<P> Halley is a surname of English origin , meaning : one who lived at , or near the hall in the grove or open place in a wood . The derivation is probably from the Olde English pre 7th Century use of Old English heall ' hall ' , ' large house ' + leah ' woodland clearing '. following enforced land clearances . At the height of the wool industry in the 14th Century , whole villages in Derbyshire , were cleared to make way for sheep pastures . Combined with the later 18th century Highland Clearances it is estimated that there are between seven and ten thousand such villages that have disappeared from British maps . Following the introduction of personal taxation in the 13th century , in England , surnames became required . The earliest recorded use of the surname Halley is held in the village of Beeley , Derbyshire , England , for a witness called Georgii Halley , dated 27 January 1538 . the Beeley Parish church records show an Anna Halley , who was christened on the 27 December 1577 and an Elizabeth Halley who married John Caleshaw on 13 August 1567 . </P>
<P> Halley is a surname of English origin , meaning : one who lived at , or near the hall in the grove or open place in a wood . The derivation is probably from the Olde English pre 7th Century use of Old English heall ' hall ' , ' large house ' + leah ' woodland clearing '. following enforced land clearances . At the height of the wool industry in the 14th Century , whole villages in Derbyshire , were cleared to make way for sheep pastures . Combined with the later 18th century Highland Clearances it is estimated that there are between seven and ten thousand such villages that have disappeared from British maps . Following the introduction of personal taxation in the 13th century , in England , surnames became required . The earliest recorded use of the surname Halley is held in the village of Beeley , Derbyshire , England , for a witness called Georgii Halley , dated 27 January 1538 . the Beeley Parish church records show an Anna Halley , who was christened on the 27 December 1577 and an Elizabeth Halley who married John Caleshaw on 13 August 1567 . </P>
what is the meaning of the name halley
what is the meaning of the name halley
one who lived at , or near the hall in the grove or open place in a wood
one who lived at , or near the hall in the grove or open place in a wood