Fawley
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Fawley is a place name that is used more than once in the United Kingdom. In each case, the origins of the name are different:
- Fawley, BerkshireFawley, BerkshireFawley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire. It is more properly called North or Great Fawley to distinguish it from South or Little Fawley, lower down the parish....
('clearing frequented by fallow deer') - South FawleySouth FawleySouth Fawley is a small village in the civil parish of Fawley in the English county of Berkshire.It is situated off the A338 between Great Shefford and Wantage, just south of its counterpart Fawley, or North Fawley, in the West Berkshire district. It has a fine early 17th century manor house built...
, sometimes called Little Fawley - Fawley, BuckinghamshireFawley, BuckinghamshireFawley is a village and civil parish in Wycombe district in the south-western corner of Buckinghamshire, England. It is on the boundary between Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, about seven miles west of Great Marlow and north of Henley-on-Thames....
('fallow-coloured clearing'); in or nearby are:- Fawley CourtFawley CourtFawley Court is a country house standing on the banks of the River Thames at Fawley in the English county of Buckinghamshire, just north of Henley-on-Thames. The former deer park extended over the border into Oxfordshire...
, a manor house and estate, and - Fawley BottomFawley BottomFawley Bottom is a very small village in south Buckinghamshire, England, north of Henley-on-Thames.The artist John Piper and his wife, the librettist Myfanwy Piper, were notable long-term residents of Fawley Bottom Farmhouse in the 20th century, from the mid 1930s for the rest of their lives in the...
, a very small village
- Fawley Court
- Fawley, HampshireFawley, HampshireFawley is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It is situated in the New Forest on the western shore of the Solent, approximately 7 miles south of Southampton. Fawley is also the site of an oil refinery, operated by Exxon-Mobil, which is the largest facility of its kind in the United...
('clearing with ploughed land'); in or nearby are:- Fawley Branch Line
- Fawley F.C.Fawley F.C.Fawley A.F.C. is an English football club based in Fawley, Hampshire. The club are currently members of the Premier Division of the Wessex League and play at the Waterside Sports & Social Club in Holbury.-History:...
- Fawley Power StationFawley Power StationFawley Power Station is an oil-fired power station located on the western side of Southampton Water, between the villages of Fawley and Calshot in Hampshire...
- Fawley Chapel, HerefordshireHerefordshireHerefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...
('clearing where hay is made')