English Explanatory Dictionary

Horley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and civil parish in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2842).
  2. A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4143).
  3. A surname.

Word forms

Horley

Etymology

From Old English horn + lēah (“meadow”); "clearing in a horn-shaped piece of land".

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