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Stockley

Stockley proper noun: a hamlet in Okehampton Hamlets parish, West Devon district, Devon, England, adjacent to Stockley Hamlet (OS grid ref SX6096).

Proper noun

Stockley (countable and uncountable, plural Stockleys)

  1. A hamlet in Okehampton Hamlets parish, West Devon district, Devon, England, adjacent to Stockley Hamlet (OS grid ref SX6096).
  2. A village in Calne Without parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU002674).
  3. An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.
  4. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Stockley

pluralStockleys

Origin of Stockley

From Old English stocc (“log, stump, tree trunk”) + lēah (“clearing, glade”). Equivalent to stock + -ley (“lea”).

Words formed from Stockley

Questions about Stockley

What does Stockley mean?
Stockley means a hamlet in Okehampton Hamlets parish, West Devon district, Devon, England, adjacent to Stockley Hamlet (OS grid ref SX6096).
What part of speech is Stockley?
Stockley is a proper noun.

Words near Stockley in the dictionary

  1. stockkeepers
  2. stockkeeping
  3. stocklending
  4. stockless
  5. stocklessness
  6. Stockley
  7. Stockley Hamlet
  8. Stockleys
  9. stocklike
  10. stocklist
  11. stocklists

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