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.

Horseley Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Debden

Historical Forms

  • Haukisleye 1316 Ct

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Haukisleye 1316Ct . ' Heafoc 's or hawk's leah . '