Graveley

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Graveley

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From either Old English græf (“pit, trench”) or grāf (“grove, thicket”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

proper noun Graveleys · Gravely

  1. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2464).
  2. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL232278).
  3. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{graveley_2026,
  title = {Graveley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/graveley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}