Exley

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proper noun

A surname from Old English.

OriginCumbric *eglēs ← Old English lēah →
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Meanings

proper nounExley (countable and uncountable, plural Exleys)

plural Exleys · alternative Axley

  1. countableuncountableA surname from Old English.
  2. countableuncountableA small suburb south of Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0922).

Origin

  1. Old Englishlēah“woodland clearing”
  2. Cumbric*eglēs“church”
  3. EnglishExley

Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from Cumbric *eglēs (“church”) (also found in Eccles) + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).

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