Haddlesey Family History
Haddlesey Surname Meaning
from Chapel Haddlesey (WR Yorks) which is recorded as Hæðel-sǽ about 1030 and West Haddlesey (WR Yorks) which is recorded as Haðel-sǽ about 1030.
The place-names derive from Old English *hæðel (a word of uncertain origin perhaps a derivative of hǣð ‘heath’) + sǣ ‘lake pond marsh’.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
