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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A placename:; A hamlet in Okehampton Hamlets parish, West Devon district, Devon, England, adjacent to Stockley Hamlet (OS grid ref SX6096). countable, uncountable
2. 2
   A placename:; A village in Calne Without parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU002674). countable, uncountable
3. 3
   A placename:; An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   A habitational surname from Old English. countable

Etymology

From Old English stocc (“log, stump, tree trunk”) + lēah (“clearing, glade”). Equivalent to stock + -ley (“lea”).

Related phrases

Stockley Hamlet

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