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.

Wearley

Other OS name in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • Wearley Moor 1849 TA

Etymology

, Wearley Moor 1849TA , cf. Wear Ings ib , v. wer ' weir ' , lēah , eng ; it is on the hillside near Meltham Dike .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name