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  • 81bhergh- — I. bhergh 1 To hide, protect. Oldest form *bherg̑h , becoming *bhergh in centum languages. 1. a. Germanic compound *h(w)als berg (see kʷel 1); b. Germanic compound *skēr berg (see sker 1). Both a and b from Germanic *bergan, to protect …

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  • 82Attenbarrow — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a topographical name for a dweller by a fort . The derivation of the name is from the Middle English atten , at the, with the Olde English pre 7th Century burg, burh , a fortified place,… …

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  • 83Attenborough — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a topographical name for a dweller by a fort . The derivation of the name is from the Middle English atten , at the, with the Olde English pre 7th Century burg, burh , a fortified place,… …

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  • 84Attenborrow — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a topographical name for a dweller by a fort . The derivation of the name is from the Middle English atten , at the, with the Olde English pre 7th Century burg, burh , a fortified place,… …

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  • 85Attenbrough — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a topographical name for a dweller by a fort . The derivation of the name is from the Middle English atten , at the, with the Olde English pre 7th Century burg, burh , a fortified place,… …

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  • 86Attenbrow — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a topographical name for a dweller by a fort . The derivation of the name is from the Middle English atten , at the, with the Olde English pre 7th Century burg, burh , a fortified place,… …

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  • 87Attenburrow — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a topographical name for a dweller by a fort . The derivation of the name is from the Middle English atten , at the, with the Olde English pre 7th Century burg, burh , a fortified place,… …

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  • 88Berry — This is an ancient English surname of topographic or locational origin. It derives either from the pre 7th century byrig , meaning a fortified place or the later beri , or buri denoting a fortified manor house. Topographically the surname was… …

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  • 89Burr — This most interesting surname is of early medieval origin, and has a number of possible interpretations. Firstly, it may derive from a nickname, from the Middle English burre , a bur, which was used by Shakespeare to describe one who was… …

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  • 90Ladbury — This unusual surname is an example of an English locational name coming from the Parish of Lathbury in Buckinghamshire near Newport Pagnell. The placename was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Latesberie and by 1163 as Lateberi . The …

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