Walmersley

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Waldmǣr, which is composed of the elements weald (power, authority) and mǣre (famous), + -s- + lēah (woodland clearing, glade) .

Proper noun

Walmersley (countable and uncountable, plural Walmersleys)

  1. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8013).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Walmersley is the 31575th most common surname in England, belonging to 38 individuals.

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