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Hob (Robert), Lorkin (Lawrence), Hud (Saxon), Jud (doubtful), 

 Teb (Theobald), and Jack. 



Allis and Neal were ancient Christian names. 



Some Christian names were used as family names without 

 alteration, such as Jeffery, Oliver. 



Some as Diminutives or Pet-names, such as Atkins, Bartlett, 

 Collins and Rankin. 



Patronymics (" son of "), sometimes merely added S to a 

 •Christian name, as Adams, Harris, Matthews, Saunders (son of 

 Alexander), 



Sometimes they added the word son, as Johnson, Henderson 

 (son of Hendrick, Heinrich, Henry), Dodson for Dodge-son (son of 

 Roger), Simpson. 



Price and Powell were Welsh patronymics, originally begin- 

 ning with Ap. 



Evans and Jones were Welsh for Johnson. 



Saints' names were naturally popu 7 ar at that period, especially 

 when a particular shrine was fashionable, or if a child was born 

 on a Saint's day : 



Austen (Augustine), Bennet (Benedict), Lucas (Luke), Martin, 

 Michell were examples. 



Saxon clan-names often ended in ing, such as Browming, 

 Duming, Sherring, Whiting, Harding. 



2. Many names came from occupations : 



Alabaster, a popular corruption of arbalestier, Kilner, Spencer, 

 a house steward ; 



Walker, a fuller who stamped on cloth ; 

 Webber and Webster, weaver. 



3. Many show the original home of the family, but not 

 necessarily that they owned land there. 



An old writer (1605) said : 



Most of the English surnames run 



In ford, in ley, in ham, in tun. 



The following terminations also suggest village names : boro, 

 "bury, by (Danish), combe, cote, hall, hope, hurst, low, wick, 

 worth, wood. 



Examples: Barlow (several counties), Bilton, Goodall (York- 

 shire), Linton, Luckham, Norton, Preston, Rothwell, Sidgwick, 

 Twemlow, Wingfield, and Wollacott. 



A prominent local feature or building often provided a name, 

 such as Backhouse (bake-house), Barrow T , Church, Gill, Grange. 



Hill, Holmes (hollv wood), 



Lynch (kill), Marsh, Oke, Wood, 



Yates, a form of Gates, a very common Forest name. 



Others were national, such as Brett (Breton), French (com- 

 mon in this county), Pollock (Polack, a Pole), Scott and Welsh. 



4. Nicknames form an interesting class. 



The lecturer had come across a Rae (roe-buck), who won the 



