English Explanatory Dictionary

Fawley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A small village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3981).
  2. A small village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU7586).
  3. A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4503).
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Fawley Fawleys Faley

Etymology

From either Old English fealu (“yellow, fallow, dun”) or fealh (“fallow land”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to fallow + -ley (“lea”).

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