Släkthistoria för Clorley
Clorley Vad efternamn betyder
either from Claverley (Shrops) recorded as Claverlege in 1086 Clareley in 1361 Clorley in 1550 Clearly in 1698 and Cloverley in 1837 or from Cloverley in Ightfield parish near Calverhall (Shrops) recorded as as a surname Clouerlegh' in 1291-2 and as a place-name Cloreley in 1434 and Cloverley als Cloreley in 1686. Both place-names denoted ‘clearing or woodland-pasture where clover grows’ from Old Englishclǣfre (in Claverley) and clāfre (in Cloverley) + lēah. The surnames Claverley Clarely and Clearly are from Claverley only but Clorely and Cloverley could be from either.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
