https://www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/?_Action=search&_Constraint=preservingourpast Hampsthwaite Village en-gb Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:44:18 GMT DT Online 2010 - 2026 http://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html 60 table https://www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/821 https://www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/821 Tue, 27 Apr 2021 23:00:00 GMT Tetley Name MeaningEnglish (Yorkshire):: habitational name from Tetlow in Manchester. The placename derives from the Old English male personal name Tetta or female Tette + Old English hlāw ‘mound hill’. occasionally a habitational name from Tetley in Crowle (Lincolnshire). The placename derives from the Old English male personal name Tetta or female Tette + Old English lēah ‘wood woodland clearing’.Source:Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022Similar surnames:Tenley, Betley, Titley, Exley, Batley, Tilley, Heatley, WebleyFrom: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts https://www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/811 https://www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/811 Tue, 27 Apr 2021 23:00:00 GMT Watson Name MeaningScottish English and Irish: patronymic meaning ‘son of Wat’ a pet form of Walter that was particularly common in Scotland and northern England. See Watt .Watt Name MeaningScottish and English: from the common Middle English personal name Wat(t) a short form of Walter . West African (Senegal and Mauritania): Tukulor name of unexplained etymology. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 屈 possibly based on its Cantonese pronunciation see QuSource:Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022Similar surnames:Wayson, Watton, Hasson, Wasson, Latson, Batson, Rayson, RitsonFrom: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts https://www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/748 https://www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/748 Tue, 27 Apr 2021 23:00:00 GMT Lupton Name MeaningEnglish: habitational name from a place in Cumbria (Westmorland). The placename is recorded in Domesday Book as Lupetun and probably derives from an Old English personal name Hluppa (of uncertain origin) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure settlement’.Source:Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022Similar surnames:Luton, Luxton, Lutton, Upton, Lipton, Tipton, Hunton, Ruston, BuxtonFrom: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts https://www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/747 https://www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/747 Tue, 27 Apr 2021 23:00:00 GMT Bell Name MeaningEnglish (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, 2022Similar surnames:Ball, Beal, Fell, Pell, Bill, Hell, Sell, Ell, Belt, BollFrom: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts https://www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/749 https://www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/749 Tue, 27 Apr 2021 23:00:00 GMT Bowers Name MeaningThe surname Bowers is of Saxon origin, derived from the word 'bur' meaning 'a chamber; a cottage; a shady recess'. Adding 'er' to the end of topographical terms was common in south east England. An alternative origin is "a maker of bows".Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowers_(surname)Similar surnames:Bowens, Boyers, Powers, Mowers, Dowers, Bower, Boyer, Bowdry, Fowers https://www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/803 https://www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/803 Tue, 27 Apr 2021 23:00:00 GMT Smith Name MeaningEnglish and Scottish: occupational name denoting a worker in metal especially iron such as a blacksmith or farrier from Middle English smith ‘smith’ (Old English smith probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike hammer’). Early examples are also found in the Latin form Faber . Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents in other languages were the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes plowshares and other domestic articles but above all for their skill in forging swords other weapons and armor. This is also the most frequent of all surnames in the US. It is very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below). This surname (in any of the two possible English senses; see also below) is also found in Haiti. See also Smither . English: from Middle English smithe ‘smithy forge’ (Old English smiththe). The surname may be topographic for someone who lived in or by a blacksmith's shop occupational for someone who worked in one or habitational from a place so named such as Smitha in King's Nympton (Devon). Compare Smithey . Irish and Scottish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac Gobhann Irish Mac Gabhann ‘son of the smith’. See McGowan . Americanized form (translation into English or assimilation) of various European surnames meaning ‘smith’ or ‘blacksmith’ for example German and Jewish Schmidt Dutch Flemish and North German Smit Ukrainian Rusyn or other Slavic Koval Slovak Kováč Slovenian Serbian and Croatian Kovač (see Kovac ) and Jewish Kuznetz (see Kuznetsov ). Native American: from English smith adopted as an occupational name for a smith often as a translation into English of a personal name based on an equivalent occupational name from any of the Native American languages such as Navajo atsidí ‎‘smith’ (see Atcitty ). In most cases however the surname Smith was probably chosen because it is the most common (English) surname in North America (see 1 above). It is also the most common surname among Native Americans. Compare Blacksmith .Source:Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022Similar surnames:Smitha, Stith, Smythe, Nesmith, Smithey, Faith, Mitch, Smet, SmitheFrom: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts https://www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/757 https://www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/757 Tue, 27 Apr 2021 23:00:00 GMT Sigsworth Name MeaningEnglish: habitational name from Sigsworth Grange in Fountains Earth (Yorkshire) which is recorded as Sixford and Syxford from 1184 to 152 The placename derives from the Old Norse personal name Síkr + Old English ford ‘ford’.Source:Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022Similar surnames:Ditsworth, Silkworth, Ainsworth, Titsworth, Hainsworth, DilworthFrom: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts https://www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/761 https://www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/761 Tue, 27 Apr 2021 23:00:00 GMT Shephard Name MeaningEnglish: variant of Shepherd .Shepherd Name MeaningEnglish (Lancashire and Yorkshire): occupational name from Middle English schepeherde ‘shepherd’ (Old English scēaphyrde scēap‐weard). Americanized form (translation into English) of surnames meaning ‘shepherd’ for example German and Jewish Schäfer (see Schaefer ).Source:Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022Similar surnames:Sheppard, Shepheard, Shepard, Shepherd, Sheperd, Shepperd, ShapardFrom: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts https://www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/764 https://www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/764 Tue, 27 Apr 2021 23:00:00 GMT Hutchinson Name MeaningEnglish (northern): patronymic from the Old French personal name Hucheon (see Houchin ) + -son. Irish: in Ireland and Scotland adopted for Mac Uisdein and Mac Uistin; see McCutcheon .Houchin Name MeaningEnglish (Essex): of Norman origin from the Old French personal name Huchon a double diminutive of Hue (see Hugh ) common in Picardy corresponding to Old French Hueçon Huesson modern French Husson. This was used as a personal name in Scotland where it also became a surname and was adopted in Gaelic as Huisdean or Uisdean; see McCutcheon and compare Hutch .SourceDictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022Similar surnames:Hutchison, Hutchins, Hutchings, Hutchens, Hutcheon, MurchisonFrom: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts https://www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/788 https://www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/788 Tue, 27 Apr 2021 23:00:00 GMT