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Surnames, their origin and their meaning

Many surnames are associated with the place/locality of where the family lived and in those cases the location is noted as the meaning.
Many surnames are associated with the occupation of the person given the name.

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Surname		Origin	Meaning
Acroyd		Scandinavian	Oak-Ridding clearing
Almey		Scandinavian	Elm Island
Almgill		Scandinavian	elm ravine
Appleby		Scandinavian	Orchard or the apple-tree farm
Applethwaite		Scandinavian	Apple Tree clearing
Arkle		Scandinavian	Arkcoll, Arkell, Arkill, & Arkle - Eagle-Kettle, sacrificial cauldron
Askwith		Scandinavian	ash wood
Barnby		Scandinavian	Bjorn's dwelling or estate
Bragg		Scandinavian	Brag was the god of eloquence
Cadby		Scandinavian	Cada's settlement, farm
Danby		Scandinavian	Dane's Habitation
Daulby		Scandinavian	Dale-Habitation
Daven		Scandinavian	Dagfinn brightness + Finn
Davin		Scandinavian	Dagfinn day brightness
Denby		Scandinavian	Dane's Habitation
Olsen		Scandinavian	son of Olaf
Cartmail		Scandinavian	Cart-Sandbank
Cartmale		Scandinavian	Cart-Sandbank
Cartmall		Scandinavian	Cart-Sandbank
Cartmel		Scandinavian	Cart-Sandbank
Cartmell		Scandinavian	Cart-Sandbank
Carus		Scandinavian	Carr-House
Catesby		Scandinavian	Cate's Estate
Chappelow		Scandinavian	Chapel-How, haug-r, a hill
Chapplow		Scandinavian	Chapel-How, haug-r, a hill
Dilke		Scandinavian	Lamb
Dingwall		Scandinavian	oing, a meeting, council + voll-r, a field
Dingwell		Scandinavian	oing, a meeting, council + voll-r, a field
Douthwaite		Scandinavian	Dowthwaite, daa, a doe, pveit, a clearing
Dowthwaite		Scandinavian	Daa, a doe, pveit, a clearing
Clift		Scandinavian	Cleft in a Rock
Clint		Scandinavian	Headland or Crag
Clubb		Scandinavian	a nickname
Clubbe		Scandinavian	a nickname
Dunderdale		Scandinavian	Thunder-Valley
Dunsby		Scandinavian	Dun's/Dunn's Farmstead or Estate
Coningsby		Scandinavian	Royal Manor
Corby		Scandinavian	Cor's or Kor's Estate or Settlement
Corp		Scandinavian	Raven
Corpe		Scandinavian	Raven
Cowgill		Scandinavian	Cow-Ravine
Cowperthwaite		Scandinavian	Cowper's or Cooper's Clearing
Crook		Scandinavian	Crooked Person
Crooke		Scandinavian	Crooked Person
Crosbie		Scandinavian	Dwelling by the Cross
Crosby		Scandinavian	Dwelling by the Cross
Crossby		Scandinavian	Dwelling by the Cross
Crossthwaite		Scandinavian	the Clearing of the Cross
Crosswhite		Scandinavian	Crossthwaite the Clearing of the Cross
Crosthwaite		Scandinavian	the Clearing of the Cross
Dalbey		Scandinavian	Dale-Habitation
Dalby		Scandinavian	Dale-Habitation

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