Stickley

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old English.

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Northumberland, from either Old English stiġel (“stile; sharp point”), sticol (“high, steep, stickle”) or from a personal name *Sticca + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to stile + -ley (“lea”).

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