Etymology

Highley

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7483). Full definition →

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The story

Recorded as Hugelei in the Domesday Book, the village is named with the unattested Old English personal name *Hugga + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

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