English Explanatory Dictionary

Mawdesley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD491145).
  2. A habitational surname.

Word forms

Mawdesley Mawdesleys Maudsley Mawdsley

Etymology

From the Anglo-Norman female given name Maud + Middle English ley (“meadow”).

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