henley

Meanings

1. A type of knit shirt with a front placket but no collar.

1. A place name, including:
2. A number of places in England:
3. A town in Oxfordshire; see Henley-on-Thames.
4. A town in Warwickshire; see Henley-in-Arden.
5. A hamlet in Buckland Newton parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST6904).
6. An outer eastern suburb of Gloucester, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9016).
7. A hamlet in Acton Scott parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4588).
8. A hamlet in Bitterley parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO5476).
9. A hamlet in High Ham parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4332)
10. A hamlet in West Crewkerne parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4407).
11. A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1551).
12. A small settlement in Easebourne parish, Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU8925).

1. Alternative letter-case form of henley.

Etymology

From the town of Henley(-on-Thames) in England, where the rowers wore shirts of this type.