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Non-metropolitan district in England
335; -2.058 Bromsgrove is a local government district in north-east Worcestershire, England. It is named after its only town, Bromsgrove, where its council
Bromsgrove_District
Town in Worcestershire, England
of 34,755 in at the 2021 census. It gives its name to the wider Bromsgrove District, of which it is the largest town and administrative centre. In the
Bromsgrove
2019 UK local government election
The 2019 Bromsgrove District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Bromsgrove Council in England. It was held on the same day
2019 Bromsgrove District Council election
2019_Bromsgrove_District_Council_election
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards
Conservative Party. The Bromsgrove constituency is located in Worcestershire and is coterminous with the Bromsgrove local government district. It includes the
Bromsgrove_(constituency)
Local government elections in Worcestershire, England
Bromsgrove District Council elections are held every four years. Bromsgrove District Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district
Bromsgrove District Council elections
Bromsgrove_District_Council_elections
2023 English local election
The 2023 Bromsgrove District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of the Bromsgrove District Council in England. It was held on
2023 Bromsgrove District Council election
2023_Bromsgrove_District_Council_election
British politician
Conservative politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bromsgrove since 2024. He has been Shadow Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Bradley Thomas (British politician)
Bradley_Thomas_(British_politician)
English actress and producer (born 1954)
rainforest conservation and Indigenous communities. Styler was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, the daughter of Pauline and Harry Styler, a farmer and
Trudie_Styler
English actor, comedian, presenter and screenwriter
Chesterton. Williams was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England and grew up in Sidemoor. He was educated at North Bromsgrove High School and then Brasenose
Mark_Williams_(actor)
2015 UK local government election
The 2015 Bromsgrove District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Bromsgrove Council in England. It was held on the same day
2015 Bromsgrove District Council election
2015_Bromsgrove_District_Council_election
Village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England
Barnt Green is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, England, situated 10 miles (16 km) south of Birmingham city centre
Barnt_Green
British businessman and politician
bus operation into public control. Parker has a home in Barnt Green, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, a holiday home in Cornwall, and rents a flat in the city
Richard_Parker_(mayor)
Village in Worcestershire, England
Hollywood is a large village predominantly located in the Bromsgrove district of Worcestershire, England, almost contiguous with and to the south of the
Hollywood,_Worcestershire
Village and civil parish in England
Cofton Hackett is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove District of north east Worcestershire, England. It is 10+1⁄4 miles (16.5 kilometres) southwest
Cofton_Hackett
Village in Worcestershire, England
Lickey End is a village in the Bromsgrove district of Worcestershire, England. It is situated just north of Bromsgrove, to the south-east of the junction
Lickey_End
Manor house in Dodford with Grafton, Bromsgrove District, England
building in the modern Civil parish of Dodford with Grafton in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire. The current L-shaped building dates to the early
Grafton_Manor
English TV announcer
Alan Dedicoat (born December 1954) is a British announcer from Hollywood, England, for programmes on BBC One. He is known as the "Voice of the Balls" on
Alan_Dedicoat
Village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England
(/ˈælvtʃɜːrtʃ/ ALV-church) is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove district in Worcestershire, England. It is located in the valley of the River
Alvechurch
British actress (1922–1976)
Margaret Leighton (26 February 1922 – 13 January 1976) was an English actress. Known for her work on stage and screen, her film appearances included Anthony
Margaret_Leighton
Village in Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire
a small village and larger civil parish north of Redditch in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire. It adjoins Warwickshire to the east. The 2021
Beoley
English actress (born 1941)
Susan I. M. Jameson (born 13 August 1941) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Jessie Seaton in When the Boat Comes In, Esther Lane
Susan_Jameson
Human settlement in England
the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, the other a suburb of Birmingham in the West Midlands, England. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) from Bromsgrove town
Rubery
Village in Worcestershire, England
Catshill and North Marlbrook, in the Bromsgrove district, in Worcestershire, England, about 3 miles north of Bromsgrove and 10 miles south-west of Birmingham
Catshill
Village in Worcestershire, England
Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, England. According to the 2021 census it had a population of 2,685. It is about six miles north of Bromsgrove,
Belbroughton
Non-metropolitan district in England
rural areas. The district borders Bromsgrove District to the east, Wychavon to the south-east, Malvern Hills District to the south-west, Shropshire to
Wyre_Forest_District
English actor (1936–2007)
May 2007) was an English film and television actor. Burns was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire and educated at Ampleforth College, North Yorkshire. He
Mark_Burns_(actor)
Village in Worcestershire, England
Hunnington is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, England, close to the border with West Midlands, and just south
Hunnington
Jack Montgomery (born 17 February 1992) is a British actor and singer, who has appeared in television, stage productions and films. He studied at St Augustine's
Jack_Montgomery_(actor)
Human settlement in England
civil parish in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, England, with a population of 663. Finstall Park, the home ground of Bromsgrove RFC, can be found
Finstall
Railway station in Worcestershire, England
Bromsgrove railway station serves the town of Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, England. It is located at the foot of the two-mile Lickey Incline which ascends
Bromsgrove_railway_station
English translator
Edward Sheldon (born at Beoley, Worcestershire, 23 April 1599; died in London, 27 March 1687) was an English translator of four Catholic works. Two of
Edward_Sheldon_(translator)
English antiquarian and lexicographer
Thomas Blount (1618–1679) was an English antiquarian and lexicographer. He was the son of Myles Blount of Orleton in Herefordshire and was born at Bordesley
Thomas_Blount_(lexicographer)
English footballer (born 2000)
Mitchell Anthony Roberts (born 16 September 2000) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a defender for Worcester City. Roberts began
Mitchell_Roberts
English footballer (born 2001)
attended Winterfold House preparatory school before moving on to nearby Bromsgrove School. He played football as an attacking midfielder or striker for West
Zach_Jeacock
Arts centre in Bromsgrove, England
Artrix is an arts venue in Bromsgrove, England, located on School Drive just outside the town centre. The building was constructed between 2004 and 2005
Artrix,_Bromsgrove
Village and civil parish in Bromsgrove, England
Wythall is a large village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove District, in the northeastern corner of the county of Worcestershire, England. Wythall parish
Wythall
English-Canadian politician, writer and actor (born 1942)
Jeremy Bernard Akerman (born May 28, 1942) is a former Canadian politician, writer and actor and a former leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party
Jeremy_Akerman
Human settlement in England
miles (16 km) south west from the centre of Birmingham. It lies in Bromsgrove District and is situated on the Lickey Ridge, amongst the Lickey Hills, its
Lickey
British scientist
Sir John Robert Vane FRS (29 March 1927 – 19 November 2004) was a British pharmacologist who was instrumental in the understanding of how aspirin produces
John_Vane
British army general killed in the Second Boer War (1845-1900)
1897 he relinquished this position to take charge of the 4th Regimental District at Lancaster. Less than a year later, he was in April 1898 specially sent
Edward_Woodgate
1999 UK local government election
The 1999 Bromsgrove District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Bromsgrove district council in Worcestershire, England. The
1999 Bromsgrove District Council election
1999_Bromsgrove_District_Council_election
English poet and playwright 1738–1825
Mary Darwall (née Whateley; 1738 – 5 December 1825), who sometimes wrote as Harriett Airey, was an English poet and playwright. She belonged to the Shenstone
Mary_Whateley
Village in Worcestershire, England
Romsley is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, England, on the east side of the Clent Hills about 4 miles south of
Romsley,_Worcestershire
Association football club in England
team under the name Spar Barnt Green, joining Division One of the Bromsgrove & District League. In their first season they won the Gordon Bridgwater Cup
Birmingham_United_F.C.
