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.

Farleigh Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Cromhall

Historical Forms

  • Varley Eliz Surv

Etymology

, 1839TA , Varley ElizSurv , probably ' fern clearing ' , v. fearn , lēah ; for loss of - n - and initial V - , cf. Phonol. §§ 34, 37 (b ) .