Henley.
A place name, including:
Meaning & usage
A place name, including: A number of places in England: A town in Oxfordshire; see Henley-on-Thames.
A place name, including: A number of places in England: A town in Warwickshire; see Henley-in-Arden.
A place name, including: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Buckland Newton parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST6904).
A place name, including: A number of places in England: An outer eastern suburb of Gloucester, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9016).
A place name, including: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Acton Scott parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4588).
A place name, including: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Bitterley parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO5476).
A place name, including: A number of places in England: A hamlet in High Ham parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4332)
A place name, including: A number of places in England: A hamlet in West Crewkerne parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4407).
A place name, including: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1551).
A place name, including: A number of places in England: A small settlement in Easebourne parish, Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU8925).
A place name, including: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Box parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8267)
A place name, including: A number of places in England: A hamlet mostly in Buttermere parish, Wiltshire. (OS grid ref SU3259).
A place name, including: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Cole County, Missouri, derived from the surname.
A place name, including: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Scioto County, Ohio, derived from the surname.
A place name, including: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, also from the surname.
A place name, including: A suburb of Sydney in the Municipality of Hunter's Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
A place name, including: A settlement in Otago, New Zealand, on the Taieri River.
A habitational surname from Old English.
Where this word comes from
From Old English hēan, weak dative case of hēah (“high”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Compare Hanley, which shares the same etymology.
Alternative letter-case form of henley.
Where this word comes from
From Old English hēan, weak dative case of hēah (“high”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Compare Hanley, which shares the same etymology.
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