Aspley

From Old English æspe (“aspen”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to asp +‎ -ley (“lea”).

Aspley (countable and uncountable, plural Aspleys)

1. A suburban area and ward in the City of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5442).
2. A hamlet in Eccleshall parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8133). [1]
3. A suburb of Huddersfield, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1516).
4. A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
5. A habitational surname from Old English.

• Aspley Guise

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Aspley is the 17563^rd most common surname in England, belonging to 277 individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Aspley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 64.

• Apsley, Pasley, Yaples, palesy, palsey, pleasy