Linley
hamlet · Shropshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Linley likely means 'the clearing by the boundary'. It combines an Old English word for boundary with one for a clearing or meadow.
Word origins
- lin
- Old EnglishAttestedboundary(from lin "boundary")
- ley
- Old EnglishAttestedclearing, meadow(from lēah "clearing, meadow")