The story
- Old English · derived fromlēah“woodland clearing, glade”
- English todayWinkley
Habitational surname from a lost settlement in Lancashire, from an unclear first element + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). The surname could also derive from the village of Winksley, in North Yorkshire.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishlēah all →
lealeighRipleyHadleyBurnleylyeExleyKirkleyLeybourneOuseleyDinckleyHigh Legh-leighRansley
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.