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Re: What is this saying please?
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 19 September 17 21:24 BST (UK) »
Interesting replies.  I was going to suggest that this was probably from northern Britain as 'bar(r)' was from the Norse for 'gate' and is or at least was used in the north and other areas where the Vikings invaded.  So I was somewhat gratified to see that I was right in this respect! 
Suffolk: Pearl(e),  Garnham, Southgate, Blo(o)mfield,Grimwood/Grimwade,Josselyn/Gosling
Durham/Yorkshire: Sedgwick/Sidgwick, Shadforth
Ireland: Davis
Norway: Torreson/Torsen/Torrison
Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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