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.

Horsley Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Kniveton

Historical Forms

  • Hors(e)ley(e) c.1260,1285 Kniveton

Etymology

, Hors (e )ley (e )c. 1260, 1285Kniveton , v. hors , lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement