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.

Westley Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Mamhead

Historical Forms

Wistele 1267 Ass

Wyslegh 1287 Ass

Wyshlegh 1330 SR

Etymology

is Wistele 1267Ass , Wyslegh 1287Ass , Wyshlegh 1330SR (all p) . ' Marsh clearing , ' v. wisc , leah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Mamhead