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Surname: SEDLEY . The Last Name of SEDLEY was a locational name meaning 'the dweller at the broad a spacious grove' from residence nearby. The name is familiar to all parts of the state. The name was primarily rendered in the Old English form SECGESLEAGE, and the earliest of the name on record appears to be SEGESLEI (without Last Name) who was listed as a tenant in the Domesday Book of 1086. Surnames extrapolated from placenames are divided into two broad categories; topographic names and habitation names. Topographic names are extrapolated from general descriptive references to someone who lived near a physical feature such as an oak tree, a hill, a stream or a church. Habitation names are extrapolated from pre-existing names signifying towns, villages and farmsteads. Other classes of local names include those extrapolated from the names of rivers, individual houses with signs on them, regions and whole states. Hereditary last names were primarily imported from... If you want to read more download the App on the App Store...
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