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Survey of English Place-Names

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Water Oakley

Other OS name in the Parish of Bray

Historical Forms

  • Water Ok(e)ley, Water Ockley 1572 SpecCom
  • Waterocley 1592 PubLib(Bray)
  • Walter Okeley 1598 Ashmole
  • Walter Okely 1607 Norden

Etymology

, 1761 Rocque , 1790Pride , Water Ok (e )ley , Water Ockley 1572SpecCom , Waterocley 1592PubLib (Bray ), Walter Okeley 1598 Ashmole, Walter Okely 1607Norden , v. 46 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement