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Alley Gully

valley · West Berkshire

Old EnglishAI-generated

This name likely derives from the Old English personal name Ælfhild or Ælfhæd, combined with 'geat', meaning a gap or passage. It refers to a gully or passage associated with a person named Ælfhild/Ælfhæd.

Word origins

Alley
Old EnglishPersonal name (Ælfhild/Ælfhæd)(from Ælfhild "elf-battle", Ælfhæd "elf-head")
gully
Old Englishgully, passage(from geat "gap, passage")