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ANGLO-SAXON PATRONYMICS. 445 
Therefore, even by mere argument, there is 
more reason to suppose such names of families 
to have been derived from the first family resi- 
dences, than the contrary. We are not, how- 
ever, left to argument alone, to support such a 
supposition. Names of places have frequently 
given names to individuals. The family name of 
Pilkington, is derived from Pilkington de Pilking- 
ton; Middleton, from Middleton de Middleton, 
&c. And similarly have arisen among us our 
‘““Crabtrees, Cawthorns, Birches,” &c. We 
hence perceive, that the family names derived 
from family residences, or from the names of 
places; whether Norman French names or other- 
wise, have arisen from the Norman French fashion 
which was introduced at the conquest. For 
though just prior to the conquest we find some 
Anglo-Saxon names distinguished by their habi- 
tations, such as A¢lfric at Bertune; we find no 
Bertune given asa name from the habitation, 
while on the other hand, all names derived from 
epithets, have been derived from Anglo-Saxon, 
Danish, and Norse origin, as already mentioned. 
Yet, clearly as we may have established this 
position, it by no means excludes Wilding from 
being the name of some place or residence—than 
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