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.

Priestley

Other OS name in the Parish of Bishop's Stortford

Historical Forms

  • Presteleye 1396 Ct
  • Prestlye 1413 ib

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Presteleye 1396 Ct,Prestlye 1413 ib . ' Priests' wood or clearing , ' v. preost , leah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement