The story
- Old English · derived fromlēah“woodland clearing”
- Cumbric · derived from*eglēs“church”
- English todayExley
Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from Cumbric *eglēs (“church”) (also found in Eccles) + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).
Words from the same roots
Cumbric*eglēs all →
Falkirk
Old Englishlēah all →
lealeighRipleyHadleyBurnleylyeKirkleyLeybourneOuseleyDinckleyHigh Legh-leighRansleyWinkley
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.