O as the name of a wood , possibly ' enclosed wood ' , v. (ge)hæg , lēah , and cf. Haywood (DEPN) .