Highley

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Highley

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Recorded as Hugelei in the Domesday Book, the village is named with the unattested Old English personal name *Hugga + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

proper noun Highleys · Hiley

countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7483).
countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{highley_2026,
  title = {Highley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/highley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}