The priestley Surname
priestley Name Meaning and History
English (mainly Yorkshire): habitational name from any of the
various minor places so named, especially the one in North
Yorkshire. These are named from Old English preost ‘priest’
+ leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’, i.e. a wood or clearing belonging
to the Church.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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