English Explanatory Dictionary

Gresley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.

Word forms

Gresley Gresleys

Etymology

Habitational surname from Church Gresley or Castle Gresley, two villages in Derbyshire, from Old English greōsn (“gravel”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Derived words

Castle Gresley Church Gresley
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