English Explanatory Dictionary

Warley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A suburb of Brentwood, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ592923).
  2. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England.
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Warley Warleys Worley

Etymology

From Old English wer (“weir, dam”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to weir + -ley (“lea”).

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