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Medieval castle in Lancashire, England
Clitheroe Castle is a ruined early medieval castle in Clitheroe in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It was the caput of the Honour of
Clitheroe_Castle
Town in Lancashire, England
to live in the United Kingdom. The town's most notable building is Clitheroe Castle, which is one of the smallest Norman keeps in Great Britain. Several
Clitheroe
Grammar school in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school in the town of Clitheroe in Lancashire, England, formerly an all-boys school. It was
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
Clitheroe_Royal_Grammar_School
Corvettes of the Royal Navy
Castle Chepstow Castle Chester Castle Christchurch Castle Clare Castle Clavering Castle Clitheroe Castle Clun Castle Colchester Castle Corfe Castle Cornet
Castle-class_corvette
The Honour of Clitheroe is an ancient grouping of manors and royal forests centred on Clitheroe Castle in Lancashire, England; an honour traditionally
Honour_of_Clitheroe
Museum in Lancashire, England
Clitheroe Castle Museum is located in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, in the former Steward's House, a Grade II listed building that was built in the
Clitheroe_Castle_Museum
County of England
Museum, Leyland Brockholes (nature reserve), Preston Camelot Theme Park Clitheroe Castle Darwen Tower East Lancashire Railway Forest of Bowland: Area of Outstanding
Lancashire
Norman noble family
the son of Ilbert. He founded Pontefract Priory about 1090 and built Clitheroe Castle. Ilbert de Lacy (died c.1141), 3rd Baron of Pontefract, 3rd Lord of
De_Lacy
"Clitheroe Castle" Archived 2012-09-30 at the Wayback Machine PSC. "Hornby Castle" Archived 2012-10-07 at the Wayback Machine PSC. "Lancaster Castle"
List_of_castles_in_England
Hill in Lancashire, England
Lancashire, England, near the towns of Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Brierfield, Clitheroe and Padiham. Its summit is 557 metres (1,827 ft) above mean sea level
Pendle_Hill
1138 battle between Scotland and England
53°52′23″N 2°23′28″W / 53.873°N 2.391°W / 53.873; -2.391 The Battle of Clitheroe was a battle between a force of Scots and English knights and men at arms
Battle_of_Clitheroe
Class of diesel electric locomotives
Stored 60 023 The Cheviot DB Cargo UK Stored 60 024 Elizabeth Fry Clitheroe Castle DB Cargo UK Stored 60 025 Joseph Lister Caledonian Paper DB Cargo UK
British_Rail_Class_60
Castle, Shropshire Chartley Castle, Staffordshire Christchurch Castle, Dorset Clare Castle, Suffolk Clifford Castle, Herefordshire Clitheroe Castle,
List of motte-and-bailey castles
List_of_motte-and-bailey_castles
Long-distance footpath in Lancashire, England
through the Forest of Pendle, the town of Clitheroe and the Forest of Bowland to finish at Lancaster Castle. The route was created to commemorate the
Lancashire_Witches_Walk
Upland conservation area in Lancashire, England
countryside. There is a display on the ecology of the Forest of Bowland in Clitheroe Castle Museum. One mile to the west of Chipping is Bowland Forest Gliding
Forest_of_Bowland
Footwear made in part or completely of wood
Klompenmakerij en Museum, Netherlands Bai Mi Wooden Clog Village, Taiwan Clitheroe Castle Museum, Lancashire, UK List of shoe styles "Clog". Collins Dictionary
Clog
English nobleman (c. 1278–1322)
fortresses, including Clitheroe Castle, particularly in northern England. He was responsible for the extension of Pontefract Castle, and in 1313, he began
Thomas,_2nd_Earl_of_Lancaster
Hilly area in eastern Lancashire, England
several royal forests of the area, under the control of Clitheroe Castle, or Honour of Clitheroe. Over its history, the forest has gone from being protected
Forest_of_Pendle
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1983
Clitheroe was a parliamentary constituency in Lancashire. The town of Clitheroe was first enfranchised as a parliamentary borough in 1559, returning two
Clitheroe_(constituency)
Geographical feature formed in warm tropical waters
as those near Waulsort. They include accessible geological sites at Clitheroe Castle, Salthill and Bellman quarries, Crow Hill and Worsaw, Gerna and Sykes
Waulsortian_mudmound
Municipal building in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England
municipal building in Church Street, Clitheroe, Lancashire, England. The structure, which was the meeting place of Clitheroe Borough Council, is a Grade II
