A History of British SurnamesAiming to avoid technical terminology, Richard McKinley provides an introduction to the history of hereditary surnames in Britain from their first appearance to the present day. Devoting a chapter to each of the main categories of name, he enables readers to set the facts they discover about their own ancestry, family history and surnames into the context of general surname development. The author deals with those names that originate in England, Wales and Scotland; and since these tend to have their own distinct histories, he discusses developments in each of the three countries separately, wherever appropriate. The book uses the study of surnames to illuminate social history and draws attention to the complex patterns of population mobility that have always characterized British Society. It also describes regional and class differences in surnames, some features of which survive to our own time. |
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Occupational surnames | |
The evolution of hereditary surnames | |
Locative surnames | |
Topographical surnames | |
Surnames derived from personal names | |
Surnames derived from nicknames | |
Some general themes in the history of surnames | |
Surnames and local history | |
Advice on further reading | |
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already Anglicised appear areas became become body of surnames Britain century onwards common surname Conquest derived from personal developed distribution East Anglia evidence example existed fourteenth century French placename Gaelic Gaelic surnames Gaelicspeaking Greater Manchester hereditary names hereditary surnames history of surnames Huguenot hypochoristic forms instance Ireland Lancashire landed families landholders landowners large numbers Leicestershire locative names locative surnames meaning mediaeval Middle Ages Middle English Midlands migration nicknames north of England number of surnames occupational names occupational surnames occur Oxfordshire patronymics placenames places population present day probably ramified rare regions Scotland Scots Scotsspeaking seems serfs seventeenth century single family sixteenth century small number sometimes sources south east south west spelt surnames and bynames surnames derived surnames ending surnames or bynames surnames originating survived Sussex thirteenth century topographical names topographical surnames topographical term twelfth century usually village Wales Welsh surnames West Yorkshire word Yorkshire
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| العنوان | A History of British Surnames Approaches to Local History |
| المؤلف | Richard Mckinley |
| الناشر | Routledge, 2014 |
| رقم ISBN (الرقم الدولي المعياري للكتاب) | 1317901452, 9781317901457 |
| عدد الصفحات | 240 من الصفحات |
| تصدير الاقتباس | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |