Fawley

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A small village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3981). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A small village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU7586). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4503). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From either Old English fealu (“yellow, fallow, dun”) or fealh (“fallow land”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to fallow + -ley (“lea”).

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