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.

Farley

Other OS name in the Parish of Brendon

Historical Forms

  • Ferlee 1198 FF
  • Farlegh 1281 Ass

Etymology

is Ferlee 1198 FF, Farlegh 1281Ass (p) . ' Bracken clearing , ' v. fearn , leah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement