Henley Family History
Henley Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the various places so
called. Most, for example those in Oxfordshire, Suffolk, and
Warwickshire, are named with Old English héan (the weak
dative case of heah ‘high’, originally used after a
preposition and article) + Old English leah ‘wood’,
‘clearing’. Others, for example one near Ludlow in Shropshire, have as
their first element Old English henn ‘hen’, ‘wild bird’. Others
still, for example those in Somerset and Surrey, are ambiguous between
the two possibilities.In Ireland, Henley is used for
Hennelly, and sometimes for Hanley.Possibly
an Americanized spelling of German Henle.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Henley
Name Distribution of Henley Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Henley families
 345 - 687  116 - 344 |
 1 - 115  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Henley families
|
7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Henley census records
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Henley Family Origin
Henley Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Henley Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Henley Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Henley census records
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Military Service by Henley
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