Bletchley
hamlet · Shropshire
Old EnglishAI-generated
Bletchley is an Old English place name, possibly meaning 'Bletta's clearing' or 'the clearing of the bleating animals'. It combines a personal name or descriptive term with the word for 'clearing'.
Word origins
- Bletta
- Old Englishpersonal name or bleating(from Bletta "personal name", blæt "bleating")
- léah
- Old Englishclearing, wood(from léah "clearing, wood")
Historical forms
Bletchley 1086