Benjamin Bomford was a prominent Worcestershire farmer in the mid-19th century. He joined the Royal Agricultural Society in 1847 while living at Great
Benjamin_Bomford
Englishman executed for Gunpower Plot
Humphrey Littleton, or Humphrey Lyttelton, (died 7 April 1606) was a member of the Lyttelton family, who was executed for his involvement in the Gunpowder
Humphrey_Littleton
UK Parliament constituency (1974–1983)
1983 general election. The Urban Districts of Bromsgrove and Redditch, and the Rural District of Bromsgrove. "'Bromsgrove and Redditch', Feb 1974 - May 1983"
Bromsgrove_and_Redditch
Civil parish in Worcestershire, England
Tutnall and Cobley is a civil parish in the Bromsgrove district of Worcestershire, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 1,543. The villages
Tutnall_and_Cobley
Village in Worcestershire, England
Dodford is a village in the Bromsgrove district of Worcestershire, England, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Bromsgrove, officially founded on 2 July
Dodford,_Worcestershire
English poet (1932–2016)
and criticism in the 20th and 21st centuries. Geoffrey Hill was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, in 1932, the son of a police constable. When
Geoffrey_Hill
Worcestershire is divided into six districts. The districts of Worcestershire are Worcester, Malvern Hills, Wyre Forest, Bromsgrove, Redditch, and Wychavon. As
Grade II* listed buildings in Worcestershire
Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Worcestershire
Village in Worcestershire, England
Clent is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, England, southwest of Birmingham and close to the edge of the West Midlands
Clent
English actor (born 1992)
Parry Glasspool (born 5 March 1992) is a British actor. He played Harry Thompson in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks and was nominated for Best Newcomer
Parry_Glasspool
Village in Worcestershire, England
Hopwood is a village in the civil parish of Alvechurch, in the Bromsgrove district, in Worcestershire, England, located south of Birmingham, on the Worcester
Hopwood,_Worcestershire
British murder victim (1961–1983)
she had to carry out a photographic project and thought the nearby Peak District would be a suitable choice. Although she had already completed her photo
Susan_Renhard
2025 English local election
July 2026. "Declaration of result of poll: Bromsgrove South" (PDF). Bromsgrove District Council. 31 October 2025. Retrieved 22 July 2026. Mel Allcott leads
2025 Worcestershire County Council election
2025_Worcestershire_County_Council_election
Future unitary authority area in England
be formed from the existing Worcestershire districts of Bromsgrove, Redditch and Wyre Forest. Bromsgrove, Redditch and the Rubery area are currently
North Worcestershire (district)
North_Worcestershire_(district)
Defunct English Football club, based in Worcestershire
by successor club Bromsgrove Sporting. Bromsgrove Rovers were formed in 1885 and initially played in the local Studley & District League, during which
Bromsgrove_Rovers_F.C.
British sports person
Summer Paralympics. Rowles, who is from Cofton Hackett, Bromsgrove District, attended North Bromsgrove High School. At the age of 13 she suddenly developed
Lauren_Rowles
English actor
modeling in Italian Men’s Vogue. Chris Trenfield is an alumnus of Alvechurch Middle School and North Bromsgrove High School. Chris Trenfield at IMDb v t e
Chris_Trenfield
British army general (1845–1931)
Commander-in-Chief of forces in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony (with Natal as a district in the command) following the end of the Second Boer War the previous month
Neville_Lyttelton
Area of Birmingham, England
England (northeastern segment of the Kings Norton South ward) and the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire (northern-most segment of the Wythall West ward)
Walker's_Heath
English judge (c. 1407–1481)
Sir Thomas de Littleton KB SL (or de Lyttleton; c. 1407–23 August 1481) was an English judge, undersheriff, Lord of Tixall Manor, and legal writer from
Thomas_de_Littleton
English footballer
Antony John Blake (26 February 1927 – 31 October 2014) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham City and
Tony Blake (English footballer)
Tony_Blake_(English_footballer)
