English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Hammerley Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Cromhall

Historical Forms

  • Hammarley Down 1830 M

Etymology

, Hammarley Down 1830 M , possibly from OE  hamor used of some plant , as in OE  hamor-secg ' hammer-sedge ' or dūð -hamor ' sedge ' ( cf. EPN s.v. and Hammerton YW v, 8 ) , v. lēah ' clearing ' .