Aldersey
English
editEtymology
editFrom the Old English personal name Ealdhere, which is composed of the elements eald (“old”) and here (“army”), + -s- + ġehæg (“enclosure”).
Proper noun
editAldersey (countable and uncountable, plural Alderseys)
- A civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, which includes the villages of Aldersey Green and Aldersey Park.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
editStatistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Aldersey is the 38633rd most common surname in England, belonging to 83 individuals.
References
editFurther reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Aldersey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 21.
- Forebears