Mawdesley

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Maudsley, Mawdsley

Etymology

From the Anglo-Norman female given name Maud + Middle English ley (“meadow”).

Proper noun

Mawdesley (countable and uncountable, plural Mawdesleys)

1. A village and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD491145).
2. A habitational surname.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Mawdesley is the 19121^st most common surname in England, belonging to 243 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mawdesley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 539.