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.

Perlay

Other OS name in the Parish of Ruardean

Historical Forms

  • Purlieu 1777 M

Etymology

, Purlieu 1777 M , e.ModE  purlewe ' land on theedge of a forest ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement