Woodmansey Family History
Woodmansey Name Meaning
from Woodmansey in Beverley (ER Yorks) which is recorded as Wodmanse and Wodemanse from 1289 to 151 The place-name probably derives from Old English wuduman ‘woodman’ + sǣ ‘sea lake’ but may derive from wudumannes (genitive form of wuduman) + ēa ‘river stream’.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016