origin
The surname could mean a market-town in Gloucestershire, England. The place of a tin mine: stan, tin, Welsh, ystaen, and ley; or from the Saxon, stan, a stone, and ley -- the stony place.
sources
other versions of this surname
links
- http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ss4tz/stanley01.php (membership required to view without interruption)
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- http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ss4tz/stanley04.php (membership required to view without interruption)
- http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ss4tz/stanley05.php (membership required to view without interruption)
- http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ss4tz/stanley06.php (membership required to view without interruption)
- http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ss4tz/stanley07.php (membership required to view without interruption)