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Thawley Origin and Immigration
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Origin: Thawley is thought to derive from Thorley, a place-name meaning 'clearing in a thorn wood' which appears in Hertfordshire and the Isle of White - though Guppy's list of yeomen found it only in Cheshire and Staffordshire.
Surnames: THAWLEY, THORLEY
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