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name of the tree alluded to in their several local- 
ities—than that they fixed that name upon places 
whence it could be transferred to the owners. 
The evidence, therefore, is more in favour of the 
name Wilding being an Anglo-Saxon patronymic, 
in accordance with Anglo-Saxon custom—than a 
later introduction from any other people. And 
that the different names of trees and plants arose 
from the different settlers in the country, as pre- 
sumed in this instance, is strongly corroborated 
by the fact, that the very tree about which has 
sprung out all this discussion, is known also by 
another name in the provincial dialects where the 
Danes settled in Northumbria, viz., by the name 
of ** Whasset.” And from its abundance in the 
neighbourhood of Beetham, in Westmoreland, a 
small hamlet in that parish is known by the name 
of Whasset to this day. By way, then, of a short 
digression from this wearisome discussion, we 
may learn this lesson, that it has led us to dis- 
tinguish the origin of the three names; that 
Crabtree is due to the Anglo-Saxons; Whasset 
to the Danes ; and Wilding, in all probability, to 
the Flemings, from the Low Countries; and that 
by a like research and comparison, we may ex- 
pect to arrive at similar kinds of discriminations 
with other names and terms. 
