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Offline lydiaann

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*bster in Caithness
« on: Sunday 10 July 22 16:00 BST (UK) »
There seem to be many places with these 5 letters at the end of their names in Caithness and I wondered if it has any special meaning or history?
Cravens of Wakefield, Alnwick, Banchory-Ternan
Houghtons and Harrises of Melbourne, Derbyshire
Taylors of Chadderton/Oldham, Lancashire
MacGillivrays of Mull
Macdonalds of Dundee

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Re: *bster in Caithness
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 10 July 22 16:22 BST (UK) »
Bulman, DUR
Butterfield DUR & N. YKS,
Earnshaw DUR
Hopps DUR & N. YKS
Howe, Richardson,Thompson all DUR

William Thompson violin maker Bishop Auckland
William Thompson jun. Violin maker Leeds

Richardson in Bermondsey/East Ham, descendants of William Richardson b. 1820 Bishop Auckland

Berger, Fritsch, Ritschel, Pechanz, Funke, Endesfelder & others from Czechia

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Re: *bster in Caithness
« Reply #2 on: Monday 11 July 22 14:24 BST (UK) »
From Norse "Setter!" older than a "Quoy!" farm name. "Saetr!" in Norway and in Orkney they now appear as "Ston!"

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Re: *bster in Caithness
« Reply #3 on: Monday 11 July 22 14:58 BST (UK) »
So, going by the Chart you highlighted, fiddlerslass, it looks as though it could come from 'bister' (dwelling place, house).  I thought it must be something like that - or possibly 'farmstead'.  Thanks for the link, anyway...most interesting.  The most ubiquitous one I know is common in Lincolnshire - 'by' - and I think possibly the most villages/towns having a single suffix anywhere in the country.  So interesting to put some of these expressions into the lives of our forebears!
Cravens of Wakefield, Alnwick, Banchory-Ternan
Houghtons and Harrises of Melbourne, Derbyshire
Taylors of Chadderton/Oldham, Lancashire
MacGillivrays of Mull
Macdonalds of Dundee

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Re: *bster in Caithness
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 13 July 22 08:57 BST (UK) »
Shetland example, Vatster = Vatn Setter, Old Norse, the farm beside the lake, dating from the 8th & 9th centuries.
 Caithness place-names also have a Gaelic element absent in Shetland.

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