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.

Mereley Ing

Other OS name in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • Mearley 1732 PRGis

Etymology

, 1848TA , Mearley 1732 PRGis , ' boundary clearing ' , v. (ge)mǣre , lēah ; it is near the parish boundary with Sawley .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site