Farleymoor Lake
lake or loch · Bracknell Forest
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name combines 'Farley', likely from Old English 'fearn' (fern) and 'lēah' (woodland clearing), with 'moor' meaning open, uncultivated land. It refers to a lake on a ferny clearing on a moor.
Word origins
- Farley
- Old EnglishAttestedFern clearing.(from fearn "fern", lēah "woodland clearing, meadow")
- moor
- Old EnglishOpen, uncultivated land.(from mōr "moor, heath, fen")
- Lake
- Old EnglishA large body of water.(from lacu "lake, pond, stream")