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Offline Newfloridian

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Wingell or Wignell?
« on: Saturday 13 August 16 08:31 BST (UK) »
My main area of research is in the tri-county area of south east Leiestershire, north Northamptonshire and Rutland. I keep coming across pockets of families the spelling of whose surnames make me wonder whether I am looking at a single long term tree or indeed two distinct lines. I have been unable to trace either spelling back far enough to prove or disprove a common entity.

Admittedly I have more WIGNELLs than WINGELLs at the moment (and haven't considered other variants such as WIGNALL and WINSHALL). The earliest WINGELL baptism I have found is about 1718; WIGNELL 1665

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Re: Wingell or Wignell?
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 13 August 16 09:05 BST (UK) »
Spelling was never a major consideration in times past! ;-D

Especially when you consider that it wasn't the people concerned who were writing things down - that was the Church minister - who may, or may not, have understood the local dialect?
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