Warley

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A suburb of Brentwood, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ592923). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Old English wer (“weir, dam”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to weir + -ley (“lea”).

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