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Gatley : English and Irish: variant of Gately. 1: Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gatlaoich ‘descendant of Gotlaoch’ a byname composed of the elements got ‘stammering’ + laoch ‘warrior hero’.2: English (Staffordshire and Lancashire): habitational name either of two places called in Cheshire and Herefordshire or ...
This is a variant spelling of a village name which itself has undergone a number of changes. It was a residential surname from the Gatley in Cheshire. In the medieval court rolls of the county the village appears as 'Gateclyve' or 'Gaticlyve' and it is from these spellings that the current surname derives.
Cheadle and Gatley Urban District saw the highest population growth of anywhere in Stockport in the inter-war period. In 1921 its population was a little over 11,000. By 1931 18,500 and by 1939, 27,000. Cheadle, Gatley and Cheadle Hulme all saw the increase, as did the previously rural area of Heald Green.
This is a variant spelling of a village name which itself has undergone a number of changes. It was a residential surname from the Gatley in Cheshire. In the medieval court rolls of the county the village appears as 'Gateclyve' or 'Gaticlyve' and it is from these spellings that the current surname derives. And derives is the correct description ...
Recorded in many spelling forms including Gatliff, Godliff, Gotliffe, and Gotecliffe, this is an English surname It is locational and originates from the village of Gatley in the county of Cheshire. In the medieval court rolls of the county the village appears as Gateclyve or Gaticlyve and it is from these early spellings that the current surname, in all its glory, has derived.
Aug 17, 2022 · Gateclyve 1290. ‘Cliff or bank where goats are kept’. OE gāt + clif.
from Gatley (Cheshire) earlier Gateclyve.. Source: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021
