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.

Purley Covert

Other OS name in the Parish of Rodmarton

Historical Forms

  • The Purley 1830 M

Etymology

, The Purley 1830 M , probably e.ModE  purlieu ' outskirts ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement