Hindley

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6204). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A hamlet in Stocksfield parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0559). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Old English hind (“hind, female deer”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hind + -ley (“lea”).

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