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Lumley

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Habitational surname from the villages of Great Lumley and Lumley Thicks, in County Durham, from Old English lumm (“pool”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

proper noun Lumleys

  1. countable, uncountable A surname from Old English.
  2. countable, uncountable A hamlet near Hermitage, Southbourne parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU7506).

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@misc{lumley_2026,
  title = {Lumley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lumley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}