Woolley.
A place in England:
Meaning & usage
A place in England: A hamlet in Barham and Woolley parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1574).
A place in England: A hamlet in Morwenstow parish, north Cornwall (OS grid ref SS2516).
A place in England: A small village in Charlcombe parish, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST7468).
A place in England: A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3213).
A place in England: A suburb of Bradford-on-Avon, west Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8361).
A habitational surname from Old English.
Where this word comes from
Usually from Old English wulf (“wolf”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade frequented by wolves”). Equivalent to wolf + -ley (“lea”).
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