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Bell

Bell Name Meaning
English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from the Middle English personal name Bell. As a man's name this is from Old French beu bel ‘handsome’ which was also used as a nickname. As a female name it represents a short form of Isabel . English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from Middle English belle ‘bell’ (Old English belle) in various applications; most probably a metonymic occupational name for a bell ringer or bell maker or a topographic name for someone living ‘at the bell’ (as attested by 14th-century forms such as John atte Belle). This indicates either residence by an actual bell (e.g. a town's bell in a bell tower centrally placed to summon meetings sound the alarm etc.) or ‘at the sign of the bell’ i.e. a house or inn sign (although surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in Scots and English). English: from Middle English bel ‘fair fine good’ (Old French bel ‘beautiful fair’). See also Beal German: from Bell in Rhineland or possibly from Belle in Westphalia. Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead in western Norway named Bell the origin of which is unexplained. Scandinavian: of English or German origin (see above).7: Americanized form of German Böhl or Böll (see Boehle Boll ).8: American shortened and altered form of various Slavic names beginning with Bel- ‘white’ e.g. of Rusyn (from Slovakia) Belejčák a derivative of Belej (see Beley ).9: Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
BallBealFellPellBillHellSellEllBeltBoll
From:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts











Plot No. 289

George Bell 1917
Margaret Ellen 1951
Gladys Bell 2003
Herbert Bell 1990

Plot No. 3043

John Bell 1833

Plot No. 3148

Maria Bell 1845
Hannah Bell 1860
George BELL Plot 289 - click for full size image
George BELL Plot 289

John Bell Plot 3043 - click for full size image
John Bell Plot 3043

Maria Bell Plot 3148 - click for full size image
Maria Bell Plot 3148

Inscription

Inscription

Inscription

In Loving Memory
Of

George Bell
Died December 21st 1917
Aged 67 Years
Also Margaret Ellen, His Wife
Died April 12th 1951
Aged 78 Years
"Rest In Peace"

In Loving Memory
Of
Gladys Bell
Died 24th March 2003
Aged 91 Years

In Loving Memory
Of
Herbert Bell
Died February 17th 1960
Aged 48 Years

Here
Lieth The Body Of John
Bell Of Birstwith Who De-
Parted This Life The 1st
Of September 1833 Aged
69 Years
In
Loving Memory
Of
Maria Bell
Born 3rd Feby 1845
Died 11th Feby 1845
Also
Hannah Bell
Born 18th Aug 1846
Died 16th Jany 1860

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Plot No. 3148

William B Bell 1849
William HY. Bell 1853

 

Plot No. 3148

William Bell 1879
Elizabeth Bell 1860
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William Bell Plot 3148

 
William Bell Plot 3148 - click for full size image
William Bell Plot 3148

Inscription

 

Inscription

In
Loving Memory
Of
William B Bell
Born 29th Mar. 1848
Died 13th Octr. 1849
Also
William HY. Bell
Born 21st Septr. 1852
Died 29th April 1853
 In
Loving Memory
Of
William Bell
Born 3rd June 1811,
Died 4th July 1879
Also
Elizabeth,
Wife Of The Above,
Born 14th Jany 1811,
Died 10th March 1860

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Plot No.NameBurial DateAge
#Elizabeth BELL8 Dec 180775
3148Elizabeth BELL10 Mar 186049
#Elizabeth BELL27 May 186062
#Elizabeth BELL29 May 1861/td>64
#George BELL1 Apr 183135
289George BELL24 Dec 191767
289Gladys Emily BELL24 Mar 200391
3148Hannah BELL18 Jan 186013
289Herbert BELL7 Mar 1960##
#John BELL9 Apr 181682
3043John BELL1 Sep 183369
#Joseph BELL3 Nov 184120
289Margaret Ellen BELL18 Apr 195178
3148Maria BELL#<1
#Mary BELL24 Mar 182653
#Mary Ann BELL16 Jul 189438
#Mary Elizabeth BELL1 Apr 1892<1
#William BELL13 Apr 181856
#William BELL2 Jan 18332
3148William BELL16 Oct 1849<1
3148William BELL7 Jul 187968
3148William Henry BELL2 May 1853<1
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  • Village Room : in August 1888 Mr George Bell (shoe maker) sold the site for £50 to Letitia Wright of Hollins Hall, who purchased it for the purpose of creating a memorial to her late husband, John Field Wright.

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Bell

Bell Name Meaning
English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from the Middle English personal name Bell. As a man's name this is from Old French beu bel ‘handsome’ which was also used as a nickname. As a female name it represents a short form of Isabel . English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from Middle English belle ‘bell’ (Old English belle) in various applications; most probably a metonymic occupational name for a bell ringer or bell maker or a topographic name for someone living ‘at the bell’ (as attested by 14th-century forms such as John atte Belle). This indicates either residence by an actual bell (e.g. a town's bell in a bell tower centrally placed to summon meetings sound the alarm etc.) or ‘at the sign of the bell’ i.e. a house or inn sign (although surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in Scots and English). English: from Middle English bel ‘fair fine good’ (Old French bel ‘beautiful fair’). See also Beal German: from Bell in Rhineland or possibly from Belle in Westphalia. Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead in western Norway named Bell the origin of which is unexplained. Scandinavian: of English or German origin (see above).7: Americanized form of German Böhl or Böll (see Boehle Boll ).8: American shortened and altered form of various Slavic names beginning with Bel- ‘white’ e.g. of Rusyn (from Slovakia) Belejčák a derivative of Belej (see Beley ).9: Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
BallBealFellPellBillHellSellEllBeltBoll
From:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts