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‘high wood or clearing’, OE hēah (dative hēan) + lēah: Hanley City of Stoke. Henle (1212). Hanley Castle Worcestershire Hanlege (1086) (DB). Affix from the early 13th cent. castle here. Hanley Child & Hanley William Worcestershire Hanlege (1086) (DB), Cheldreshanle (1255), Williames Henle (1275). Affixes from OE cild (plural cildra) ‘young monk, noble-born son’, and from a William de la Mare who held one of the manors in (1242).
| Hankham, Hankerton, Hankelow | |
| Hanlith, Hannahstown, Hannington |
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