English Explanatory Dictionary

Dursley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7598).
  2. A hamlet in Heywood parish, near Westbury, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8654).

Word forms

Dursley

Etymology

From Old English Deorsigeslēah, from the personal name Deorsiġe (“dear victory”) in the genitive case Deorsiġes + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

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