(Untitled)

[mad_cap_laughs_]

The lineage of the name Priestley begins with the Anglo-Saxon tribes in Britain. The name was derived from the Old English elements "preost," which means "priest," and "leah," which means "forest clearing;" thus the surname means "dweller in or near the forest clearing owned by priests." And no doubt the first bearer of this name lived in such an

Comments

priestley history

[anonymous]

I too have been researching, the Priestley name, I am from Ontario Canada. Great Grandfather Edwin Priestley. thanks Susan Priestley.