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Childrey

Childrey proper noun: a village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3687).

Proper noun

Childrey (countable and uncountable, plural Childreys)

  1. A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3687).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Childrey

pluralChildreys

Origin of Childrey

From either the Old English personal name *Cilla or cille (“spring”) + rīþ (“stream, rivulet”).

Questions about Childrey

What does Childrey mean?
Childrey means a village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3687).
What part of speech is Childrey?
Childrey is a proper noun.

Words near Childrey in the dictionary

  1. childrenless
  2. childrens
  3. childrenswear
  4. Childress
  5. Childress County
  6. Childrey
  7. Childreys
  8. childs
  9. Childs Hill
  10. childsafe
  11. childship

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