English Surnames: Their Sources and Significations

by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

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Contents

1. Preface to the Second Edition
2. Preface to the First Edition
3. Preface to the Index of Instances
4. Introductory Chapter
5. Chapter I. Patronymic Surnames
6. I.— Names that preceded and survived the Conquest
7. II.— Names introduced or confirmed by the Normans
8. III.— Names from the Calendar of the Saints
9. IV.— Names chosen from Festivals and Holydays
10. V.— Patronymics formed from Occupations
11. VI.— Metronymics
12. VII.— Names Derived from Holy Scripture
13. Chapter II. Local Surnames
14. Chapter III. Surnames of Office
15. Chapter IV. Surnames of Occupation (Country)
16. Chapter V. Surnames of Occupation. (Town)
17. Appendix to Chapters IV. and V
18. Chapter VI. ‘Nicknames.’
19. I.—Physical and External Peculiarities
20. II.—Mental and Moral Peculiarities
21. III.—Miscellaneous
22. Index of Instances (part 1)
23. Index of Instances (part 2)

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