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.

Owles

Other OS name in the Parish of Layston with Buntingford

Historical Forms

  • Owls Ley c.1840 TA

Etymology

is so named in 1598 (N) . So also Owls Ley c. 1840TA .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement