Chadwick (surname)


Chadwick is an English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin meaning “town or village of Chad”, and the surname originates in the parish of Rochdale where the family was given land in the township by William the Conqueror where the family lived for centuries within the village of Chadwick which bears its name, a combination of the given name Ceadda, and the Old English word wic. This family had a very long and significant association with Healey Hall. They acquired the estates through marriage to the Okeden family.
Robert Chadwick rebuilt the old mansion with stone.
John Chadwick, armour-bearer and treasurer of the district, built the present Georgian property in 1774, using the cellars of the Jacobean hall as foundations.
Colonel John Chadwick was the last of his family to live at Healey Hall.Notable people with the surname include:

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