BISLEY : The name 'Bisley' was first recorded in the 10th century as 'Busseleghe'.   It comes from the Old English words Bysc meaning bushes or thicket and Leah a clearing - the 'clearing where bushes grow'. Variant spellings have included Bisslegam (1103), Bisscheleye (1279), Bysshley (1471), Busshele (1283) and Bursele (1346). The 'Bisley' form first appears in the 1587 Musters.

Bullhousen Farm : Derived from 'Bulrowsen Wood' which appears on John Norden's map of Surrey in 1607. The significance of the name is unclear.

Churchbourn Mead : The meadow by the church on the Bourne.

Dead Hill Mead : Perhaps referring to a hill where the land was poor, infertile or worn out.

Cobbett's Farm : Associated with the family of Robert Cobbett (1583 Musters).

Miles' Green : Associated with the family of John Mylys, whose name appears in the Court Rolls in 1483.

Hangmoor Copse : Associated with Hangmoor Hill which appears on John Rocque's 1765 map of Surrey.

Hog Lees : Pig pasture.

Hongers : Possibly from hangra meaning ‘sloping wood’.

Laford's Farm : Appears as le Ford in 1609 Land Revenue books. A curious fusion of the French definite article and a following noun.

Neltro : Appears as le Eltrowe in 1345 (i.e. 'the elder tree'

Polledoak Slade : Is 'pollarded oak' a parish boundary mark. Slade is an Anglo-Saxon term for 'valley'.

Reidon Hill : Appears on John Norden's map of Surrey in 1607 as Rydonsoke (i.e. 'Rydon's Oak'). In some 1863 papers of the Earl of Onslow, the name is Riding Hill perhaps 'Rye Hill'.

Staffordlake Farm : Named after the lake which appears as Stavocklake (1609) and Staveck lake (1863).

Trulley Brook : Trulley Brook is a tributary of the Bourne. It is most likely associated with the place-name Tryllyngeford meaning 'ford of the dwellers on the Tryll'.

Trulleys : Takes its name from the Trulley Brook on which it sits.