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Woolley

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  1. 1
    A place in England:; A hamlet in Barham and Woolley parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1574). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A place in England:; A hamlet in Morwenstow parish, north Cornwall (OS grid ref SS2516). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A place in England:; A small village in Charlcombe parish, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST7468). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A place in England:; A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3213). countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A place in England:; A suburb of Bradford-on-Avon, west Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8361). countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Old English wulf (“wolf”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wolf + -ley (“lea”).

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