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Sixpenny Handley

Sixpenny Handley proper noun: a village in Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge parish, north-east Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9917).

Proper noun

Sixpenny Handley

  1. A village in Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge parish, north-east Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9917).

Origin of Sixpenny Handley

Recorded as Hanlege 1086 (DB), and Sexpennyhanley in 1575, from an old hundred named Sexpene (hill of the Saxons).

Questions about Sixpenny Handley

What does Sixpenny Handley mean?
Sixpenny Handley means a village in Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge parish, north-east Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9917).
What part of speech is Sixpenny Handley?
Sixpenny Handley is a proper noun.

Words near Sixpenny Handley in the dictionary

  1. sixpences
  2. sixpennies
  3. sixpenny
  4. sixpenny bit
  5. sixpenny bits
  6. Sixpenny Handley
  7. Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge
  8. sixpenny nail
  9. sixpenny nails
  10. sixpennyworth
  11. sixpennyworths

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