Topley Family History
Topley Name Meaning
variant of Topliff with the same development of -cliff via -liff to -ley as seen in such place-names as Cronkley (Northumb) Catsley (Dorset) and Gatley (Cheshire). See also Hinchley .alternatively a hypercorrect form of Topliss without final -s although Topliss itself could be an -s variant of Topley as a pronunciation of Topliffe. Compare Mary Topliss 1753 Samuel Topley 1760 Samuel Topliss 1789 in
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016