456 A DISSERTATION ON THE 
a new name from new circumstances, or the new 
possessor. All these might be shown by in- 
stances to be facts, would it not waste the time of 
the reader, and be tiresome beyond all endurance 
to the hearer; besides being a digression too 
wide for the purpose of a paper on patronymics. 
In the proximity of this town is Cheetham, the 
ham or home of Cheet, its founder, or the name 
of the place. Equally near and adjoining is 
Broughton, the tun named from the brow on which 
it was first established. ‘Then beyond is Pilking- 
ton, the tun of Pilking, the name of its founder, 
anda Patronymic. Ofsimilar names almost every 
county furnishes one or more examples. Of hams 
fewer patronymic forms are found than of tts ; 
yet Altringham, Addingham, Aldingham, Hen- 
singham show that, though few, they are not alto- 
gether very rare. In Westmoreland, I am not 
certain whether one is to be met with. Two only 
I have been able to select from Cumberland, and 
one from Lonsdale north of the Sands. While 
south of the Mersey they are much more common. 
This is likewise the case with patronymic forms 
ending in tun. Ackrington, Whittington, Pen- 
nington, Irvington, are north of the Mersey, 
and in the counties just mentioned. Now as 
