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Offline XPhile2868

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Scowcroft
« on: Thursday 31 March 05 16:43 BST (UK) »
Does anyone have any Scowcroft ancestors from Lancashire?

This is a fairly rare name and originates from Lancashire. It is Anglo-Norse and was originally Schoolcraft. It is derived from the Norse skali and the Old English croft, meaning small croft near an hill, or something similar.
Smith (Lancashire), McKenna (Ireland/Liverpool/Leyland), Maynard (Hertfordshire/London/Preston), Ricketts (Gloucestershire/Wigan/Preston), Scowcroft (Preston), Harling (N. Yorkshire/Lancashire), Willis (Preston), Clegg (Manchester/Preston), Dodd (Wigan/Cheshire), Alston (Lancashire), Hulks (Hertfordshire), Nicholson (Lancashire/Cumbria), Russell (Lancashire), Wilson (Cumbria), Bracewell (Lancashire), Moxham (Lancashire0

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Offline Shirleyjjj

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Re: Scowcroft
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 30 June 13 19:35 BST (UK) »
hi are you still researching the schowcorfts of lancashire ? please get in touch - rare the name is NOT - as i have found its so common round here - im trying to get to grips with the latter end of the tree
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