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Bathley Family History

Bathley Surname Meaning

from Bathley (Notts). The place-name is from Old English bæð ‘bath ?pool’ in the genitive plural form baða + lēah ‘wood glade clearing’.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Bathley families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Bathley family name was found in the USA, and Scotland between 1871 and 1920. The most Bathley families were found in USA in 1920. In 1871 there was 1 Bathley family living in Kincardineshire. This was 100% of all the recorded Bathley's in Scotland. Kincardineshire had the highest population of Bathley families in 1871.
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