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Woolley

Woolley proper noun: a hamlet in Barham and Woolley parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1574).

Proper noun

Woolley (countable and uncountable, plural Woolleys)

  1. A hamlet in Barham and Woolley parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1574).
  2. A hamlet in Morwenstow parish, north Cornwall (OS grid ref SS2516).
  3. A small village in Charlcombe parish, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST7468).
  4. A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3213).
  5. A suburb of Bradford-on-Avon, west Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8361).
  6. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Woolley

pluralWoolleys

Origin of Woolley

Usually from Old English wulf (“wolf”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade frequented by wolves”). Equivalent to wolf + -ley (“lea”).

Words formed from Woolley

Questions about Woolley

What does Woolley mean?
Woolley means a hamlet in Barham and Woolley parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1574).
What part of speech is Woolley?
Woolley is a proper noun.

Words near Woolley in the dictionary

  1. woollens
  2. woolleny
  3. Wooller
  4. woolless
  5. woollessness
  6. Woolley
  7. Woolley Grange
  8. Woolleys
  9. woollier
  10. woollies
  11. woolliest

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