Higher Woodley (EN) / Lannergh Wartha (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Lanivet
Hundred: 
Pydarshire
Elements: 

lannergh

Meaning: 
clearing

wartha

Meaning: 
higher
Elements notes: 
<lannergh> 'clearing' + <wartha> 'higher'
Historic forms: 
Houerwodelegh 1317 (N.A. – AR/1/331) Wodely le Ouera 1464 (N.A. – AR/2/1337/7) Wodley Ouera 1485 (N.A. – AR/2/387) Woodley the Higher [unknown] (N.A. – AR/14/419) Hr Woodly 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Hr Woodley 1805 (Dawson, 1805) Higher Woodley c.1825-30 (N.A. – TF/2010) Hr Woodley 1851 (Census 1851) Hr. Woodley 1856 (OS 1856) Higher Woodley 1888 (OS 1888) Higher Woodley 2014 (OS 2014)