OVERTON

OVERTON IS A TOWN IN SEVERAL COUNTIES IN ENGLAND. SO IF YOU MOVED FROM OVERTON TO ANOTHER TOWN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE OVERTON. 

 BATLEY

IF YOU LIVED NEXT TO A FOREST CLEARING YOUR NAME MIGHT BE BATLEY.

THERE WAS ALSO A PARRISH IN YORKSHIRE CALLED BATLEY.

 BOSWORTH

IF YOU LIVED NEXT TO A CATTLE ENCLOSURE YOUR NAME MIGHT BE BOSWORTH.

OVERSTREET

THIS IS PLACE NAME FOR SOME WHO LIVED NEAR A RIVER OR BODY OF WATER. 

 

CRAWFORD

A RIVER CROSSING WHERE THERE WAS AN ABUNDENCE OF CROWS.

 DEPUTY

THIS WAS AN OCCUPATIONAL NAME FOR SOMEONE WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE COAL MINERS.

 GROVER

A WORKER BY A GROVE OF TREES.

COLEMAN

A FISHERMAN WHO USED A FLAT BOTTOM BOAT TO FISH. 

BAUMGARTNER

IF YOU WORKED IN AN ORCHARD OR LIVED NEAR AN ORCHARD YOU LAST NAME MIGHT BE BAUMGARTNER.

 BOLTON

IF YOU CAME FROM THE TOWN OF BOULTON IN ENGLAND THEN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE BOLTON.

 

 ASCHER

IF YOU LIVED NEXT TO A GROVE OF ASH TREES YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE ASCHER.

 LARDNER

LARDNER WAS AN OCCUPATIONAL NAME FOR SOMEONE WHO SUPPLIED MEAT TO THE ROYAL FAMILY.

MOWER

IF YOU MOWED HAY FOR A LIVING THEN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE MOWER.

USUALLY THEY USED A SCYTHE TO MOW HAY.

FRATER

FRATER WAS AN OCCUPATIONAL NAME FOR SOMEONE WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE MONASTERY 

CROWDEN

CROWDEN WAS A TOWN IN ENGLAND WHERE CROWS WERE ABUNDENT. SO IF YOU CAME FROM CROWDEN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE CROWDEN. 

 

HODDER

IF YOU MADE HOODS FOR A LIVING YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE HODDER. 

 CORKER

CORKER WAS AN OCCUPATIONAL NAME FOR SOMEONE WHO WATER PROOFED BARRELS AND SHIPS ALSO IT COULD BE A NAME FOR SOMEONE WHO SOLD DYE TO DIE CLOTH.

 BANISTER

BANISTER WAS AN OCCUPATIONAL NAME FOR SOMEONE WHO MADE BASKETS. SO IF YOU MADE BASKETS YOUR NAME MIGHT BE BANISTER.

 BANNERMAN

IF YOUR LAST NAME WAS BANNERMAN THEN YOUR NAME WAS AN OCCUPATIONAL NAME FOR SOMEONE WHO CARRIED THE FLAG.

 MOSLEY

MOSLEY WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE TOWN OF BIRMINGHAM IN STRAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY IN ENGLAND. SO IF YOU CAME FROM MOSLEY YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE MOSLEY.

 

 REYNOLDS

SON OF REYNOLD. A POWERFUL PERSON. RULER.

 BAGWELL

IF YOU LIVED NEXT TO A STREAM THEN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE BAGWELL. THERE WERE MANY NAMES FOR STREAMS IN ENGLAND. IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT COUNTY YOU WERE IN.

BAINBRIDGE

IF YOU LIVED NEXT TO A STRAIGHT BRIDGE ACROSS A RIVER YOUR NAME MIGHT BE BAINBRIDGE. 

SIDNEY

IF YOU LIVED ON A WIDE ISLAND YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE SIDNEY. 

 

 JARDINE

IF YOU WERE A GARDENER YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE JARDINE.

 NEWMAN

IF YOU WERE A STRANGER THAT MOVED INTO A SMALL VILLAGE THEN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE NEWMAN.

 HOLLINS

IF YOU LIVED NEAR A GROVE OF HOLLY TREES THEN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE HOLLINS.

OAKLEY

IF YOU LIVED NEAR AN OAK CLEARING YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE OAKLEY. 

CALLOW

IF YOU LIVED ON A BARE HILL YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE CALLOW.

