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.

Woolley

Other OS name in the Parish of Shirwell

Historical Forms

  • Wollegh 1333 SR

Etymology

is Wollegh 1333SR (p) . Probably ' wolves' clearing , ' v. leah and cf. Woolleighinfra 87 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement