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Origin: The name Stapelton (as it was invariably spelt before Richard the Second?s time) is Anglo-Saxon. It means a 'trading village;' 'stapel,' a pile or heap, denoting a place where goods were collected and stored for sale?Dr. Johnson defines it, a 'mart or emporium'?and 'tun,' an inclosure or town. It was appropriate to a village like Stapelton, conveniently situated for commerce, on the border-line between the two provinces of Deira and Bernicia, at a point where the river was passable. But the term 'stapel,' or 'staple,' has long since lost its former signification. From being first applied to the place where goods were sold, it was next given to the merchandise sold there, and is now usually understood to mean the product for which the place is best known. The 'tun' was surrounded by an earthen mound tipped with a stockade or quickset hedge, with a ditch outside, and each township was thus a ready-made fortress in time of war.
Surnames: Stableton, Stapelton, Stapilton, Stapledon, Stapledown, Stapleton, Staplton, Stapulton, Stapylton, Stebelton, Stebleton, Stepleton, Steppleton, Steveldon
Submitted by: Steve Stapleton
Origin: MEADOWS of Wigan, Chorley and Pemberton, Lancashire, England.
Surnames: MEADOWS
Submitted by: Mike McCammon
Origin of dow, Meaning of dow
Origin: All Kadows in Australia are related to Heinrich Johann Christian KADOW who emigrated to South Australia on the 'Ocean' and departed Hamburg on 26 Apr 1849 and arrived in South Australia on 14 Sep 1849.
Surnames: Kadow
Submitted by: John Jennings
Origin of dow, Meaning of dow
Origin: Harriett Downer 1820 married George Eyres in Bemerton Wiltshire in 1845. Her father's nam was John
Surnames: Downer
Submitted by: E Hollomby
Origin of dow, Meaning of dow
Origin: Any Meadowcrofts living around the Bolton, Bury and Radcliffe areas of Lancashire, England in 16th.C onwards.
Surnames: Meadowcroft
Submitted by: Roy Meadowcroft
Origin of dow, Meaning of dow
Origin: DOWDS family of Mt. Vernon, Knox Co, OH area.
Surnames: DOWDS
Submitted by: Joan
Origin of dow, Meaning of dow
Origin: My family dates back in this country to the civil war. We are from Vermont.
Surnames: Dower
Submitted by: Patrick
Origin of dow, Meaning of dow
Origin: Harriett Downer married George Eyres in Bemerton Wiltshire on Dec, 27 1845
Surnames: Downer
Submitted by: Ellen Hollomby
Origin of dow, Meaning of dow
Origin: McDowell
Scottish origin means warrior
Surnames: McDowell
Submitted by: glitz
Origin of dow, Meaning of dow
Origin: Downing
Gaelic origin Dhonn means brown or brown haired
Surnames: Downing
Submitted by: glitz
Origin of dow, Meaning of dow
Origin: scotland or Irish
Surnames: McDowall
Submitted by: phyllis McDowall
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