Ouilly (disambiguation)
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Ouilly is an element in several place-names in Calvados
, Lower Normandy, France
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d'Ouilly is the origin of the English surnames d'Oyly and Doiley:
This surname is further given to:
Calvados
The French department of Calvados is part of the region of Basse-Normandie in Normandy. It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the English Channel coast...
, Lower Normandy, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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- Ouilly-le-VicomteOuilly-le-Vicomte-External links:*...
- Ouilly-le-TessonOuilly-le-Tesson-References:*...
- Ouilly-du-HouleyOuilly-du-Houley-References:*...
- Pont-d'OuillyPont-d'OuillyPont-d'Ouilly is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.Pont-d'Ouilly is home to the famous Haras d'Ouilly, a Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding business currently owned by the Aga Khan IV.-History:...
d'Ouilly is the origin of the English surnames d'Oyly and Doiley:
- The D'Oyly BaronetsD'Oyly BaronetsThe D'Oyly Baronets were three baronetcies created for persons with the surname D'Oyly, two in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom...
, a number of British Baronetcies. - Robert d'Ouilly, a companion of William the Conqueror, ancestor of the D'Oyly Baronets.
- Richard D'Oyly CarteRichard D'Oyly CarteRichard D'Oyly Carte was an English talent agent, theatrical impresario, composer and hotelier during the latter half of the Victorian era...
, Victorian theatrical impressario.
This surname is further given to:
- D'Oyly Carte IslandD'Oyly Carte IslandD'Oyly Carte Island is a small island in the River Thames, England, on the reach above Sunbury Lock and just below Shepperton Lock. It is located between Weybridge and Shepperton....
, and island in the River Thames, England. - The doilyDoilyA doily is an ornamental mat, originally the name of a fabric made by Doiley, a 17th-century London draper. Doily earlier meant "genteel, affordable woolens", evidently from the same source....
, an ornamental table mat supposedly invented by a Mr Doiley.