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Dictionary of
Family Names
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Origin and Etymology of the Surname AINSLEY,
AINSLIE, ANNESLEY, AYNSLEY.
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From
A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W. E. Bardsley,
A. Bardsley, 1901, and,
An Etymological
Dictionary of Family and Christian Names, by William Arthur, M. A.,
1857.
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AINSLEY, AINSLIE,
ANNESLEY, AYNSLEY.
Bardsley has: A local name meaning "of Annesley," a parish in
co. Notts, near Nottingham. But there is probably a north English local
origin also. There is also Ansley, a parish in co.
Warwick. Arthur
has: ANNESLEY. Local. From a town in Notthinghamshire, England, and named, perhaps, from Anclo,
a city in Norway, by the free-booters or conquerors of Briton. Annansley,
the lea, lying on the Annon.
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Reference
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Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Family
Names Index |
| A,
B, C,
D, E,
F, G,
H, I,
J, K,
L, M,
N, O,
P, Q,
R, S,
T, U,
V, W,
X, Y,
Z
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