The name Allwood began when someone in that family worked as a keeper of a hall. The surname Allwood is composed of the elements hall, which denoted one who was employed at such a manor-house or hall, and ward, which was originally applied to one who was a watchman.
What does Stringfield mean?
The name Stringfield is of Anglo-Saxon origin. It was name for a strong person. Stringfield is a nickname surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames.
What does the name Boughton mean?
Those in Cambridgeshire (formerly Huntingdonshire), Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, and Nottinghamshire are named from the Old English byname Bucca (see Buck 1) + Old English tun 'enclosure', 'settlement'; those in Cheshire and Kent are named with Old English boc 'beech' + tun.
What does Randleman mean?
In this case the surname Randleman was a diminutive of the personal name Rand, a short form of various German names with the first element rand meaning shield or wolf. Alternatively, the name was derived from the name of an ancestor as in 'the son of Randolph,' from the nickname Randle.
What does doddington mean?
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The name is made up of the Old English personal name Dodda, an Old English word that meant "enclosure," or "farm" and tun, which meant "town." Thus the original meaning of this place name was Dodda's farm or Dodda's town.
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How do you pronounce Boughton?
Break 'boughton' down into sounds: [BAW] + [TUHN] - say it out loud and exaggerate the sounds until you can consistently produce them.
Where does the name Boughton originate from?
Name origin
The surname Boughton is thought to be of Anglo-Saxon origin, and a surname deriving from many of the places called Boughton in various counties in England.
What is doddington famous for?
Doddington Hall, a private house, replaced the old Rectory in 1872. A clocktower was built in 1897 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, and is in the centre of the village.
What county is doddington in?
Doddington is a village and civil parish in the district of Swale in Kent, England.
When was doddington hospital built?
The North Witchford Union Workhouse was built in Doddington in 1838/39 to serve the towns of March and Chatteris and villages of Doddington, Benwick, Wimblington and Manea. In 1941 this was converted to a General Hospital under the Wartime Emergency Scheme and became part of the National Health Service in 1948.
