ABERDOUR. There is also a place

so called in Fifeshire. ABETHELL. Welsh; the son of Ethel, or Ithel.

ABEW. Welsh, Ab Hugh, the son of Hugh.

ACKHURST. One or two places in the Weald of Sussex and Kent bear this name, which signifies "the wood of oak trees,' from A-Sax. Ac and hurst.

ACLAND.* "Now a farm in the parish of Landkey; it is thus described in Westcote's Devonshire :- Then Landkey or Londkey; and therein Acland, or rather Aukeland, as taking name from a grove of oaks, for by such an one the house is seated, and hath given name and long habitation to the clarous family of the Aclands, which have many years here flourished in worshipful degree.' Hugh de Accalen is the first recorded ancestor; he was living in 1155, from whom the present Sir Thomas Dyke Acland is twenty-second in lineal descent." Shirley's Noble and Gentle

Men.

ACRE. Though now a definite quantity of land, acre formerly signified, like the Latin ager, a field, without regard to its size. This name may therefore be regarded as synonymous with Field.

ACTON.* Mr. Shirley says, that the Actons of Aldenham, baronets, spring from Engelard de Acton, of Acton Pigot and Acton Burnell, who was admitted on the roll of guild-merchants of Shrewsbury in 1209. General Acton, prime minister to the King of Naples for twenty-nine years, commencing in 1778, was of this family. Noble and Gentle Men.

ADERTON. A hamlet in the W. Riding of Yorkshire.

ADERSTON. Atherstone, co. Warwick, was anciently written Adrestone.

known as Amersham, co. Buckingham. AGRICOLL. Agricola, the latinization of Farmer.

AIGHTON. A township in Lancashire. AITON. Of that Ilk in Berwickshire, temp. Robert Bruce. Nisbet. ALANBY. See Allenby. ALBERTON. Albrighton, a township in Shropshire.

ALBERY. Albury, parishes in cos. Hertford, Oxford, and Surrey.

ALDERSEY.* The progenitor of this family was Hugh de Aldersey, of Aldersey in the parish of Coddington, co. Chester, temp. Henry III. Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men. ALDERTON. Supplement. ALDRINGTON. A parish near Brighton, co. Sussex, which has a ruined church, but no population. At a recent census it had but one inhabitant-the keeper of a toll-gate. It appears that that one example of the genus homo had lost a leg, so that the return to the Registrar-General ought to have stood thus :

See Aldrington in this

Houses.. Inhabitants.

This place was originally of some importance, and the surname Aldrington or Alderton seems to have been adopted from

ALNWICK.

A well-known castle and town in Northumberland.

ALTHAM. A chapelry in the parish of Whalley, co. Lancaster.

ALVASTON. A township in Cheshire. ALVERTHORPE. A township in the W. Riding of Yorkshire, more commonly known as Allerthorpe. AMBOROW. Probably a corruption of Hamborough. ANGLE. See Nangle.

ANKITTEL. In Ireland, and written temp. Richard II.. Angetale, is doubtless the same as the English Anchitel. ANNE.* The name is local. The pedigree begins with Sir William de Anne, Constable of the castle of Tickhill, co. York, temp. Edward II. Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men.

ANNESLEY.* Ralph, surnamed Brito, of Annesley, living in 1156, is assumed to have been the son of Richard, of Annesley, mentioned in Domesday. The estate continued in the family till the extinction of the male line in 1437, when it went with the heiress to the Chaworths. AP BRAN. Welsh-the son of Bran (Brennus).

APELDERFIELD. Local; A-Sax., "the field of the apple-tree." See Appletree.

APOSTLES.* As a pendant to the anecdote in Eng. Surn. ii. 159, respecting a Sussex peasant desiring the clergyman to give his child the name of Acts o'Postles, I may note, that among the RegistrarGeneral's nominal curiosities, there occurs

in 1840, as witness to a marriage, the name of Acts Apostles Tong!

APULDERFIELD. See Apelderfield. ARCHBOLD.* The Archbolds of Ireland claim a Danish origin. The name occurs 1. Henry IV.

ARCHDALL. The Archdalls of CastleArchdall, co. Fermanagh, are of English extraction. The founder of the family in Ireland, temp. Elizabeth, was John Archdall of Norton Hall, co. Norfolk. The locality of Archdall is unknown. ARCHES. See Darke. ARCHEVER. Perhaps a corruption of the Fr. Archevêque, archbishop. See anecdote under Ecclesiastical Surnames.

ARCHIE.* Nisbet says "of that Ilk;" but does not mention the locality, which I conceive it would be difficult to find. See article" Of that Ilk." ARDBOROUGH. Scotland.

Probably local in

ARDEN.* "No family in England can claim a more noble origin than the house of Arden, descended in the male line from the Saxon Earls of Warwick before the Conquest. The name was assumed from the woodlands of Arden, in the North of Warwickshire, by Siward de Arden, in the reign of Henry I., which Siward was grandson of Alwin, the sheriff, in the reign of Edward the Confessor." Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men.

ARDINGTON. A parish in Berkshire. ARMIGILL. An ancient Teutonic personal name, formerly Hermengild. The Roman church honours a confessor called Armagill on the 16th of August. ARMSTRANG. A provincial pronunciation of Armstrong.

ARNET. Said by Nisbet to be "of that Ilk"-perhaps identical with Arnot, a place in the parish of Stow, co. Edinburgh. ARNWAY. Local. See Arn. ARNWOOD. Local. See Arn. ARSCOT. A corruption of Ascot. ARTHINGTON. A township in the W. Riding of Yorkshire gave name to this family, at an early period. Peter de Ardington, or Arthington, about the reign of Stephen, founded a priory of Cluniac nuns there.

ARUNDELL.* According to Hoare's Wiltshire, there is no evidence whereby to affiliate the Arundells of Wardour to the Rogerius A. of Domesday; though this is strongly probable. This ancient and influential family were formerly characterized as "THE GREAT ARUNDELLS." Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men.

ASGILL. Local. See Gill.

ASHBURY. Parishes in Berkshire and Devonshire.

ASTLEY.* Astley Castle, co. Warwick, was the residence of the family so early as 12. Henry II., and the earliest known progenitor is Philip de Estlega, who then flourished. Noble and Gentle Men.

ASTROBY. Asterby, a parish in Lincolnshire.

ATCLIFFE. See AT.

ATTERILL. See Trill.

ATTREE. "At-the-Tree." From residence near some remarkable Tree. This name is somewhat abundant in the forest districts of Sussex and the adjacent counties.

AUCHTERLONY. The same as Och

terlony.

AUBEYNE. The same as St. Aubyn. AUDELEY. See Stanley. AYLMER.* The Irish Aylmers claim descent from Ailmer, Earl of Cornwall, who lived in the reign of King Ethelred. They settled in Ireland at the close of the XVI. century. D'Alton.

AYDE. An occasional spelling of Ade.

BALDERSTON.* Nisbet says, "Of that Ilk," in co. Linlithgow. The name is found in the Ragman Roll as Balderstoun and Bauderston.

BALDWIN. The Baldwins of Kinlet, co. Salop, are supposed to be of Norman origin; but the pedigree appears to be traced only to the XIV. century. The head of the family having married a coheiress of Childe, took that name, which his posterity now consequently bear. Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men.

BAMFYLDE. Lord Poltimore's family descend from John Baumfield, who became possessed of Poltimore, co. Devon, temp. Edward I.; but the pedigree can be traced three generations before that period. Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men. Bampfylde (which see) is an orthographical variation. BARBER. The common latinization of this name in the middle ages was Barbiton

sor.

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BARDEN. A township in Yorkshire.