and Romsley do not form part of any metropolitan district; and are part of the Bromsgrove district of Worcestershire; part of Frankley was added to Birmingham
Halesowen_(medieval_parish)
Village in Worcestershire, England
Major's Green is a village in the Wythall parish of Bromsgrove district and is the northeasternmost settlement in the county of Worcestershire, England
Major's_Green
English cricketer
James Arthur Higgs-Walker (31 July 1892 – 3 September 1979) was an English first-class cricketer who played in two matches for Worcestershire, one each
James_Higgs-Walker
Khet in Bangkok, Thailand
Technical College Mahanakorn Minprasatwittaya School[citation needed] Bromsgrove International School Thailand (early years campus and primary and secondary
Min_Buri_district
Local government body for the English city
Estate were transferred into the city from the parish of Frankley in Bromsgrove District. Since 2016 the council has been a member of the West Midlands Combined
Birmingham_City_Council
Worcestershire County Council and six non-metropolitan districts: Worcester Malvern Hills Wyre Forest Bromsgrove Redditch Wychavon Two options were considered
Upcoming structural changes to local government in England
Upcoming_structural_changes_to_local_government_in_England
British urban planning policy to maintain countryside around West Midlands urban areas
Purposes - August 2019 Version - Bromsgrove District Council" (PDF). "Green Belt Purposes Assessment". www.bromsgrove.gov.uk. 19 April 2021. Retrieved
West_Midlands_Green_Belt
Human settlement in England
the civil parish of Dodford in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, England. Its nearest town is Bromsgrove. http://data.ordnancesurvey.co
Alfred's_Well,_Worcestershire
School in Bangkok, Thailand
Bromsgrove International School Thailand (BIST; Thai: โรงเรียนนานาชาติบรอมส์โกรฟ ประเทศไทย, RTGS: Rong Rian Nana Chat Bromkrop Prathet Thai) is a British
Bromsgrove International School Thailand
Bromsgrove_International_School_Thailand
Area of Birmingham, England
England, between Druids Heath and Highter's Heath and bordering the Bromsgrove district of Worcestershire. It has a population of 2,260 according to the
Maypole,_Birmingham
Hamlet in Worcestershire, UK
Forhill (pronounced "forrull") is a hamlet in the Bromsgrove district, in the English county of Worcestershire, England. The Roman Road Icknield Street
Forhill
Village in Worcestershire, England
village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, England, about three miles north of Bromsgrove. According to the 2001 census it
Bournheath
Country house in Worcestershire, England
a country house on the Lickey Hills near Cofton Hackett, in the Bromsgrove District of north east Worcestershire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building
Cofton_Hall
County of England
Severn. Other settlements include Kidderminster in the north, Redditch and Bromsgrove in the north-east, Evesham in the south-east, and the spa town of Malvern
Worcestershire
English footballer
Warmington dropped into non-league football in his native Worcestershire with Bromsgrove Rovers, Redditch United and Droitwich Town. "Birmingham City : 1946/47–2007/08"
Peter_Warmington
Twinning Association. Retrieved 28 April 2020. "Bromsgrove International Link". Bromsgrove & District Twinning Association. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
List of twin towns and sister cities in England
List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_England
Civil parish in Birmingham, England
part of the Frankley parish. The parish borders Frankley parish in Bromsgrove District to the north, the unparished area of Birmingham to the east, the
New_Frankley
Countryfile and the BBC Bristol Network Production Unit. Bromsgrove District Council House Bromsgrove Local studio for BBC Hereford and Worcester Burton upon
List_of_BBC_properties
Industrial complex in Birmingham, England
Longbridge Area Action Plan, adopted by Birmingham City Council and Bromsgrove District Council in April 2009 "New £5m MG design studio unveiled at Longbridge
Longbridge_plant
Grange is a Victorian house and estate in the village of Marlbrook, Bromsgrove District, Worcestershire, near Birmingham, England. Car manufacturer Herbert
Lickey_Grange
Village in Worcestershire, England
Fairfield is a village in the district of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England. It is in the civil parish of Belbroughton. The village of Fairfield and
