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The Common Room / Re: Medieval girls names (Completed)
« on: Wednesday 23 June 21 18:04 BST (UK) »
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The Common Room / Re: Medieval girls names
« on: Tuesday 22 June 21 22:53 BST (UK) »there was a saint of that name from the third century so was in existence long before your nun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_of_Bolsena
Good grief! A well established name :O That really surprises me. Many thanks
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The Common Room / Re: Medieval girls names (Completed)
« on: Tuesday 22 June 21 22:50 BST (UK) »The closest I can get to your period is George Redmonds' Christian names in local and family history, several entries for Christian and Christine. Page 32 has a table of female names in various counties in the years 1377-1381. In Dorset Christine was the third most popular female name in Gloucester the 8th, Kent the 5th and so on. He says the abbreviation Cris was used for both but either spelling might be used for the same person. He says Christine was more popular in southern counties and Christian in the north.
Many thanks
Just goes to show how far back some of our "modern" names go. Makes me wonder a little how many more go back centuries. Thank you also for the book reference.
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The Common Room / Medieval girls names (Completed)
« on: Tuesday 22 June 21 18:55 BST (UK) »
A cousin mentioned she'd found reference to a nun called Christina who she believed was connected to a branch of our family. The nun was born ~1097 and died ~1155. I have no doubt that the nun actually existed but I'm curious about her name. Was it a medieval name or was it perhaps a more modern translation of a medieval name?
Confirmation or otherwise would be appreciated or direction towards a reliable source of names from that period would be appreciated.
Confirmation or otherwise would be appreciated or direction towards a reliable source of names from that period would be appreciated.
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Kent / Re: Affra origin
« on: Sunday 01 March 20 18:07 GMT (UK) »Aphra Behn is moderately well known as a playwright etc, and one of the first English women to earn her living by it. She was born in Canterbury in 1640.
Thank you. That was quite an achievement.
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Kent / Re: Affra origin
« on: Sunday 01 March 20 18:04 GMT (UK) »I've come across it spelled Aphra. It's apparently Hebrew, meaning dust. Not a name to be proud of, I would say, but typically Puritan.
Thank you. An unusual name for a Catholic family too. I can see I'm going to have fun trying to follow this line back
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Kent / Affra origin
« on: Friday 28 February 20 13:08 GMT (UK) »
One of my cousins (b1859) has the middle name of Affra. Does anyone know the origin of it please?
I have found mention of an AUCHER family in East Anglia which has some Affras in it which goes back to the 15th century. They were gentry but my cousin's family weren't that elevated
Any guidance would be much appreciated
I have found mention of an AUCHER family in East Anglia which has some Affras in it which goes back to the 15th century. They were gentry but my cousin's family weren't that elevated
Any guidance would be much appreciated
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Oxfordshire / Re: Secondary schools in 1960s
« on: Sunday 04 August 19 12:13 BST (UK) »Dear Connie,
My best friend who lived in Finmere started at a Bicester secondary school in 1971, which is where we met. Her older sister also went to a different Bicester secondary school (there were two at that time) and so I am confident that most Finmere Village school children went to Bicester and were doing so in the 1960's. My friend traveled by Local Authority supplied school bus (passenger coach).
Hope this helps,
Very many thanks, Wolly
Yes, it is helpful.
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Oxfordshire / Re: Secondary schools in 1960s
« on: Sunday 04 August 19 12:04 BST (UK) »There is a Finmere and Little Tingewick residents group on facebook - ask there, as someone will have gone to a relevant school in the 1960's, I would think.
I also found a new cousin there