Aldersey

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Ealdhere, which is composed of the elements eald (“old”) and here (“army”), + -s- + ġehæg (“enclosure”).

Proper noun

Aldersey (countable and uncountable, plural Alderseys)

1. A civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, which includes the villages of Aldersey Green and Aldersey Park.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Aldersey Green
• Aldersey Park

 

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Aldersey is the 38633^rd most common surname in England, belonging to 83 individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Aldersey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 21.
• Forebears