Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Barligwei 1189,1191 P
• Barliche(s)weye 1232,1251 Fees 1275 RH 1306 Ass
• Barlike(s)weye, Barlichewey Wapentac 1232 ib
• Barlycwey 1285 1327 SR
• Barlycheweye 1306 Ass
• Fernecumbe, Fernecūbe Hund in DB
• Patelau 1086 DB
• Pathelawe 1232 Fees 1262 Ass
• Patelowe t.Hy3 RBE
• Pathelowe 1240 Wigorn 1247,1262,1306 Ass
• Pathlowe ib.
• libertas de Patthelowe 1327,1332 SR

Etymology

This is OE  bærlic weg , 'road along which barley was carted' (PN BedsHu 52 and Anderson 137). The meeting-place was near Barley Leys infra 212. According to Dugdale (487) “the Hundred took its name from a plot of ground about eight yards square, now inclosed with a Hedge, and situate upon the top of a Hill in the way between Haseler and Binton and about half a mile from Temple Grafton , which is reputed to be the very place where these three Parishes do meet.” This points to the meeting-place being actually on the crest of Haselor Hill. For Wapentac , v. Introd. xxiv, n. The Hundred was formed in the 12th century by the union of the two DB Hundreds of Ferncumbe and Pathlow.