Old_Town_Hall,_Clitheroe
January 2015 Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), pp. 685–88 Historic England, "Clitheroe Castle (1071553)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 8 January
Grade I listed buildings in Lancashire
Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_Lancashire
Town in Greater Manchester, England
with the Barons Montbegon of Hornby Castle holding the estate, until it passed to the Barons Lacy of Clitheroe Castle, and then onto local families. In
Chadderton
Label: Cog Sinister Formats: CD — — — Take It Down to the Wire at Clitheroe Castle Released: 4 December 2020 Label: Ozit-Morpheus Formats: LP — — — Live
The_Fall_discography
Grade I listed English country house in the United Kingdom
Lancashire, England, in the Ribble Valley some 6 miles (10 km) north-east of Clitheroe. The house is a Grade I listed building, and is now privately owned by
Gisburne_Park
River in North Yorkshire and Lancashire, England
boat had a capacity of 19. The former is now in the collection at Clitheroe Castle Museum. A Ribble estuary fixed crossing has been proposed on several
River_Ribble
12th-century castle in Greater Manchester, England
used to raise the interior of the castle by 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in). Buckton is similar in size to Clitheroe Castle's inner enclosure, which is also oval
Buckton_Castle
Class of diesel electric locomotives
Doncaster. On 19 October 2022 66739 was hauling a loaded cement train from Clitheroe Castle Cement Gb to Carlisle N.Y. when eight wagons derailed at Petteril Bridge
British_Rail_Class_66
UK parliamentary by-election
1979 a by-election was held for the UK House of Commons constituency of Clitheroe in Lancashire. It was won by the Conservative Party candidate David Waddington
1979_Clitheroe_by-election
2002 British TV series or programme
Most Haunted Live! was broadcast on Living on 31 October 2002, from Dudley Castle and was produced jointly by Antix and Hanrahan Media. The format of the
Most_Haunted_Live!
Fortified castle featuring walls and towers
1511, to be an enclosure castle. Other examples of enclosure castles include Kenilworth Castle, Clitheroe Castle, and Ludlow Castle. Many in England are under
Enclosure_castle
over 140,000 items. It was relocated to Clitheroe in 1982, where it occupied the third floor of the Clitheroe Castle Museum. 53°52′13″N 2°23′35″W / 53.8702°N
North_West_Sound_Archive
Market town in Lancashire, England
was controlled by the de Lacys of Pontefract from their outpost at Clitheroe Castle. Pendle Forest and Trawden Forest date from this period; forests in
Colne
Bus station in Lancashire, England
Clitheroe Interchange is the main transport interchange in the market town of Clitheroe and the Ribble Valley district in Lancashire, England. It consists
Clitheroe_Interchange
1315 uprising in Lancashire, England
Castle (then in the hands of Sir Robert Holland) was unsuccessful. Clitheroe Castle was taken and Preston terrorised. Eventually Edmund de Neville, the
Banastre_Rebellion
Clifton Clinker Clinton Clio Clitheroe Castle Clive Clonmel Clorinde Clove Tree Clovelly Cloughton Wyke Clover Clown Clun Castle Clyde Clydebank Cobbers Cobham
List of ship names of the Royal Navy (C)
List_of_ship_names_of_the_Royal_Navy_(C)
British television series
No. of seasons 2 No. of episodes 26 Production Production location Clitheroe Castle (exterior scenes) Production company Granada Kids Original release
The_New_Worst_Witch
the lowest grade. Following the Norman Conquest, Clitheroe was of military importance, and the castle was built in the late 11th or early 12th century
Listed_buildings_in_Clitheroe
English newspaper
The Clitheroe Advertiser and Times is a weekly newspaper published every Thursday for readers in the area of Clitheroe in the Ribble Valley, east Lancashire
Clitheroe Advertiser and Times
Clitheroe_Advertiser_and_Times
coins goes on show at Tutbury Castle". Retrieved 14 July 2010. "Ruin and rebellion: uncovering the past at Tutbury Castle". Retrieved 16 July 2010. "Men
List of hoards in Great Britain
List_of_hoards_in_Great_Britain
Music radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio Lancashire
Gerald, Little Annie and Neneh Cherry; putting on The Fall free at Clitheroe Castle and the three hour dub special shows. From 2003 to 2012, Steve Barker
On_the_Wire
By-election in Lancashire, England
election at his third attempt. The seat, based largely on the market town of Clitheroe, had previously been safely Conservative but at the time Margaret Thatcher's
1991 Ribble Valley by-election
1991_Ribble_Valley_by-election
Clitheroe Castle
Listed parks and gardens in North West England
Listed_parks_and_gardens_in_North_West_England
(all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Clitheroe in Lancashire, England is known for limestone quarrying, but it also developed
List_of_mills_in_Clitheroe
Independent junior day school & nursery school in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England
non selective independent Junior School situated in the Ribble Valley, Clitheroe in North West England. The original building is a listed building, situated
Moorland_School
Village in Lancashire, England
Mitton by the River Ribble, both lie about three miles from the town of Clitheroe. The combined population of both civil parishes at the 2011 census was
Great_Mitton
Utensil
curated by the wealthy antiquarian Louis Clarke. Toasting fork at Clitheroe Castle Museum in Lancashire, England Broaching or toasting fork (17th century)
Toasting_fork
Carnegie library in Lancashire, England
Clitheroe Library is a Carnegie library in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England. It was opened in 1905. The library was designed by the partnership of Briggs
Clitheroe_Library
Railway station in Lancashire, England
Clitheroe railway station serves the town of Clitheroe in Lancashire, England. The station is situated on the Ribble Valley line, and is operated by Northern
Clitheroe_railway_station
River in Lancashire, England
the centre of Clitheroe. At the Shaw Bridge it is joined by Shaw Brook and continues to the east of the hill topped by Clitheroe Castle. In the south
Mearley_Brook
Coin hoard in britain
hoard of silver coins found near Clitheroe in Lancashire, England, in 2006 or 2009. The hoard is now in Clitheroe Castle Museum. The documented treasure
Mitton_Hoard
English lawyer, gentleman steward of the Honour of Clitheroe, and philanthropist
the 'Gentleman Steward of the Honor of Clitheroe', a position whose residence and office was Clitheroe Castle. This evolved into Robinson and Sons, with
Dixon_Robinson
railway system for Chile right through the Andes. He invites her to Clitheroe Castle for a hunt but she says she has been tempted enough for one day. On
List_of_Onedin_Line_episodes
Mediaeval hereditary office
Bowland ("lord of the Fells"), who founded Pontefract Priory and built Clitheroe Castle. Aubrey/Albreda de Lacy was the heiress of her childless first cousin
Constable_of_Chester
English musician, actor and TV presenter (1932–1994)
local Queen's Theatre, turning professional in 1953 as a stooge for Jimmy Clitheroe and Jimmy James. By 1958, he was appearing at the Royal Variety Show where
Roy_Castle
European consumer products manufacturing company
Company is a European consumer products manufacturing organisation based in Clitheroe, Lancashire, United Kingdom. The company specialises in the printing and
The_Paper_Cup_Company
Hamlet in Lancashire, England
which is part of the town of Clitheroe, located in Lancashire, England. It is situated two miles southwest of Clitheroe proper. It is significant for
Low_Moor,_Lancashire
Historic barony in Lancashire, England
the barony is Clitheroe Castle. In 2023 the lordship of Bowland was sold, for an undisclosed sum, to Brady Brim-DeForest of Balvaird Castle the Lord of
Lordship_of_Bowland
Civil parish in Lancashire, England
1887. As part of the Honour of Clitheroe, this meant the parish church for the area was the chapel at Clitheroe Castle. Reedley Hallows is the eastern
Reedley_Hallows
British cement production company
a plant at Clitheroe, Lancashire. In 1999, the German company HeidelbergCement acquired Scancem International, the parent company of Castle Cement, for
Hanson_Cement
Open-air shopping centre in Lancashire, England
Arcade or Swan Courtyard is an open-air shopping centre in the town of Clitheroe in Lancashire, England. The Swan & Royal Hotel is an ancient coaching
Swan_Court_Shopping_Arcade
British sculptor
Memorials Register: Clitheroe Serviceman". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 20 December 2021. Historic England. "Clitheroe Castle (1001361)". National
Louis_Frederick_Roslyn
Protected historic sites in Lancashire, England
Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 June 2015. Historic England. "Clitheroe Castle (1016196)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 November
Scheduled monuments in Lancashire
Scheduled_monuments_in_Lancashire
Location maps of castles in England
Cooling Chilham Chiddingstone Canterbury Allington Hapton Penwortham Clitheroe Greenhalgh Turton Arkholme, Melling & Whittington Stede Halton Ashton
Maps of castles in England by county
Maps_of_castles_in_England_by_county
English saint and martyr (1556–1586)
Hopkins wrote a poem honouring "God's daughter Margaret Clitheroe." The poem, entitled "Margaret Clitheroe" was among fragments and unfinished poems of Hopkins
Margaret_Clitherow
Novel by Ken Follett
eldest sons, Badford is a rural society where the lead protagonist, Sal Clitheroe, is a housewife and a spinner for the second lead part, out-putter Amos
The_Armour_of_Light
Hill in Lancashire, England
where he gathered rocks in an apron, and threw a boulder aimed at Clitheroe Castle. Without Royal permission Sir John Towneley enclosed land on Horelaw
Hameldon_Hill
Hill in Lancashire, England
several officers including the park-keeper, the constable and porter of Clitheroe Castle, and the bailiff of Salford Hundred were confirmed in a 1485 act. The
Musbury_Tor
Parish in Burnley, England
was one of the demesne manors of the Honour of Clitheroe, an estate administered from Clitheroe Castle. The honour passed from the de Lacy family to the
Ightenhill
English mathematician, clergyman and political economist
daughter Matilda (1806–1886), married Dixon Robinson (1795–1878) of Clitheroe Castle, Lancashire. The second Robert (1807-1879) also became a clergyman
Robert_Acklom_Ingram
English comedian and radio producer
Radio was creating, producing and co-writing The Clitheroe Kid, starring the diminutive comic Jimmy Clitheroe, which ran continuously for sixteen years on
James_Casey_(variety_artist)
Openshaw, Rusholme, Withington. Clitheroe PLU Aighton Bailey & Chaigley, Chatburn, Chipping, Clitheroe, Clitheroe Castle, Downham, Leagram, Little Bowland
List of poor law unions in England
List_of_poor_law_unions_in_England
Defunct UK football club from Lancashire
Central Swan Hotel was founded at a meeting in Castle Street in 1891 as a split from the existing Clitheroe Football Club, the club being made up mostly
Clitheroe_Central_F.C.
art and craft from across the UK Clitheroe Castle Clitheroe Ribble Valley Multiple 12th-century motte and bailey castle with museum of local and social
List_of_museums_in_Lancashire
Chipping, Lancashire Listed buildings in Clayton-le-Dale Listed buildings in Clitheroe Listed buildings in Downham, Lancashire Listed buildings in Dutton, Lancashire
Listed buildings in Lancashire
Listed_buildings_in_Lancashire
English comedian and actor (1892–1965)
in Manchester, writing and producing shows including The Clitheroe Kid starring Jimmy Clitheroe, The Ken Dodd Show, Listen to Les starring Les Dawson, and
Jimmy_James_(comedian)
By-election for the Parliamentary Constituency of Clitheroe in 1902
The 1902 Clitheroe by-election was held on 1 August 1902 after the incumbent Liberal MP Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth was elevated to the House of Lords
1902_Clitheroe_by-election
English rock band
2017. "Unleash your inner beast as Medusa headline protest gig". The Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017. "Blood
Medusa_(band)
1903 British election
elected at the 1900 election, David Shackleton who had been elected for Clitheroe in a by-election in 1902, and Will Crooks who had been elected for Woolwich
1903 Barnard Castle by-election
1903_Barnard_Castle_by-election
English ceremonial officer
Quernmore Park, Lancaster 1880 Ralph John Aspinall of Clitheroe 1881 William Foster of Hornby Castle 1882 George McCorquodale of Newton-le-Willows; industrialist
High_Sheriff_of_Lancashire
Railway station in Lancashire, England
Burnley and Colne by February 1849. Meanwhile, the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe & West Yorkshire Railway had built a line through to Bolton from the town
Blackburn_railway_station
Medieval English honour
he had a castle somewhere which has been argued to be either Clitheroe or Penwortham. It is thought that he began building Lancaster Castle afterwards
Honour_of_Lancaster
Mountain pass in Lancashire, England
and Dunsop Bridge, and hence Clitheroe. It was the route taken by the "Pendle witches" to their trial at Lancaster Castle in 1612. The Grey Stone of Trough
