"Mawdesley" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Mawdesleys [plural]
Etymology: From the Anglo-Norman female given name Maud + Middle English ley (“meadow”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{m|xno|Maud}} Maud, {{der|en|enm|ley||meadow}} Middle English ley (“meadow”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Mawdesley (countable and uncountable, plural Mawdesleys)
  1. A village and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD491145). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of England, Places in England, Places in Lancashire, England, Villages in England, Villages in Lancashire, England
    Sense id: en-Mawdesley-en-name-4JHuebYk
  2. A habitational surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Mawdesley-en-name-vgFdcRvx Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Maudsley [surname], Mawdsley [surname]

Inflected forms

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