Originally a forested area
favoured by Royalty and gentry for hunting.Its name maybe derived from the Old English ‘Finaca Leah’ meaning ‘the wood of
finches’.Finkley Manor
Farmhouse is documented since 1238 as Fynknel.
Near Finkley Farm a Roman dwelling house was excavated in 1871 and there
are two Iron Age barrows in fields nearby.
