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Bailey

Bailey Name Meaning
English: status name for a steward or official from Middle English bailli ‘manager administrator’ (Old French baillis from Late Latin baiulivus an adjectival derivative of baiulus ‘attendant carrier porter’). English: habitational name from Bailey in Little Mitton Lancashire named with Old English beg ‘berry’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. English: occasionally a topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle from Middle English (Old French) bailli ‘outer courtyard of a castle’ (Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’ a derivative of bailer ‘to enclose’). This term became a placename in its own right denoting a district beside a fortification or wall as in the case of the Old Bailey in London which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city. Altered form of French Bailly .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
BarleyBailesBagleyBatleyBaileGaileyBadleyBraileyPaley
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts






 

Plot No. 478

Richard Max Cooper Bailey 1979 - 1998

 

 
Richard Max Cooper BAILEY Plot 478 - click for full size image
Richard Max Cooper BAILEY Plot 478

 

 

Inscription

 

 

Max Bailey
Beloved Son Of Charles
& Camilla & Brother Of Zara
3 Sept 1979 - 23 Oct 1998
Died In A Car Accident
Near Home Aged 19 Years
May He Rest In Peace

 

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Plot No.NameBurial DateAge
478Richard Max Cooper BAILEY23 Oct 199819
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Bailey

Bailey Name Meaning
English: status name for a steward or official from Middle English bailli ‘manager administrator’ (Old French baillis from Late Latin baiulivus an adjectival derivative of baiulus ‘attendant carrier porter’). English: habitational name from Bailey in Little Mitton Lancashire named with Old English beg ‘berry’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. English: occasionally a topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle from Middle English (Old French) bailli ‘outer courtyard of a castle’ (Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’ a derivative of bailer ‘to enclose’). This term became a placename in its own right denoting a district beside a fortification or wall as in the case of the Old Bailey in London which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city. Altered form of French Bailly .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
BarleyBailesBagleyBatleyBaileGaileyBadleyBraileyPaley
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts