Walmsley Family History

Walmsley Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): habitational name from Walmersley in Lancashire or Walmesley in Bolton le Moors (Lancashire). The surnames are distinct in the medieval period, because of the presence or absence of -r-, but impossible to separate thereafter. The placename is derived from an Old English personal name, Waldmēr or Walhmēr + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

Similar surnames:

Walmsley,

Wamsley,

Warnsley

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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