English Explanatory Dictionary

Highley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7483).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Highley Highleys Hiley

Etymology

Recorded as Hugelei in the Domesday Book, the village is named with the unattested Old English personal name *Hugga + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

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