 

GILLINGHAM

YOUR NAME MIGHT BE GILLINGHAM IF YOU CAME FROM THAT TOWN IN ENGLAND. 

 BOGSHAW

IF YOU CAME FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF BOGSHAW IN DERBYSHIRE THEN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE BOGSHAW.

DILWORTH

IF YOU CAME FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF DILWORTH IN LANCASHIRE COUNTY IN ENGLAND YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE DILWORTH.

 PORTER

IF YOU A GUARD AT THE GATE OR WATCHMAN THEN YOUR NAME MIGHT BE PORTER.

GILMORE

IF YOU WERE A GREAT SERVANT YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE GILMORE. COULD ALSO MEAM SON OF GILAMOR.

 

HODGSON

SON OF HODGE. 

 SHARP

IF YOU WERE SMART AND KEEN THEN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE SHARP.

ROYLE

IF YOU LIVED ON A RYE HILL THEN YOUR NAME MIGHT BE ROYLE. 

 ACKERMAN

IF YOU PLOUGHED FIELDS YOU LAST NAME MIGHT BE ACKERMAN.

BRANDON

IF YOU LIVED ON A HILL COVERED WITH BROOM YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE B RANDON.

BROOM WAS A SHRUB COVERED WITH FLOWERS.

BOND

IF YOUR NAME WAS A PEASANT FARMER YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE BOND. 

 

 WELSH

IF YOU WERE FROM WALES AND CAME TO LONDON YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE WELSH.

 SAUNDERS

SON OF ALEXANDER.

 PEARSON

SON OF PIERRE.

LAWRENCE

SON OF LAURENCE. 

WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS THANK-YOU.

 

 IF YOU LIVED ON SANDY LAND YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE SANDS.

 KINGSLEY

IF YOU LIVED NEXT TO THE KINGS CLEARING THEN YOU LAST NAME MIGHT BE KINGSLEY.

 ROYDON  

IF YOU LIVED ON A HILL WHERE RYE GREW OR NEAR A HILL WHERE RYE GREW YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT  BE ROYDON.

MILBURN

IF YOU LIVED NEXT TO A MILL BY A STREAM YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE MILBURN. 

 READ

READ WAS A NICKNAME FOR A PERSON WHO HAD A RED FACE OR RED HAIR.

 

 MILFORD

THERE WERE MANY VILLAGES WITH THE NAME OF MILFORD. IF YOU CAME FROM MILFORD YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE MILFORD.

SANFORD

IF YOU LIVED NEXT TO A FORD WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF SAND YOUR NAME MIGHT BE SANFORD. 

 COBB

COBB WAS THE NAME OF A PERSON WHO WAS STRONG AND WELL BUILT. NICKNAME

CRAWLEY

IF A PERSON LIVED IN A CLEARING IN A FOREST THEN HIS LAST NAME MIGHT BE CRAWLEY. THERE ARE MANY NAMES FOR CLEARINGS IN A FOREST. THEY VERY THROUGHOUT ENGLAND

THERE WAS ALSO A SMALL VILLAGE OF CRAWLEY. 

HARLAND

IF A PERSON LIVED NEXT TO LAND WHERE RABBITS (HARES) WERE ABUNDENT THEN HIS NAME MIGHT BE HARLAND. 

 

 

WAITE

WAITE WAS THE NAME FOR A GUARD. SOMEONE WHO STOOD AT THE GATE OF THE VILLAGE OR CASTLE. SOME MUSIANS ALSO TOOK ON THE LAST NAME OF WAITE.

 

HANLEY

HANLEY WAS A LAST NAME FOR SOMEONE WHO LIVED IN A HIGH MEADOW. 

 HOOKER

THIS NAME BELONGED TO SOMEONE WHO MADE HOOKS OR USED HOOKS IN THEIR OCCUPATION.

THORPE

THORPE WAS A NAME FOR A FARM. IF YOU OWNED A FARM YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE THORPE. THERE WERE MANY NAMES FOR FARMS AND IT USUALLY DEPENED ON YHE REGION OF ENGLAND. 

 PIKE

PIKE WAS A PERSON WHO SOLD FISH. SO IF YOU WAS A FISHERMAN AND SOLD FISH YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE PIKE.

 

 DUNNE

IF YOU WERE A PERSON WITH DARK SKIN YOUM MIGHT BE CALLED DUNNE.

BEVERLEY

IF YOU LIVED NEXT TO A STREAM THAT HAD BEAVERS THEN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE BEVERLEY. 

 MANOR BUTLER

THE BUTLER WAS THE HEAD SERVANT AT THE MANOR. THE BUTLER WAS IN CHARGE OF THE MEN SERVANTS (FOOTMAN) AND THE HEAD HOUSE MAID WAS IN CHARGE OF THE WOMEN (MAIDS, COOKS). THE BUTLER KEPT TRACK OF THE WINE. HE USUALLY STRAINED THE WINE EACH DAY. HE ALSO MONITORED THE DINING ROOM AND THE PANTRY. IN THE DINING ROOM EVERY THING HAD TO BE PRECISE AND THE FOOTMAN HAD TO LOOK REGAL.

 

WOODROW

LIVED BY A FOREST WHERE THERE WAS HOUSES IN A ROW.

 WOMACK

LIVED NEAR AN OAK TREE THAT WAS HOLLOW.

 WESTCOTT

A COTTAGE LOCATED WEST OF TOWN.

 TALCOTT

COTTAGE CLOSE TO A LAKE.

WALCOTT

COTTAGE  CLOSE TO A STREAM

 

 HERMANSON

SON OF HERMAN.

 HENSON

SON OF HENRY.

ERICSON

SON OF ERIC. 

DYSON

SON OF DYE 

 ALBERTSON

SON OF ALBERT.

 

 FARLEY

FARLEY WAS A HABITATIONAL NAME. SO IF YOU CAME THE VILLAGE THEN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE FARLEY.

 HAYWOOD

IF YOU LIVED IN A FENCED WOODLAND OR NEAR A FENCED WOODLAND YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE HAYWOOD.

 SUTTON

IF YOU LIVED ON A SOUTHERN FARM YOUR NAME MIGHT BE SUTTON. ALSO THERE WAS A TOWN OF SUTTON IN ENGLAND.

 CHESTER

A PERSON WITH THE LAST NAME OF CHESTER PROBABLY CAME FROM THAT CITY IN ENGLAND.

 

 KERR

A WOODLAND THAT WAS FENCED.

 KELLOGG

OCCUPATIONAL NAME FOR A PERSON WHO OWNED A HOG FARM.

 EVANS

SON OF EVAN.

 ATTEBERRY

PLACE NAME FOR SOMEONE WHO LIVED NEAR A FORT.

BARBER

OCCUPATIONAL NAME FOR A PERSON WHO CUT HAIR. 

 

WINCHESTER

PLACE NAME FOR SOMEONE WHO LIVED NEAR A FORT. 

WRAY

SOMEONE WHO LIVED AT SECLUDED RECESS OR ALCOVE. 

 CHAPELL

SOMEONE WHO LIVED NEAR A CHAPELL.

 KAY

KAY WAS A WHARF. IF YOU LIVED NEXT TO A KAY YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE KAY.

 DEXTER

OCCUPATIONAL NAME FOR SOMEONE WHO DYED CLOTH.

 

MILLWARD

OCCUPATIONAL NAMED FOR SOME ONE WHO WORKED IN A MILL. 

 SLAUGHTER

OCCUPATIONAL NAME FOR A BUTCHER OR MEAT CUTTER.

 WICKHAM

WICKHAM WAS A VILLAGE IN ENGLAND. IF YOU CAME FROM THIS VILLAGE YOUR NAME MIGHT BE WICKHAM.

 CALLICOTT

PLACE NAME FOR A PERSON WHO LIVED OIN A SMALL COTTAGE.

CRISP

NICKNAME FOR A PERSON WHO HAD CURLY HAIR.

 

 CARR

IF A PERSON LIVED NEXT TO AN OVERGROWN FIELD OF BRUSH HIS LAST NAME MIGHT BE CARR.

 BURTON

THERE WERE MANY VILLAGES NAMED BURTON IN ENGLAND. SO IF YOU CAME FROM BURTON YOUR NAME MIGHT BE BURTON.

SPENCER

.SPENCER WAS ANOTHER NAME FOR A BUTLER. 

 LOYD

LOYD WAS THE NAME IF A PERSON HAD GREY HAIR.

 

 CHADWICK IS A HABITATIONAL VILLAGE IN ENGLAND.

 LANE

A TRAIL THAT IS VERY NARROW LIKE AN ALLEY. IF YOU LIVED NEXT TO A LANE YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE LANE.

BENTLY

BENTLY IS A NAME FOR A CLEARING WITH BENT GRASS. IF YOU LIVED IN A BENTLY THEN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE BENTLY. 

