Etymology

Keighley

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Today it means: A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0641). Full definition →

Middle English Chichelai
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  1. Middle English · derived fromChichelai
  2. English todayKeighley

Recorded as Middle English Chichelai in the Domesday Book, the town is named with the Old English personal name *Cyhha + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

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