Throwley
hamlet · Kent
Old EnglishAI-generated
This name likely means 'the clearing or farmstead by the stream'. 'Throwley' is thought to derive from Old English 'þrōwleah', meaning a clearing or wood where something grows, possibly related to a stream or a place of hardship.
Word origins
- Throwley
- Old Englishclearing by a stream(from þrōw "stream, hardship", lēah "clearing, wood")
Historical forms
Trowele · Trowel