Trough_of_Bowland
Railway station in Lancashire, England
Lancaster railway station (formerly Lancaster Castle) serves the city of Lancaster, in Lancashire, England. It is one of the principal stations on the
Lancaster_railway_station
Topics referred to by the same term
Peregrine Cust (1791–1873), Member of Parliament for Honiton (1818–1826) and Clitheroe (1826–1832) Peregrine Cust, 6th Baron Brownlow (1899–1978), soldier and
Peregrine_Cust
MPs in the 59th United Kingdom House of Commons
seat of Camberwell and Peckham, Harriet Harman, did not stand Pendle and Clitheroe Conservative Jonathan Hinder Labour Defeated Andrew Stephenson, incumbent
List of MPs elected in the 2024 United Kingdom general election
List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election
1138 battle between England and Scotland
defeated an English force of knights and men-at-arms at the battle of Clitheroe. He also destroyed the recently founded Calder Abbey in Copeland. The
Battle_of_the_Standard
English actor (1917–2000)
Ronnie Waring Sleeping Car to Trieste Tom Bishop Love in Waiting Robert Clitheroe Here Come the Huggetts Harold Hinchley 1949 Warning to Wantons Count Max
David_Tomlinson
Human settlement in England
of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, 9 miles (14 km) north-west of Clitheroe, 15 miles (24 km) south-east of Lancaster and 24.5 miles (39 km) west
Dunsop_Bridge
English politician
Leicester. He was subsequently elected MP for Lancaster in 1626 and for Clitheroe in 1628, sitting until 1629 when King Charles I decided to dissolve parliament
Thomas_Jermyn_(1604–1659)
King of Alba from 1124 to 1153
of knights and men-at-arms. A pitched battle took place, the battle of Clitheroe, and the English army was routed. By later July 1138, the two Scottish
David_I_of_Scotland
English Catholic gentleman of the Enlightenment
Thomas Bartholomew Weld (1750–1810), known as Thomas Weld of Lulworth Castle, was a member of the English Catholic gentry, landowner, philanthropist and
Thomas_Weld_(of_Lulworth)
property-based honours in England included: Honour of Chester Honour of Clitheroe Honour of Clare Honour of Eye Honour of Framlingham Honour of Giffard
Honour_(England)
4th Countess of Lincoln; born in Wales
Whitaker, T.D., History of the Original parish of Whalley and Honor of Clitheroe, 1872. Warner, Kathryn Abandonment and Abduction: The Eventful Life of
Alice de Lacy, Countess of Lincoln
Alice_de_Lacy,_Countess_of_Lincoln
Glasgow Pollok, 1997–2005; Glasgow South West, 2005–15 Alfred Davies, Clitheroe, 1918–22 Bryan Davies, Enfield North, 1974–79; Oldham Central and Royton
List_of_Labour_Party_(UK)_MPs
Cleveland Con Lab 16,938 36.3 1,683 16,938 36.3 15,255 32.6 14,535 31.1 Clitheroe Con Con 16,035 40.7 443 91.5 15,592 39.5 16,035 40.7 7,826 19.8 Colchester
England constituency election results in the 1929 United Kingdom general election
England_constituency_election_results_in_the_1929_United_Kingdom_general_election
List for England, retrieved 7 April 2012 Historic England, "Town Hall, Clitheroe (1072374)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 6 April 2012
List of non-ecclesiastical works by Thomas Rickman
List_of_non-ecclesiastical_works_by_Thomas_Rickman
UK political pressure group
Brash, MP for Hartlepool (since 2024) Jonathan Hinder, MP for Pendle and Clitheroe (since 2024) David Smith, MP for North Northumberland (since 2024) Connor
Blue_Labour
Lord Lieutenant
Compassion in the town of Blackburn in Lancashire. She was educated at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and went on to read agricultural economics at Newcastle
Amanda_Parker
maintained control of huge tracts of lands through judges, constables, castles, and sheriffs, the nobles of England were still powerful. This is a list
List of nobles and magnates of England in the 13th century
List_of_nobles_and_magnates_of_England_in_the_13th_century
CLITHEROE CASTLE
