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Dictionary of
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Origin and Etymology of the Surname ASTLEY.
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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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ASTLEY.
Bardsley has: A local name meaning "of Astley." (1)
A chapelry in the parish of Leigh, co. Lanc.; (2) a chapelry in the county
of Salop, five miles from Shrewsbury; (3) a parish in co. Warwick, near
Nuneaton; (4) a parish in co. Worcester, near Stourport. The
Lancashire Astleys are all from the chapelry near Leigh in that county. Arthur
has: ASTLEY
(Saxon) A
corruption of Estley
or Eastley, the east meadow or field.
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