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.

Wilber Lee

Other OS name in the Parish of Huddersfield

Historical Forms

  • Wildborleghe 1326 WCR
  • Wilborley 1551 WillY

Etymology

, 1843 O.S. , Wildborleghe 1326WCR (p), Wilborley 1551 WillY , ' wild-boar clearing ' , v. wilde , bār , lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site