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Offline westhamlee

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The early Roots of the name Crouch
« on: Tuesday 15 March 05 15:03 GMT (UK) »
Writing my family history so wondered if anybody knew were the The early Roots of the name Crouch comes from Grand mothers Maiden name.
Regards Lee Sapsford
crouch cherry sapsford

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Re: The early Roots of the name Crouch
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 15 March 05 15:26 GMT (UK) »
Hi Lee,
The Oxford Names Companion and A Dictionary of English Surnames give the following info:
Crouch,Crowtch, Crotch, Crutch: One who lives near a cross, from OE cruc  ME crouch later replaced by ON cross.  Variants Croucher, Crouchman.
Hope that helps. Regards Jan ;)
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bedfordshire - farr, carver,handley, godfrey, newell, bird, emmerton, underwood,ancell
buckinghamshire- pain
cambridgeshire- bird, carver
hertfordshire- conisbee, bean, saunders, quick,godfrey
derbyshire- allsop, noon
devon - griffin, love, rapsey
dorset- rendall, gale
somerset- rendall, churchill
surrey/middlesex - douglas, conisbee, childs, lyon groombridge
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