# Brindley

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #85,064

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ592534).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English berned (“burnt”) + lēah (“woodland, glade, clearing”). Equivalent to burnt + -ley (“lea”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/brindley