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Hindley

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From Old English hind (“hind, female deer”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hind + -ley (“lea”).

proper noun Hindleys

  1. countable, uncountable A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6204).
  2. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Stocksfield parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0559).
  3. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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"Hindley." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hindley. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Hindley. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hindley

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"Hindley." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hindley.

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@misc{hindley_2026,
  title = {Hindley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hindley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}