The story
- Old English · derived fromwer“weir, dam”
- English todayWarley
From Old English wer (“weir, dam”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to weir + -ley (“lea”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishwer all →
weirwerWarehamWarfield
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.