Chalkley Family History
Chalkley Name Meaning
English: habitational name from an unidentified place (probably in southern England, where the surname is commonest and where chalk hills abound), apparently named with Old English cealc ‘chalk’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’. The source may be Chalkley Farm in Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire, which is recorded from the 12th century.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press