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The history of this ancient Lancashire family traces its ancestry as a family of AngloSaxon origin before the year 1100 and appears first in the ancientrecords in Lancashire . The Bleasdale'sof old were nobles & had titles to castles, estates and manors, thebattles, wars and feuds they overcame, the branches as they formed throughoutEurope, pioneers and settler's and also the notables of this distinguisedfamily who lived during this century.
The Family Name History |
Submitted By David Bleasdale August 03,1997
The English surname Bleasdale isof a local origin, being one of those names based on the name of a placewhere a man once lived or held land. In this case, the name comes fromBleasdale, Lancashire. This part of the country came under strong Norseinfluence and so it is no surprise that the name is derived from the OldNorse words "blesi" and "dalr"(middle English "dael"), which, put together, mean "valley with a white spot" or "valley with a bare spot".
The name is associated with
the Lancashire area and has been since records first mentioned
it. The earliest English source to refer to the name is a
collection of Wills depositedat Chester. Here,the name appears
several times in the course of the years, the first reference
being in 1611 when Robert Bleasdall of Bolland wasmentioned. In
1619 one John Bleasdale of Inklegreen, Bolland,appears in the
records. In a collection of Lancashire Wills at Richmond the name
of Henry Bleasdall of Chepin, described as a husbandman, is
registered, while the Will of Alice Bleasdale is included in the
same collection. Variantsof this surname are Blazdell, Blasdale
and Blesdill
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