CLITHEROE CASTLE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for someone with beautiful long hair, from Middle English fair feax ‘beautiful tresses’. This was a common descriptive phrase in Middle English; the alliterative poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight refers to ‘fair fanning fax’ encircling the shoulders of the doughty warrior.Thomas Fairfax (1693–1781), an army officer from Leeds Castle, Kent, England, first came to VA in 1735 and settled on maternal estates there as a proprietor in 1747.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Edun, Old English Ēadhūn, composed of the elements ēad ‘prosperity’, ‘wealth’ + hūn ‘bear-cub’.English : habitational name from Castle Eden or Eden Burn in County Durham, both of which derive from a British river name perhaps meaning ‘water’, recorded by the Greek geographer Ptolemy in the 2nd century ad in the form Ituna.German : habitational name any of several places, mainly in Bavaria and Austria, so named from Middle High German œde ‘wasteland’ + the dative suffix -n.Frisian : patronymic from the personal name Ede.Charles Eden (1673–1722), colonial governor of NC under the lords proprietors from 1714 onward, used the armorial bearings of the family of Eden of the county palatine of Durham in the north of England. Of the same connection was Sir Robert Eden, last royal governor of MD.
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : habitational name from a place named with Middle English hard ‘difficult’, ‘inaccessible’, ‘impregnable’, or perhaps ‘cheerless’ + castel ‘castle’, ‘fortress’, ‘stronghold’ (see Castle), perhaps Hardcastle Garth in North Yorkshire or Hardcastle Crags in West Yorkshire, although either or both of these could be from the surname. It has been suggested that the surname may come from a Roman fort forming part of Hadrian’s Wall in northern England.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic meaning ‘son of Robert’, common in central England (see Dobb).Arthur Dobbs (1689–1765) was born at Castle Dobbs, Co. Antrim, Ireland. In 1745 he purchased 400,000 acres of land in NC and was selected as governor in 1754. He married twice and his second wife, wed when he was age 73, was a girl in her teens from NC.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places called Castleton, for example in Derbyshire and North Yorkshire, from Old English castel ‘castle’ + tūn ‘settlement’, ‘farmstead’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Anglo-Norman French, Middle English castel ‘castle’, ‘fortified building or set of buildings’, especially the residence of a feudal lord (Late Latin castellum, a diminutive of castrum ‘fort’, ‘Roman walled city’). The name would also have denoted a servant who lived and worked at such a place.
Girl/Female
Indian
Castle
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a jailer or someone employed at a keep or castle, Middle English kepe.Americanized spelling of German Kiep, from a short form of the old personal name Gebolf, from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements geb ‘gift’ + wolf ‘wolf’. Compare Gebhardt.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Windsor in Berkshire, Broadwindsor in Dorset, or Winsor in Devon and Hampshire, all named from an unattested Old English windels ‘windlass’ + Old English Åra ‘bank’.Windsor is the surname of the present British royal family, adopted in place of Wettin in 1917 as a response to anti-German feeling during the World War I. The original surname of Edward VII (and hence of George V up to 1917) was Wettin, his father, Prince Albert, being Prince Wettin of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The family took the name Windsor from the place in Berkshire, England, where Windsor Castle is a royal residence. There is unlikely to be any royal connection for American bearers, however: the name was an ordinary English habitational surname for centuries before this event.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : from Middle High German kellaere ‘cellarman’, ‘cellar master’ (Latin cellarius, denoting the keeper of the cella ‘store chamber’, ‘pantry’). Hence an occupational name for the overseer of the stores, accounts, or household in general in, for example, a monastery or castle. Kellers were important as trusted stewards in a great household, and in some cases were promoted to ministerial rank. The surname is widespread throughout central Europe.English : either an occupational name for a maker of caps or cauls, from Middle English kellere, or an occupational name for an executioner, from Old English cwellere.Irish : reduced form of Kelleher.Scottish : variant of Keillor.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Castle
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : habitational name from Fairclough Farm near Clitheroe in Lancashire, named in Middle English as fair clough ‘beautiful ravine’ (see Clough).
