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‘bright woodland clearing’ or perhaps sometimes ‘shire clearing’, OE scīr + lēah: Shirley City of Derbyshire Sirelei (1086) (DB). Shirley Greater London. Shirleye (1314). Shirley Solihull Syrley (c.1240). Shirley City of Southampton Sirelei (1086) (DB).

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