Walmsley Name Meaning: A habitational place name meaning 'a clearing in a wood,near a lake'. Wald 'forest' + mere 'lake' + leah 'woodland clearing'.
The name is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Also locational from either of two places in Lancashire.
Discover how your Walmsley ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 8 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 9 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 231 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 31 |
| Derbyshire | 31 |
| Devon | 5 |
| Dorset | 1 |
| Durham | 37 |
| Essex | 10 |
| Gloucestershire | 7 |
| Hampshire | 11 |
| Herefordshire | 21 |
| Hertfordshire | 1 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 1 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 31 |
| Lancashire | 4,619 |
| Leicestershire | 12 |
| Lincolnshire | 105 |
| London | 119 |
| Middlesex | 6 |
| Northumberland | 17 |
| Norfolk | 9 |
| Northamptonshire | 35 |
| Nottinghamshire | 3 |
| Oxfordshire | 19 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 1 |
| Shropshire | 32 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 7 |
| Surrey | 21 |
| Sussex | 6 |
| Staffordshire | 31 |
| Warwickshire | 25 |
| Westmorland | 22 |
| Wiltshire | 2 |
| Worcestershire | 6 |
| Yorkshire | 546 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 2 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 3 |
| Flintshire | 3 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 1 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 1,166 |
| Cotton Weaver | 600 |
| House Keeper | 90 |
| Cotton Winder | 55 |
| Domestic Servant | 44 |
| Dress Maker | 39 |
| Cotton Spinner | 38 |
| General Labourer | 37 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 34 |
| Labourer | 31 |
| Annuitant | 29 |
| Coal Miner | 27 |
| Stone Mason | 24 |
| Carter | 23 |
| Grocer | 21 |
| Silk Weaver | 19 |
| Farmers Wife | 17 |
| General Servant | 17 |
| Joiner | 17 |
| Cotton Warper | 16 |
| Farm Labourer | 16 |
| Tailor | 15 |
| Cotton Piecer | 14 |
| Farmers Son | 14 |
| Laundress | 14 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| John Walmsley | 3,438 |
| Mary Walmsley | 3,424 |
| William Walmsley | 2,750 |
| James Walmsley | 2,266 |
| Thomas Walmsley | 2,000 |
| Elizabeth Walmsley | 1,885 |
| Sarah Walmsley | 1,328 |
| Alice Walmsley | 1,313 |
| Margaret Walmsley | 1,312 |
| Ann Walmsley | 1,225 |
| Jane Walmsley | 1,102 |
| Joseph Walmsley | 1,037 |
| Ellen Walmsley | 1,024 |
| George Walmsley | 851 |
| Robert Walmsley | 794 |
| Henry Walmsley | 698 |
| Richard Walmsley | 651 |
| Annie Walmsley | 495 |
| Charles Walmsley | 453 |
| Hannah Walmsley | 446 |
| Martha Walmsley | 438 |
| Edward Walmsley | 414 |
| Emma Walmsley | 310 |
| Eliza Walmsley | 298 |
| Catherine Walmsley | 264 |