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.

Purlieu Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Somerford Keynes

Historical Forms

  • the Purlieu 1807 EnclA

Etymology

, the Purlieu 1807EnclA , e.ModE  purlieu ' the outskirtsof a forest or other place ' ( cf. NED s.v . ) .