User:Brimay

Anyone with the name of Uttley or Utley may be interested in research into the family name. The family originated in Yorkshire, England, and the family can now be traced to the first Saxon user of that name. There was a Saxon settlement in Yorksire known as Ute Lai; meaning Oat Meadow in modern language. John of Ute Lai became John of Utley when the name of the settlement was "normanised" by the first Lord of the Manor who was Norman. John settled in the area of West Yorkshire known as Stansfield; and all Uttleys and Utleys at the present time are descended from that first John. The family name can now be traced from 1349 to the present day. More information on the family name may be obtained, free, from:- brianuttley@hotmail.co.uk