TS name might not be the most glamorous, but from its humble beginnings Solihull - the town built on a "
soily hill" - has risen to become one of the top places to live in Britain.
The bulbs are small, which makes
soily root removal delicate work, and many of the green shoots are woody and tough.
"It was all
soily and brown but it worked and the Pot Noodle went down OK.
The wind blew; gravel scraped the bottoms of her
soily feet.
Toland Home & Garden, Bruce
Soily, President, 360-379-1047 x101, p.
It is something of a paradox that despite Solihull being one of the most sought-after locations in terms of buying property in the Midlands, its name actually derives from a dirty, muddy or "
soily" hill.
The matrix consisted of small fractured rocks in dark grey,
soily, charcoal-laden sand.
Certainly believed to have been known as Solihull from as early as the 11th century, some historians also say that it means
soily hill.