Blatchley Genealogy and Blatchley Family History Information

origin

The name Blatchley is Anglo-Saxon, and is related to Blacksley, Blachly, etc. The meaning of the name is uncertain; some sources say it refers to an occupation, where "Blatch" = bleach. Others have it as a place name, referring to a Black Lea (dark meadow). The earliest known appearances of the name are in Lancashire in pre-Norman times, but whether it refers to an occupation or a place (or both), there could be many unrelated Blatchley lines in England.

sources

• http://www.stupakgen.net/Genealogy/Beahm/07808_blat.htm

other versions of this surname

• Blachly
• Blackley
• Blackly
• Blatchly
• Bleckly

links

• http://josfamilyhistory.com/htm/hopkins/woodruff/wood-blachly.htm