Hartley Name Meaning: Derived from an Anglo-Saxon word 'hart' meaning 'stag' or 'male deer' and 'ley' or 'leah' meaning 'wood'.
This surname was probably taken from a number of villages and towns etc in Great Britain of the same name. It may have also referred to someone who was associated with keeping deer or someone who lived in a wood.
Discover how your Hartley ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 9 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 44 |
| Channel Islands | 6 |
| Cheshire | 151 |
| Cornwall | 31 |
| Cumberland | 201 |
| Derbyshire | 98 |
| Devon | 42 |
| Dorset | 15 |
| Durham | 244 |
| Essex | 24 |
| Gloucestershire | 14 |
| Hampshire | 35 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 29 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 3 |
| Isle of Man | 1 |
| Kent | 27 |
| Lancashire | 5,333 |
| Leicestershire | 6 |
| Lincolnshire | 111 |
| London | 334 |
| Middlesex | 26 |
| Northumberland | 40 |
| Norfolk | 31 |
| Northamptonshire | 21 |
| Nottinghamshire | 79 |
| Oxfordshire | 84 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 3 |
| Shropshire | 42 |
| Suffolk | 87 |
| Somerset | 4 |
| Surrey | 15 |
| Sussex | 33 |
| Staffordshire | 103 |
| Warwickshire | 87 |
| Westmorland | 91 |
| Wiltshire | 23 |
| Worcestershire | 25 |
| Yorkshire | 5,518 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 8 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 4 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 10 |
| Merionethshire | 3 |
| Montgomeryshire | 9 |
| Monmouthshire | 6 |
| Pembrokeshire | 7 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 2,005 |
| Cotton Weaver | 412 |
| Coal Miner | 222 |
| House Keeper | 137 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 123 |
| Cotton Power Loom Weaver | 120 |
| Dress Maker | 116 |
| Worsted Weaver | 110 |
| Labourer | 94 |
| House Servant | 81 |
| Cotton Spinner | 79 |
| Worsted Spinner | 73 |
| Carter | 67 |
| Power Loom Cotton Weaver | 63 |
| Servant | 61 |
| Power Loom Weaver Cotton | 52 |
| Silk Weaver | 51 |
| Woollen Weaver | 50 |
| Stone Mason | 49 |
| Cotton Factory Worker | 49 |
| Cotton Winder | 48 |
| Wife Of Above | 46 |
| Joiner | 43 |
| Grocer | 42 |
| Blacksmith | 41 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Hartley | 9,328 |
| John Hartley | 8,756 |
| William Hartley | 7,133 |
| James Hartley | 5,509 |
| Elizabeth Hartley | 5,367 |
| Sarah Hartley | 5,344 |
| Thomas Hartley | 4,143 |
| Joseph Hartley | 3,073 |
| George Hartley | 2,956 |
| Ann Hartley | 2,809 |
| Jane Hartley | 2,633 |
| Alice Hartley | 2,252 |
| Henry Hartley | 2,175 |
| Margaret Hartley | 2,147 |
| Hannah Hartley | 2,074 |
| Robert Hartley | 2,073 |
| Ellen Hartley | 1,977 |
| Martha Hartley | 1,828 |
| Annie Hartley | 1,810 |
| Richard Hartley | 1,714 |
| Emma Hartley | 1,362 |
| Charles Hartley | 1,315 |
| Eliza Hartley | 1,054 |
| Samuel Hartley | 1,026 |
| Alfred Hartley | 1,004 |