The oxley Surname
oxley Name Meaning and History
- English: habitational name from any of various places, for example Oxley in Staffordshire and Ox Lee near Hepworth (West Yorkshire), named with Old English oxa ‘ox’ + leah ‘(woodland) clearing’.
- Probably a respelling of South German Öchsle (see Oechsle).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thomas Louis Oxley & Caroline Bolland | Yvonnie Arnall | 1 |
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