 MIDDLETON

THERE ARE MANY VILLAGES IN ENGLAND CALLED MIDDLETON. IF YOU CAME FROM ONE OF THESE TOWNS YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE MIDDLETON.

 BUCKLY

IF A PERSON LIVED IN A CLEARING IN A BEECHWOOD FOREST HIS NAME MIGHT BE BUCKLY.

 

COTTON

IN VARIOUS PARTS OF ENGLAND COTTAGE HAD VARIOUS SPELLINGS. IN CHESHIRE A COTTAGE WAS CALLED A COTTON. SO IF YOU LIVED IN A COTTAGE IN CHESHIRE YOUR NAME MIGHT BE COTTON. 

 CLEMONS

SON OF CLEMENT.

 THORPE

THORPE WAS AN ANGLO-SAXON NAME FOR A SMALL TOWN. SO THORPE WAS A NAME FOR A PERSON WHO LIVED IN A SMALL TOWN. KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE WERE OTHER NAMES FOR SMALL TOWNS.

THORNTON

IF A PERSON LIVED NEXT TO A FIELD WHERE THORNES GREW HIS LAST NAME MIGHT BE THORNTON. 

 SWIFT

IF A PERSON WAS FAST THEN HIS LAST NAME MIGHT BE SWIFT. HE MIGHT BE SOMEONE WHO DELIVERED NEWS.

 MARSH

IF A PERSON LIVED NEAR A MARSH THE HIS LAST NMAME MIGHT BE MARSH.

 

RYMER

IF A PERSON WAS A POET OR SINGER THEN HIS NAME MIGHT BE RYMER. 

BARTLEY

BARTLEY LIVED NEXT TO A CLEARING IN A FOREST OR HE LIVED IN THE CLEARING.

 EDWARDS

SON OF EDWARD.

 LEE

A PERSON WHO LIVED IN A MEADOW.

 WILLIAMS

SON OF WILLIAM.

 

 BOOTH

A PERSON WHO LIVED IN A BARN THAT WAS SMALL.

 BARCROFT

A PERSON WHO HAD AN ENCLOSED FIELD AND GREW BARLEY IN THE FIELD.

 OGDEN

A PERSON WHO LIVED IN A VALLEY OF OAK TREES.

PIERCE

SON OF PETER. 

 CHASE

A PERSON WHO WAS A GREAT HUNTER.

 SMITH

A PERSON WHOES OCCUPATION WAS A BLACKSMITH.

 

 FINCH

NAME OF A PERSON WHO CAUGHT AND SOLD THE FINCH BIRD.

ALCOTT

A PERSON WHO LIVED IN AN OLD COTTAGE. 

 HART

OCCUPATIONAL NAME FOR A PERSON WHO MADE ROPE.

 NUTTER

NAME FOR A PERSON WORKED WITH OXEN.

 BATES

A PERSON WHO WAS NAMED AFTER ST. BARTHOLOMEW, OR A PERSON WHO TRANSPORTED PRODUCTS WITH A BOAT.

 

BUTTERWORTH

BUTTERWORTH WAS A TOWNSHIP IN ENGLAND. IF YOU CAME FROM BUTTERWORTH THEN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE BUTTERWORTH. 

 CANNINGS

CANNINGS WAS A VILLAGE IN ENGLAND. IF YOU CAME FROM THIS VILLAGE YOUR NAME MIGHT BE CANNINGS.

 BARREL

THIS WAS AN ANGLO-SAXON NAME FOR SPRING. IF YOU LIVED NEXT TO A SPRING THENM YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE BARREL.

 CLAMPETT

SON OF CLEMENT.

 NEAL

NEAL WAS A PERSONAL NAME AND SUGGESTED WAS PERSON OF HONOR.

 

 HUXLEY

SOMEONE WHO LIVED IN A CLEARING IN A FOREST.

WARD

WARD WAS A WATCHMAN OR GATE WATCHER OR A GUARD. 

HARRIS

SON OF HARRY. 

RHODES

RHODES WAS A CLEARING IN THE FOREST. IF YOU LIVED IN THIS CLEARING THEN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE RHODES. 

 

 ROGERS

SON OF ROGER

 PERKINS

THE NAME COMES FROM PETER. A RELATIVE (KIN) OF PETER. SO IT COULD BE SON OF PETER.

