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BEWLEY Family History

Recorded in the spellings of Beaulieu, Beuly, Beauley, Bewlay, Bewley and Bewlie, this is an Anglo-Irish surname, but of French origins. It derives either from some place such as Bewerley, a small village in North Yorkshire, or possibly as a transpostion of somewhere like Bewdley in Worcesters, but the most likely place of origin is from Beaulieu Abbey and village, in Hampshire. This place name, which actually translates as 'Beautiful place' is pronounced 'Bewley in English. There is also a possibility that some nameholders have a direct connection with similarly named places in France such as Beaulieu-sur-Mer on the Cote d'Azur, which have exactly the same meaning.