Woodley

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proper noun

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU7673).

OriginOld English wudu →
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Meanings

proper nounWoodley (countable and uncountable, plural Woodleys)

plural Woodleys · alternative Woodlee

  1. countableuncountableA town and civil parish with a town council in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU7673).
  2. countableuncountableA suburban area of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ938922).
  3. countableuncountableAn eastern suburb of Romsey, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3722).
  4. countableuncountableA ghost town in the Rural Municipality of Benson, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  5. countableuncountableA suburb of Nairobi, Kenya.
  6. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishwudu“wood”
  2. EnglishWoodley

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wood + -ley (“lea”).

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Cite this entry
APA

Woodley. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Woodley

MLA

“Woodley.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Woodley. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Woodley,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Woodley.

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