Etymology

Sidley

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Today it means: A suburban village and ward on the northern outskirts of Bexhill, Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ7309). Full definition →

Old English sīd
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromsīd“wide”
  2. English todaySidley

From Old English sīd (“wide”) + lēah (“clearing”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishsīd all →

side

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