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Survey of English Place-Names

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Emley Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Hinton Martell

Historical Forms

  • Emley 1838 ib

Etymology

, Emley 1838ib , cf. Embly 1841ib ( Hinton P . ) , perhaps ' level wood or clearing ' , from efn and lēah , cf. Evenley Nth52 and v. High Lea infra .