Farleigh

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | 636 words | Copyright

Farleigh, ‘woodland clearing growing with ferns’, OE fearn + lēah: Farleigh Gtr. London. Ferlega 1086 (DB). Farleigh, East & Farleigh, West Kent. Fearnlege 9th cent., Ferlaga 1086 (DB). Farleigh Hungerford Somerset. Fearnlæh 987, Ferlege 1086 (DB), Farlegh Hungerford 1404. Affix from the Hungerford family, here in the 14th cent. Farleigh, Monkton Wilts. Farnleghe 1001, Farlege 1086 (DB), Monekenefarlegh 1321. Affix means ‘of the monks’ from OE munuc, alluding to a priory founded here in 1125. Farleigh Wallop Hants. Ferlege 1086 (DB). Affix from the Wallop family, here in the 14th cent.

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