Marley Hill
village
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Marley Hill likely means 'woodland clearing on the boundary'. 'Mearh' can mean horse or boundary, and 'leah' means woodland clearing. The 'Hill' element is a later addition specifying the topography.
Word origins
- Marley
- Old EnglishAttestedwoodland clearing on the boundary(from mearh "horse or boundary", lēah "woodland clearing")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")