The wardle Surname
wardle Name Meaning and History
- habitational name from places in Cheshire and Greater Manchester (formerly in Lancashire) called Wardle, from Old English weard ‘watch’ + hyll ‘hill’. Compare Warden 2 and Wardlaw.
- regional name from Weardale in County Durham, which takes its name from the Wear river (named with a Celtic word probably meaning ‘water’) + Old Norse dalr ‘valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 102 - Messages: 358
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Peter John wardle |
 ange1855
| 1 |
| Another early William de Wer | Douglas A. Wardle | 1 |
| Wardles in Staffordshire |
MattyD101
| 10 |
| Wardle, Joseph Smith; Wardle, Isaac John | Gary Oviatt | 3 |
| George Wardle |
tomwardle94
| 0 |
| Wardles from Arnold/Radford/other parts of Notts |
sbramley11
| 2 |
| Elsie Dorothy Wardle |
Kim Green
| 0 |
| Alfred Alexander Wardle married Ellen Mary Meaney | Robert O. Hale | 1 |
| Joseph Wardle - Coleorton-Leicestershire 1865 |
TrudyAnn38
| 3 |
| Looking for relatives |
christinemaw
| 0 |
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