. The Utah genealogical and historical magazine. mily names Knap, Knapper, Knapton, and the like. The sur-name Howe represents with its compounds the smaller hills andthe names Lawe, Lowe, Low, represent the still less prominentcountry. And the name Shores, needs no explanation. After the names of the wood, and the mountain slopes, comethe names of the trees. But to give a list of all the family namesthat are derived from the trees, would be to make a catalog ofall the trees commonly known to man. Not infrequently familieswere named from the characteristic trees near their abode. Or,even, if t
. The Utah genealogical and historical magazine. mily names Knap, Knapper, Knapton, and the like. The sur-name Howe represents with its compounds the smaller hills andthe names Lawe, Lowe, Low, represent the still less prominentcountry. And the name Shores, needs no explanation. After the names of the wood, and the mountain slopes, comethe names of the trees. But to give a list of all the family namesthat are derived from the trees, would be to make a catalog ofall the trees commonly known to man. Not infrequently familieswere named from the characteristic trees near their abode. Or,even, if there stood but a single conspicuous tree like an oak oran elm near the house, that lone tree might impart its name tothe family forever. There appear, then, commonly in our reg-isters family names derived from the oak, the alder, the beech, tiicbirch, the linden, the ash, and many other trees, in both simpleand compound form. What remains now of the story may be told in brief. Havingexhausted the natural resources of forest and hill and tree in. ?1 V J lilt io ImuA ?• : :i!;(\;r^.--v vrrHfri ifori) Hi Oj uJSiu> ,j 88 illE STUDY OF ENGLISH SURNAMES. the quest for iiuHvicluaHty, men turned for suggestion to the re-sults of their own labor. At the head of every country lane wasplaced a gate, or hatch, to confine the deer. From these common-ly known objects are derived the names Gates, Yates, Bygates,Byatts, and many other compound forms. From the woodencross or rood that stood by the wayside, come the names Roodand Rudd. From the croft or enclosed pasture, spring the namesRyecroft, Bancroft (beancroft) Berecroft (barley-croft) Hay-croft, Scowcroft, and so forth. And in like manner, names with-out number have been formed from the garth or yard, the hayor hedge, the acre or tilled ground, the w^orth or small farmstead,the grange or granary, the booth, the bower, the stead, the hall,the thorpe, the town, and the borough. Thus have come into be-ing Flogarth, Haywood, Haworth, Gra
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