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Anyone looked at this?
https://namesofengland.english-heritage.org.uk/ Although I've lived in Wales for nearly four decades my family is originally from Sussex. I never realised how far back the family went. This was the result of a search against my name. NORTHEAST MOST COMMON IN Brighton NUMBER OF ADULTS 281 English: locative name from Northease Farm in Rodmell (Sussex), which is recorded as Northesia in 1087–1100 and Northhese in 1347. |
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My name is too rare to appear.
Although I'm now in Cleethorpes (for my sins), I was born in Lincoln but the family seems to have come from Hitchin with offshoots in Nottinghamshire. One of the oddest things I discovered when I was living in the US was that there was an area outside of Chicago called Lincolnshire and there were some African-American families with my last name.
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Heh, that's good.
What boggles my mind is that in Europe, the 'isopoint' is around the 10th century AD, which means that anyone alive in Europe at that time who had offspring is a direct ancestor of every person alive today who is of European descent. The 'global isopoint,' when anyone alive on Earth who had offspring is a direct ancestor of everyone alive today, was around 1400BC. |
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That's pretty interesting, my name is originally from Lanark (which I knew) but mostly in Surrey now
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I also discovered that North Ease farm is still there in Rodmell. The place has been farmed apparently for over 1000 years.
https://www.misterwhat.co.uk/company...ase-farm-lewes Northease Farm on Google maps street view |
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thats pretty cool Gary.
just checked my surname (Bolland) and it says its from yorks and links. most common in wakefeild. no more information than that. i do know that i can trace my surname in Edinburgh back as far as my great x3 grandad but as far as i know its originally from from Belgium. |
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