 MORRIS

MORRIS WAS A NICKNAME FOR A PERSON WHOSE SKIN WAS DARK.

 MEDFORD

IF YOU LIVE AT A FORD BY A MEADOW THEN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE MEDFORD.

 

 PLACE NAME FOR A PERSON WHO LIVED NEAR A MEADOW.

LITTLE

NICKNAME FOR A SMALL MAN. 

STEELE

A PERSON WHO WAS STRONG LIKE STEEL AND TRUSTWORTHY. 

WEBER

WEBER WAS ORIGIONALLY A GERMAN NAME, BUT MANY MOVED TO ENGLAND. WEBER WAS A TAYLOR. 

 

LEACH

THE NAME OF A DOCTOR WHO USED LEACHES TO CURE PATIENTS. 

FOWLER

THE NAME FOR A PERSON WHO HUNTED BIRDS. FOWL IS A NAME FOR BIRDS.

 STONE

IF YOU LIVE TO A FIELD THAT HAD A LOT OF STONES THEN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE STONE.

 ROSE

THIS COULD BE A PLACE OR A FIELD WHERE ROSES GREW. IF YOU LIVE NEXT TO THIS FIELD THEN YOUR NAME MIGHT BE ROSE.

 

HAYES

THERE IS A VILLAGE NEAR LONDON CALLED HAYES. THE PERSONS NAME COULD COME FROM THIS VILLAGE. ALSO HAYES WAS OF ENCLOSURE OF WOOD. IF YOU LIVED NEAR THIS ENCLOSURE YOUR NAME MIGHT BE HAYES. 

KELLER

KEPT TRACK OF THE SUPPLIES,THE FOODS,AND ACCOUNTS OF THE CASTLE OR MANOR. 

 MARLEY

THE NAME OF VILLAGES IN VARIOUS PARTS OF ENGLAND. A HABITATIONAL NAME. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW MARLEYS IN ENGLAND. IF YOU CAME FROM A VILLAGE CALLED MARLEY THEN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE MARLEY.

 HENSLEY

HENSLEY WAS A CLEARING IN A FOREST. IF YOU LIVED IN THAT CLEARING OR NEXT TO IT YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE HENSLEY.👲

 

HINES

KEPT TRACK OF THE DEER IN THE LORD OF THE MANOR'S FOREST. 

LANG

LANG IS AN OLD ENGLISH NAME AND REFERED TO A TALL PERSON .

FLYNN

FLYNN MENT A PERSON WITH RED HAIR. SO IF YOU HAD RED HAIR YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE FLYNN. 

 KIRBY

KIRK WAS A WORD FOR CHURCH. SO KIRBY WAS A CHURCH VILLAGE. IF YOU LIVED IN THIS VILLAGE THEN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE KIRBY.

 

ABBOTT

THISWAS THE NAME OF A PERSON WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE MONASTERY. A PRIEST. 

SELLERS

THIS WAS THE NAME FOR A PERSON WHO SOLD THINGS. LIKE A MERCHANT. 

 STOUT

THIS WAS A NICKNAME FOR A HEAVY BUILT MAN.

THORTON

IF YOU LIVED IN A VILLAGE SURROUNED BY THORN BUSHES OR THORN TREES THEN YOUR LAST NAME MIGH BE THORTON. 

WARNER

WARNER WAS A GUARD LIKE SOLDIER AT THE GATE OF THE CASTLE OR VILLAGE.

 

 

HARVEY

HARVEY WAS USUALLY THE NAME FOR A GREAT SOLDIER. 

BELL

 SOMEONE WHO MADE BELLS OR RANG BELLS TELLING THE NEWS.

HALL

WORKED AT SOME KIND OF HALL OR MANOR. 

 PICKETT

IF YOU LIVED NEAR A HILL WITH A SHARP POINT THEN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE PICKETT.

STRONG

SOMEONE WHO WAS STRONG OR HAD A LOT OF STRENGTH.

 

PICKERING

IF YOU MADE PICKAXES THEN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE PICKERING. 

 STOWE

A STOWE WAS A BUILDING BY A MONASTERY. A MEETING PLACE. SO IF YOU LIVED NEXT TO A STOWE THEN YOUR NAME  MIGHT BE STOWE.

GAGE

IF YOU WORKED AS AN ASSAYER THEN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE GAGE. 

 MOTT

IF YOU LIVED NEAR A MOAT AROUND A CASTLE YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE MOTT.

