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Is your family name on a flag?

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Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 10 Jul 2021 09:12

11 English Heritage sites are flying flags printed with surnames in UK.

You can check where they are and whether or not your family name is represented and also the frequency and main concentration of that name.

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/england-united

grannyfranny

grannyfranny Report 10 Jul 2021 09:21

That's a handy list. I see my maiden name isn't on in the form that we spell it.

Researching:
Freeman of Berwick upon Tweed

Von

Von Report 10 Jul 2021 09:28

Thank you for posting the link Gwyn. :-)

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 10 Jul 2021 09:50

Surprisingly, my maiden name is on the flag :-0 :-D. Thanks Gwyn :-D

Researching:
Go on, make my day!

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 10 Jul 2021 09:59

Thanks Gwyn.

I’ve gone back a few generations and ‘the gang’s all there.’ :-D

PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 10 Jul 2021 10:50

My mum's maiden name is mostly in my home town - I'm not surprised ;-) :-D

Researching:
Lloyd,Paddock,Cooper,Morris,Rigby West Midlands Salop Worc

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 10 Jul 2021 10:55

Thanks Gwyn interesting.

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

Kense

Kense Report 10 Jul 2021 10:59

Thank you for that link, I've had a look and was surprised at how many of the surnames in my tree occur most frequently in Truro. Two surnames were not in the list but have already been submitted for review.

Tawny

Tawny Report 10 Jul 2021 14:58

Thank you Gwyn. Unsurprisingly two of my Cornish surnames are still most prevalent in Truro and most of the others are where I’d expect. I was sad to see that Wasdale wasn’t there though and neither were Quiggin or Greenlaw.

Researching:
No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled. Nor will we proceed with force against him except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 11 Jul 2021 00:33

My maiden name - (dad's stepfather) originally from Dorset, though step grandfather is from Portsmouth is there - but from Colchester!! :-S

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842