English Explanatory Dictionary

Foxley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A place in England:
  2. A hamlet in Yazor parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4146).
  3. A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0321).
  4. A hamlet in Blakesley parish, South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire (OS grid ref SP6451).
  5. A small settlement in Audley Rural parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ7953).
  6. A hamlet in Norton parish, north-west Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8985).
  7. A small suburb near Mount Vernon, City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6562).
  8. A surname.

Word forms

Foxley Foxlee Foxleigh

Etymology

From Old English fox + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

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