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Mawdesley
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English
Alternative forms
surname en Maudsley Mawdsley
Etymology
From the en xno - female given name xno Maud + en enm ley meadow.
Proper noun
~ s
en village/and/civil parish in bor/Chorley co/Lancashire cc/England OS grid ref SD491145.
en habitational.
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Mawdesley is the 19121st most common surname in England, belonging to 243 individuals.
Further reading
en surnames from Anglo-Norman surnames from Middle English