Fairfield,_Worcestershire
Village in Worcestershire, England
Stoke Prior is a village in the civil parish of Stoke in the Bromsgrove district of Worcestershire. The parish includes the settlement of Stoke Wharf
Stoke_Prior,_Worcestershire
Village in Worcestershire, England
Tutnall is a village in the Bromsgrove district of Worcestershire. It is in the civil parish of Tutnall and Cobley which has a population of 1,543. The
Tutnall
buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the district of Bromsgrove in Worcestershire. The date given is the date used by Historic England
Grade II* listed buildings in Bromsgrove (district)
Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Bromsgrove_(district)
Local government body in England
county-level services. District-level services are provided by the six district councils: Bromsgrove District Council Malvern Hills District Council Redditch
Worcestershire_County_Council
Hamlet in Worcestershire, England
a hamlet situated in the parish of Lickey and Blackwell, in the Bromsgrove district of Worcestershire, England. "Apes Dale". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved
Apes_Dale
Civil parish in Worcestershire, England
Stoke is a civil parish in Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England. The parish contains the settlements of Stoke Heath, Stoke Prior, Stoke Wharf
Stoke,_Worcestershire
Village in Worcestershire, England
Burcot is a small village in the Bromsgrove district of Worcestershire, England. Burcot has a village hall, which is available for hire. It has a Guild
Burcot,_Worcestershire
English footballer
during his career: Bolton Wanderers as a sixteen-year-old from non-league Bromsgrove Rovers and went on to become a stalwart, representing the club in 499
Roy_Hartle
Birmingham, but is located within and the land owned by a second, Bromsgrove District. The Friends of Walkers Heath Park have organized volunteer efforts
Walkers_Heath_Park
Surname list
materials manufacturer based in Bracknell Rowney Green, village in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire This page lists people with the surname Rowney
Rowney
administrative authority occurred along sections of the Birmingham and Bromsgrove district boundary. The draft proposals and final report of the LBGCE Review
Evolution of Worcestershire county boundaries since 1844
Evolution_of_Worcestershire_county_boundaries_since_1844
Village in Worcestershire, England
Rowney Green is a village in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire. Today the village consists of over one hundred (mostly detached) homes, a village
Rowney_Green
Iron Age hill fort
Berry Mound is an Iron Age hill fort in the Bromsgrove district of Worcestershire, near Shirley, West Midlands, on the outskirts of Birmingham. It has
Berry_Mound
Railway station in Worcestershire, England
is at the point of a Y-shaped junction between the main line towards Bromsgrove, Worcester and the south-east, and the branch line to Redditch which is
Barnt_Green_railway_station
of the former Bromsgrove Urban District are unparished. The whole of the district is parished. Part of the former Redditch Urban District is unparished
List of civil parishes in Worcestershire
List_of_civil_parishes_in_Worcestershire
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BROMSGROVE DISTRICT
BROMSGROVE DISTRICT
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the district so called near Liverpool, consisting of Uplitherland and Downlitherland. The place name is derived from Old Norse hlÃðar, genitive of hlÃð ‘slope’ + land ‘land’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish (Aberdeen)
English and Scottish (Aberdeen) : regional name from a district in Lancashire called The Fylde, from Old English (ge)filde ‘plain’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : regional name from the district on the south coast of Cumbria (formerly in Lancashire), earlier Fuðarnes, so named from the genitive case (Fuðar) of Old Norse Fuð, meaning ‘rump’, the name of the peninsula, formerly of an island opposite the southern part of this district + Old Norse nes ‘headland’, ‘nose’.Norwegian : habitational name from any of various farms, particularly in Møre og Romsdal, named Furnes, from Old Norse fura ‘pine’ + nes ‘headland’.
