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Origin Of The Surname Radley
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Meaning Of The Surname Radley
From the Town in the Red Clearing
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Interesting
Facts About
Radley
Radley is a locational surname, originating from one of any places so-called or similarly spelled across Britain. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. The place name itself is of Old English origin and come from the word ‘reade’ meaning red, and ‘leah’ meaning a clearing in a wood. It is thought that the red refers to the colour of soil in the clearing the original settlements were made on. |
Radley Statistics
Radley is the number 1637 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 6,362 share the surname Radley in the UK.
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