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Where did the English Blockley family come from? What is the English Blockley family crest and coat of arms? When did the Blockley family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Blockley family history? The name Blockley dates back to the days of the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon Blęcleah which meant "dark wood" or "dark clearing". The hamlet of Blackley was mentioned in the Domesday Book and little growth of the community was seen until the 19th century. By the middle of the 17th century Blackley was a village of just 107 inhabitants. Today Blackley is a suburb of Manchester with a population of over 10,000 people. There is also a hamlet named Blackey in West Yorkshire. Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Blockley family name include Blackley, Blakely, Blakley, Blacklee, Blackely, Blackledge, Blacklege, Blatchly and many more. First found in Lancashire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say before the Norman Conquest in 1066. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Blockley research. Another 331 words(24 lines of text) covering the year 1321 is included under the topic Early Blockley History in all our PDF Extended History products. More information is included under the topic Early Blockley Notables in all our PDF Extended History products. Some of the Blockley family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 137 words(10 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products. For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Blockley surname or a spelling variation of the name include : Blockley Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
The Blockley Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Blockley Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname. This page was last modified on 29 October 2010 at 11:05. ©2000-2013 Swyrich Corporation. See Terms of Use for details. houseofnames.com is an internet property owned by Swyrich Corporation. Sign Up
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