Help please on surname derivation

[griz]

You might try looking on websites that talk about old Norse or Viking names, and place names.

 For instance,  'Hunmansby' the place is thought to have come from  Hundmansby or houndsman.  dog keeper.
'by' village of.  there are many websites about vikings and  old Norse names in the UK .  Below is one example.   I like the idea of a place called 'Big Fryup.'  But the fry refers to 'Freya' the Norse goddess, as in the day Friday, and not eggs and bacon 


http://www.northeastengland.talktalk.net/Place%20Name%20Meanings%20E%20to%20J.htm

[sre]

Thank you both for your interest

griz ... I've just spent all morning browsing the link you gave .... what an interesting site ... I've learnt so much more about Yorkshire history ... off now to find some more ...

Cheers
sre

[griz]

sre, I am delighted you enjoyed looking through that material. 

There is a lot of material online about the influence of Vikings on the UK. I think it is fascinating. I have some Yorkshire roots.

 It should be 'Hunmanby' by the way, as I am sure you know,  I made a mistake putting an 's' in there,  sorry.  That's where my Frankish line lived.

I got into the Viking thing even more by doing some research for a relative ( by marriage) who has Viking-origin names on both maternal and paternal sides of his family.

 One side of his family lived spread around  in the area where the border of West Lancashire and Cheshire  blurr, sort of Wirral and Widnes area and a place known for Viking settlements.
Widnes means 'wide nose'. 
 I love this stuff!

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve/

http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba103/feat1.shtml

Yorks. http://www.viking.no/e/england/e-yorkshire_norse.htm