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- Old English · derived fromærc“ark, wooden chest”
- English todayArkley
From Old English ærc (“ark, wooden chest”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to ark + -ley (“lea”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A village in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England, historically in Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TQ225955). Full definition →