English Explanatory Dictionary

Sedgley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A suburban town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England, historically in Staffordshire (OS grid ref SO9193).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Sedgley Sedgleys

Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Seċġ, a byname from seċġ (“man, hero”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

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