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Foxley

Foxley proper noun: a hamlet in Yazor parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4146).

Proper noun

Foxley

  1. A hamlet in Yazor parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4146).
  2. A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0321).
  3. A hamlet in Blakesley parish, South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire (OS grid ref SP6451).
  4. A small settlement in Audley Rural parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ7953).
  5. A hamlet in Norton parish, north-west Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8985).
  6. A small suburb near Mount Vernon, City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6562).
  7. A surname.

Forms of Foxley

alternative formFoxlee
alternative formFoxleigh

Origin of Foxley

From Old English fox + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

Questions about Foxley

What does Foxley mean?
Foxley means a hamlet in Yazor parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4146).
What part of speech is Foxley?
Foxley is a proper noun.

Words near Foxley in the dictionary

  1. Foxites
  2. Foxitis
  3. foxless
  4. foxlet
  5. foxlets
  6. Foxley
  7. foxlike
  8. foxling
  9. foxlings
  10. Foxlove
  11. foxly

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