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Bingley (surname)

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Bingley is an English surname; a habitational name from Bingley, in West Yorkshire, recorded in Domesday Book as 'Bingelei'; from the Old English personal name "Bynna" (or alternatively Old English 'bing' ("hollow")), plus '-inga' (lit. "of the people of") & 'leah' (lit. "woodland clearing).

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Blanche Bingley (1863–1946), English tennis player
  • John Bingley Garland (1791–1875), Newfoundland politician
  • John Bingley, Australian footballer
  • Matthew Bingley, Australian soccer footballer
  • Norman Bingley, British sports sailor
  • Ossian Bingley Hart (1821–1874), American politician
  • Ralph Bingley, (1570-1627), Welsh soldier
  • Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (1781–1826), British statesman
  • Walter Bingley, English footballer
  • Fictional characters:

  • Charles Bingley, character from Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice
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