Bailey (English) Ancient Coat of Arms (Family Crest) Digital Image Download
Firstly, an occupational name for ‘the bailiff’, a steward or official from the Old French ‘baillis’ or ‘bailif’, and the Middle English ‘bail’ or ‘baill’. Secondly, a locational name for one who lived by the outermost wall of a castle or fortified town, from the Middle English ‘bailly’ or ‘baily’. Thirdly, another locational name meaning ‘of Bailey’, from a hamlet in Mitton parish,