Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sixpenny handley

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables: six-pen-ny han-d-ley
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village in Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge parish, north-east Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9917).

Etymology

Recorded as Hanlege 1086 (DB), and Sexpennyhanley in 1575, from an old hundred named Sexpene (hill of the Saxons).

Questions

What does sixpenny handley mean?: A village in Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge parish, north-east Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9917).
Where does sixpenny handley come from?: Recorded as Hanlege 1086 (DB), and Sexpennyhanley in 1575, from an old hundred named Sexpene (hill of the Saxons).

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