English Explanatory Dictionary

Westley Waterless

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A small village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL6256).

Word forms

Westley Waterless

Etymology

Recorded as Westle c.1045, Weslai 1086 (DB), and Westle Waterles 1285, the affix being from Old English wæter + lēas (“wet clearings”)

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