Submitted Surname Revision History

loadingDate    Editor    Name ID    Change Summary
4/8/2021, 6:12 AM Frollein Gladys 241189 merge 2 names
4/8/2021, 6:12 AM Frollein Gladys 241189 move from given name to surname
5/4/2019, 3:41 PM SeaHorse15 303299
5/3/2019, 12:15 AM AngelM0113 303299 initial state of 303299
8/7/2016, 6:21 PM FFF 241189 initial state of 241189

Name Townley
Type Surname
Usage English
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

Habitational name for a person from Towneley near Burnley in Lancashire, itself from the Old English elements tun "enclosure, settlement" and leah "wood, clearing". In some cases it may have been a topographic name for a person who lived at a clearing associated with a farm or village.
Added 8/7/2016 by FFF