Highley

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7483). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Recorded as Hugelei in the Domesday Book, the village is named with the unattested Old English personal name *Hugga + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

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