 

 LANGLEY

IF YOU LIVED NEXT TO A LONG GLADE YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE LANGLEY.

 OVERSTREET

SOME ONE WHO LIVED BY THE SEASHORE.

WHEN THE ROMANS CAME INTO ENGLAND IN 43 A D THEY BUILT ROADS.  SO IF YOU LIVED ON A STREET OVER A RIVER BANK YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE OVERSTREET.

 LONGSTREET

SOMEONE WHO LIVED BY A LONG ROAD.

 LAWTON

A VILLAGE WITH AN ARTIFICIALLY CONSTRUCTED WATERWAY. SO IF YOU LIVED IN THIS VILLAGE YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE LAWTON.

 

ARMSTRONG

 IF YOU HAD STRONG ARMS YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE ARMSTRONG.

 MURRAY

IF YOU LIVED IN A VILLAGE BY THE SEA YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE MURRAY.

JENNINGS

JENNINGS IS A PATRONYMIC NAME FROM JOHN SPECIFICLY "LITTLE JOHN".  IT WAS AN EARLY MEDIEVAL NAME.

 MANY TIMES IF YOU LIVED IN ONE TOWN IN ENGLAND AND MOVED TO ANOTHER TOWN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE THE TOWN YOU CAME FROM.

 

 CANTWELL

IF YOU LIVE NEXT TO A STREAM YOUR NAME MIGHT BE CANTWELL. THIS CAME FROM AN OLD ENGLISH NAME.

 BOGS

NAME GIVEN TO SOMEONE WHO LIVED NEXT TO A BRIDGE MADE OF BALKS OF TIMBER. BEAMS OF TIMBER.

 CLEMENS

PEOPLE BY THE NAME OF CLEMENS WERE PROBABLY NAMED AFTER ST. CLEMENT, OR IT MIGHT DESCRIBE SOMEONE WHO WAS MERCIFUL.

 WELLS

WELLS IS A PLACE NAME FOR SOMEONE WHO LIVED BY A SPRING.

 WATSON

SON OF WALTER

 

 

 WALTON

IF YOU WERE A FARM WORKER YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE WALTON.

 HAREWOOD

IF YOU LIVED NEXT TO A FOREST WHERE HARES WERE FOUND THEN YOUR LAST NAME COULD BE HAREWOOD.

 HOLWICK

IF YOU OWNED A DAIRY FARMSTEAD LOCATED IN A HOLLOW YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE HOLWICK.

SKIPPER

SKIPPER WAS THE CAPTAIN OF A SHIP. 

 INMAN

INMAN WAS AN INN KEEPER

 

 HOLLAND

A HABITATIONAL NAME FOR VARIOUS VILLAGES IN ENGLAND. IF YOU CAME FROM A VILLAGE CALLED HOLLAND YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE HOLLAND

 HUCKER

A HUCKER WAS A PERSON WHO COULD BARGAIN OR MAKE DEALS.

 ADAMSON

SON OF ADAM

 HAGER

IF YOU CUT WOOD THEN YOUR NAME MIGHT BE HAGER.

 FLAX

A PERSON WHO GREW FLAX OR HE SOLD FLAX.

 CHAFER

A PERSON WHO WORKED IN A KILN.

 

 

CHAFFER

IF YOU WERE A MERCHANT YOUR NAME MIGHT BE CHAFFER.

 CENTURY

IF YOU MADE BELTS THEN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE CENTURY.

 HARGREAVES

IF YOU LIVED NEXT TO A GREY THICKET YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE HARGREAVES.

 HARDING

YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT HARDING IF YOU WERE BRAVE OR STRONG.

 

 FOOTE

SOMEONE WHO LIVED AT THE BOTTOM OR FOOT OF A HILL.

 GRAVES

THE HEAD SERF WHO OVER LOOKED THE OTHER SERFS WORK AT MANOR.

ASHLEY

SOME ONE WHO LIVED NEAR AN ASH TREE CLEARING. 

 BARNES

SOMEONE WHO WORKE AT A BARN.

 

 GLOVER

GLOVER WAS THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO MADE AND SOLD GLOVES.

 FOSTER

YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE FOSTER IF YOU TOOK CARE OF THE LAND FOR HUNTING FOR THE LORD OF THE MANOR.

 GIBSON

GIBSON IS THE SON OF GIB.

FALCONER

IF YOU TRAINED FALCONS TO HUNT THEN YOUR LAST NAME MIGHT BE FALCONER.