Bisley

From the Old English personal name *Bisi or *Bisa + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .

Bisley (countable and uncountable, plural Bisleys)

1. A village in Bisley-with-Lypiatt parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9006).
2. A village and civil parish in Surrey Heath borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9559). ^[1]
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Bisley is the 32946^th most common surname in England, belonging to 106 individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bisley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 165.

• Ibsley, Leibys, Sibley, Sileby