Binsley Family History

Variant of Bindloss with metathesis of -s- and substitution of -ley for -low. Redmonds Dictionary of Yorks Surnames records John Binlus alias Binsley 1655 in Inquisitiones post Mortem (Bedale NR Yorks) and William Benlowes Binslow or Billoes 1628–49 in Parish Registers (Pickhill NR Yorks).

Tooth (3 p. 37) notes the currency of Bindloes and Bindloss in modern Staffs where Binnesley also occurs. Compare Bensley. The Staffs name may alternatively be a variant of Binley with an intrusive -s-.