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Meaning & History
Old English hors ‘horse’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’"English (Northeastern England): habitational name from any of various places such as Horsley (Derbyshire Gloucestershire) Long Horsley (Northumberland) and Horseley Hills Farm in Wolverley (Worcestershire) probably referring to a place where horses were put out to pasture."