Ransley Family History
Ransley Name Meaning
from the lost manor of Reinsley in Penshurst and Chiddingstone (Kent) which is recorded as Reneslegh' in 1292 Ranshlegh in 1435 and Raneleights Heath in 180 The place-name derives from an uncertain first element + Old English lēah ‘wood woodland clearing’. see Rawnsley .
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016