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of the French topographic name Garrigue (see Garrigues).Scottish
Americanized spelling of the French topographic name Garrigue (see Garrigues).Scottish : variant of Garioch, a habitational name from the district in Aberdeenshire so named.English : habitational name from Garwick in Lincolnshire, named from an Old English personal name Gǣra + Old English wīc ‘(dairy) farm’.The name is closely associated with the Huguenots. The English actor-manager David Garrick (1717–79) was the grandson of David de la Garrique, who fled Bordeaux in 1685, changing his family name to Garric on arrival in England. Other Garricks (Garicks) were in SC in the 1820s.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of ten or more minor places known as ‘the king’s land’, such as Kingsland in South Molton, Devon, or Kingsland in Hackney, Greater London (formerly Middlesex), both named from Middle English kingis ‘of the king’+ land ‘land’.English : habitational name from Kingsland in Herefordshire near Leominster, which is named as ‘the king’s estate in Leon’. Leon is the old Celtic name for the district, meaning ‘at the streams’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the cathedral city on an island in the fens north of Cambridge. It is so named from Old English ǣl ‘eel’ + gē ‘district’.Probably also an Americanized form of German Eley.Nathaniel Ely was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : topographic name from Middle English lees ‘fields’, ‘arable land’, plural of lee (see Lee), or from Middle English lese ‘pasture’, ‘meadow’ (Old English lǣs).English : habitational name from Leece or Lees in Lancashire, or Leese in Cheshire, all named from Old English lēas ‘woodland clearings’ (plural of lēah), or from Leece in Cumbria, which was probably named with a Celtic word, lïss ‘hall’, ‘court’, ‘the principal house in a district’.English : variant spelling of Leece 1.Scottish : reduced form of Gillies.Scottish and Irish : reduced and altered form of McLeish.Dutch : variant of Leys.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : regional name from the southern English county so called, which derives its name from Hampton (i.e. the port of Southampton) + Old English scīr ‘division’, ‘district’.English : regional name from the area of Hallamshire in southern Yorkshire, named from Hallam + Middle English schir ‘division’, ‘administrative region’ (Old English scīr). The surname is most common in Yorkshire, where this second derivation is most likely to be the source.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places named in Old English as ‘long ford’, from lang, long ‘long’ + ford ‘ford’, except for Langford in Nottinghamshire, which is named with an Old English personal name Landa or possibly land, here used in a specific sense such as ‘boundary’ or ‘district’, with the same second element.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of two places, in Cheshire and West Yorkshire, called Ledsham. The first is named with the Old English personal name LÄ“ofede + Old English hÄm ‘homestead’ and the second is recorded in Domesday Book as Ledesham ‘homestead within the district of Leeds’.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : regional name for someone from the district of France of this name, which is of unexplained origin.French : from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with wid ‘leader’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : from Latin Marcus, the personal name of St. Mark the Evangelist, author of the second Gospel. The name was borne also by a number of other early Christian saints. Marcus was an old Roman name, of uncertain (possibly non-Italic) etymology; it may have some connection with the name of the war god Mars. Compare Martin. The personal name was not as popular in England in the Middle Ages as it was on the Continent, especially in Italy, where the evangelist became the patron of Venice and the Venetian Republic, and was allegedly buried at Aquileia. As an American family name, this has absorbed cognate and similar names from other European languages, including Greek Markos and Slavic Marek.English, German, and Dutch (van der Mark) : topographic name for someone who lived on a boundary between two districts, from Middle English merke, Middle High German marc, Middle Dutch marke, merke, all meaning ‘borderland’. The German term also denotes an area of fenced-off land (see Marker 5) and, like the English word, is embodied in various place names which have given rise to habitational names.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Marck, Pas-de-Calais.German : from Marko, a short form of any of the Germanic compound personal names formed with mark ‘borderland’ as the first element, for example Markwardt.Americanization or shortened form of any of several like-sounding Jewish or Slavic surnames (see for example Markow, Markowitz, Markovich).Irish (northeastern Ulster) : probably a short form of Markey (when not of English origin).