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Maoil Fhábhail ‘descendant of Maolfhábhail’, a personal name meaning ‘fond of movement or travel’.English : from the common French place name Laval, from Old French val ‘valley’. This is also a Huguenot name (with the same etymology), taken to England by Etienne-Abel Laval, a minister of the French church in Castle Street, London, around 1730.French : habitational name from Lavelle in Puy-de-Dôme or various other, smaller places so named.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from Weoley Castle in West Midlands (formerly in Worcestershire), named with Old English wēoh ‘(pre-Christian) temple’ + lēah ‘(woodland) clearing’, or from Weeley in Essex, which is named with Old English wilig ‘willow’ + lēah.
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : unexplained.Nicholas Waln came from the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, to New Castle, DE, in 1682. A Philadelphia, PA, Waln family flourished in the second half of the 18th century.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Kestle, a place in Cornwall, so named from Cornish castell ‘castle’, ‘village’, ‘rock’.German : habitational name from a place so called in Upper Franconia.Dutch : variant of Kessel.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a boundary (see Mark 2). It is notable that early examples of the surname tend to occur near borders, for example on the Kent-Sussex boundary.English : possibly an occupational name from an agent derivative of Middle English mark(en) ‘to put a mark on’, although it is not clear what the exact nature of the work of such a ‘marker’ would be.English : relatively late development of Mercer. There is one family in Clitheroe, Lancashire, who spelled their name Mercer or Marcer in the 16th century, but Marker in the 17th.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name from Yiddish marker ‘servant’.German : status name for someone who lived on an area of land that was marked off from the village land or woodland, Middle High German merkære.Danish : from a short form of the Germanic personal name Markward.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and northern Irish
English, Scottish, and northern Irish : from a plural or genitive form of Castle.
Surname or Lastname
Northern Irish
Northern Irish : shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mealláin ‘descendant of Meallán’, a personal name that is a diminutive of meall ‘pleasant’.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Meulan in Seine-et-Oise.Dutch (van Mellon) : habitational name from Millun bij Keulen.Thomas and Sarah Jane Mellon came to Pittsburgh, PA, from Lower Castletown, Tyrone, Ireland, in 1818. Their grandson, the industrialist and financier Andrew William Mellon (1855–1937) is remembered not only as a businessman but also as an art collector. He served as secretary of the Treasury from 1921 to 1932.
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English
Castle
CLITHEROE CASTLE
CLITHEROE CASTLE
Girl/Female
Hungarian
meaning joy.
Boy/Male
Sikh
Heroic protector, Protector of the brave
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Lustrious
Girl/Female
Indian
Longing, Cherished, Desired
Girl/Female
Muslim
Generous
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Living Being; One who Gives Life
Boy/Male
Spanish American
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
King of Love
Girl/Female
Tamil
Bilwasri | பீலà¯à®µà®¾à®¸à®°à¯€Â
Auspicious fruit - bael, A sacred leaf
Boy/Male
Arabic
Early Imam (Leader) of Islam; Grandson of Prophet Muhammad
CLITHEROE CASTLE
CLITHEROE CASTLE
CLITHEROE CASTLE
CLITHEROE CASTLE
CLITHEROE CASTLE
n.
A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick.
n.
In Ireland, a lord or proprietor of a tract of land or of a castle, elected by a family, under the system of tanistry.
n.
The guard or defense of a castle.
imp. & p. p.
of Castle
n.
Same as Castleguard.
a.
Fortified; turreted; as, castled walls.
n.
Fig.: one who builds castles in the air or forms visionary schemes.
n.
A tax or imposition an a dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it; castle-ward.
a.
Having a castle or castles; supporting a castle; as, a castled height or crag.
n.
A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook.
n.
The act of surrendering; the act of yielding, or resigning one's person, or the possession of something, into the power of another; as, the surrender of a castle to an enemy; the surrender of a right.
n.
An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle.
v. i.
To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of covering the king.
v. t.
To take a castle from; to turn out of a castle.
n.
A small castle.
n.
A castle and domain conferred on a nobleman for life.
n.
One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.
n.
One whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer.
n.
A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a stronghold.
n.
The government of a castle.