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.

Cobley

Other OS name in the Parish of East Worlington

Historical Forms

  • Cobelega c.1200 StNicholas
  • Cobbeleghe 1352 Exon

Etymology

is Cobelega c. 1200St Nicholas ,Cobbeleghe 1352 Exon (p) . ' Cobba 's clearing , ' v. leah . Cf. Cobleysupra 370 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement