English Explanatory Dictionary

Graveley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2464).
  2. A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL232278).
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Graveley Graveleys Gravely

Etymology

From either Old English græf (“pit, trench”) or grāf (“grove, thicket”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

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