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VARLEY Family History

The ultimate origin of this interesting name is believed to be Verli, a place in Aisne, Picardy (Northern France), so called from the Gallo-Roman personal name "Virilius", a derivative of "Virilis", male, from "vir", a man, plus the locational suffix "-acum", a settlement. One Robert de Verli, a French lord, recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, was granted the manor of Salcott, Essex. This placename, appearing as "Salcota" in the Domesday Book, means "shelter or cottage (Olde English pre 7th Century "cot"), where salt was made or stored". In 1291, the manor was recorded as "Salcote Verly" incorporating the master's surname, and in the modern idiom appears as Virley...