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Waterley Wd

Other OS name in the Parish of Bloxworth

Historical Forms

  • Waterlegh' 1458,1461 Lane
  • Watersley 1460 ib
  • Waterley (wood) 1845 TA

Etymology

, Waterlegh '1458, 1461Lane , Watersley 1460ib , Waterley (wood )1845TA , perhaps ' wet glade ' , from wæter and lēah , but the first el . may be the pers. n. Wa (l )ter .