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Plealey

village · Shropshire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Plealey is an Old English place name possibly meaning 'the flat clearing' or 'the clearing by the flat land'. It refers to a settlement in a woodland clearing.

Word origins

Plealey
Old Englishflat clearing(from plat "flat", leah "woodland clearing")

Historical forms

Plailegh