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Origin / History of the Notley Name

Recorded in various spellings including Netley, Notley, Nottley, Knottley, and others, this is an English surname. It is locational from one of the places called Notley in Buckinghamshire and in Essex. The former is recorded in the year 1200 as Nutlee, whilst the the place in Essex has had an unusual history being recorded as Hnutlea in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles of the year 998 a.d., as Nutlea in the famous Domesday Book of 1086, as Black Notley and White Notley in the 15th century! However spelt the places share the same meaning and derivation, which is the nut wood, derived from the Old English pre 7th Century ‘hnutu’, nut, with ‘leah’, a wood or clearing in a wood. The Motto of the Notley family is 'Noli mentiri', which translates as 'Do not lie'.

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