Origins of DUBERLEY surname (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Monday, February 13, 2017, 15:38 (2849 days ago) @ RachelD

Good afternoon Rachel and welcome to the forum and website.
I guess you've already spent some time searching this site's PRs and this forum ?. So far no-one else seems to have queried your surname origins, altho there have been a few Duberley posts which indeed go back to Ruardean, as you know
eg http://www.forest-of-dean.net/fodmembers/index.php?mode=thread&id=31721

I must admit that despite having met a few Duberleys in the Forest over the years, I'd never realised just how "rare" you are. As far as I can see the usual surname reference websites don't seem to have covered it, yet, perhaps because they're often American sites. However some books do mention it eg
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0AyDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA771&dq=dubberley+surname&...

Looking at the 1881 Census it's probably the most pronounced example of a localised surname that I've ever seen, most definitely centred on our area.
see http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/Map.aspx?name=DUBERLEY&year=1881&altyear=1998...

I wonder if it's origins are linked to the Severn ports in some way, perhaps with a French (Norman?) link as you appear to suggest ?

Ref the surname websites, my preferred site is this one, their page for the Bulley surname may be of interest, it mentions similar placenames in Normandy...
http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Bulley

I'm unable to find any detailed online history of Bulley village, except to confirm what you know re it's Domesday mention. eg (best opened in new tab/window)
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mQA-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=Walter...

Hope this helps in some small way.

PS. oops !, just realised MPG was writing while I was, thankfully we haven't both approached from the same angle.