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : regional name for someone from the district north of Paris known in Old French as Gohiere.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of the various places in northern France called Gouy (from the Gallo-Roman personal name Gaudius + the locative suffix -acum), with the addition of the Anglo-Norman French suffix -er.English : from a Norman personal name, Go(h)ier, cognate with the Old English name mentioned at Gooder.Welsh : from the peninsula in southern Wales, of which the Welsh name is Gŵyr.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Gauer.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old Norse and Middle English personal name Ing(a), a short form of various names with the first element Ing- (see Ingle).English : habitational name from an Essex place name, Ing, which survives with various manorial affixes in the names Fryerning, Ingatestone, Ingrave, and Margaretting, and which is probably from an Old English tribal name Gēingas ‘people of the district’.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : nickname from Yiddish ing ‘young’.Chinese : possibly a variant of Wu 1.Chinese : possibly a variant of Wu 4.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly southern Yorkshire and East Midlands)
English (chiefly southern Yorkshire and East Midlands) : regional name from the district in southern Yorkshire around Sheffield and Ecclesfield called Hallam, or a habitational name from a place of this name in Derbyshire. The Derbyshire name is from Old English halum, dative plural of halh ‘nook’, ‘recess’ (see Hale 1). The Yorkshire district, sometimes called Hallamshire, is possibly of the same derivation or alternatively from hallum, dative plural of Old English hall ‘stone’, ‘rock’, Old Norse hallr.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : regional name from the coastal district of eastern Yorkshire (now Humberside), the origin of which is probably Old Norse hǫldr, within the Danelaw (the region of pre-conquest England where Danish rule and custom was dominant) a rank of feudal nobility immediately below that of earl, + nes ‘nose’, ‘headland’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the city in West Yorkshire, or the place in Kent. The former is of British origin, appearing in Bede in the form Loidis ‘People of the LÄt’, (LÄt being an earlier name of the river Aire, meaning ‘the violent one’). Loidis was originally a district name, but was subsequently restricted to the city. The Kentish place name may be from an Old English stream name hlÌ„de ‘loud, rushing stream’.Daniel Leeds (1652–1720) was born in England, probably in Nottinghamshire, and emigrated to America with his father, Thomas, some time in the third quarter of the 17th century. The family settled in Shrewsbury, NJ, in 1677. Daniel made almanacs and was surveyor general of the Province of West Jersey in 1682. He was married four times and had numerous children.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, Dutch, and French
English, Scottish, Dutch, and French : variant of Henry 1. In Scotland this surname is common in the Ayr and Fife districts; in northern Ireland it is usually from the Scottish variant Hendrie, though some examples of the name were originally as at Henry 3.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : habitational name from a now forgotten place called Dundemore in Fife.English : habitational name from Dunsmoor in Devon or from an old district of Warwickshire called Dunsmore (preserved in Ryton-on-Dunsmore and Stretton-on-Dunsmore); both are named from the Old English personal name Dunn(a) ‘dark’ + mÅr ‘moor’.A Scottish family of this name was established in County Antrim, northern Ireland, in the early 17th century. From there they emigrated in 1723 to Londonderry, NH (now called Windham).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Nottinghamshire, named in Old English as ‘homestead at a (district) boundary’, from mearc ‘boundary’ + hÄm ‘homestead’.Irish : English surname used as an equivalent of Gaelic Ó Marcacháin ‘descendant of Marcachán’, a diminutive of Marcach (see Markey). This is a Galway surname, which is sometimes ‘translated’ as Ryder.
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A venomous two-winged African fly (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of the year.
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The route or district regularly served by a vender; as, a milkman's walk.
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A periodical sale of ore in the English mining districts; -- so called from the tickets upon which are written the bids of the buyers.
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An exhibition of arms. according to the rank of the individual, by all persons bearing arms; -- formerly made at certain seasons in each district.
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A district in charge of an excise officer.
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A white wine made in the district of Sauterne, France.
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The right which the owner of a mill possesses, by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding.
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A district or a subvision of a vilayet.
v. t.
To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.
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The district under a Roman tetrarch; the office or jurisdiction of a tetrarch; a tetrarchate.
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The district in which a thane anciently had jurisdiction; thanedom.
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Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo (H. Bennettii) and the pademelon (H. thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of District
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In some northern counties of England, a division, or district, answering to the hundred in other counties. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire are divided into wapentakes, instead of hundreds.
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The district or territory of a town.
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Of or pertaining to a rural dean; as, a ruridecanal district; the ruridecanal intellect.
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A division of territory; a defined portion of a state, town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral, or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial district, land district, school district, etc.
imp. & p. p.
of District
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Villages; a district of villages.
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