Woolley

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proper noun

A hamlet in Barham and Woolley parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1574).

OriginOld English wulf →
Less commonScrabble 13
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Meanings

proper nounWoolley (countable and uncountable, plural Woolleys)

plural Woolleys

  1. A place in England:
    1. countableuncountableA hamlet in Barham and Woolley parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1574).
    2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Morwenstow parish, north Cornwall (OS grid ref SS2516).
    3. countableuncountableA small village in Charlcombe parish, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST7468).
    4. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3213).
    5. countableuncountableA suburb of Bradford-on-Avon, west Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8361).
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishwulf“wolf”
  2. EnglishWoolley

Usually from Old English wulf (“wolf”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade frequented by wolves”). Equivalent to wolf + -ley (“lea”).

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