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Yaxley

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From Old English ġēac (“cuckoo”) + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

proper noun Yaxleys

  1. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1892).
  2. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1273).
  3. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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"Yaxley." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/yaxley. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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

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@misc{yaxley_2026,
  title = {Yaxley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yaxley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}