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Former castle in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Driffield Castle is located in the town of Driffield, approximately 12 miles (19 km) north of Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (grid reference
Driffield_Castle
Town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Driffield, also known as Great Driffield (neighbouring Little Driffield), is a market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Driffield
Flamborough Castle Great Driffield Castle Hull Castle Hunmanby Castle Swine Castle Castles of which little or nothing remains include: Glottenham Castle Isfield
List_of_castles_in_England
County of England
the region are found at Fordon, on Willerby Wold, and at Kilham, near Driffield, both of which have radiocarbon dates of around 3700 BC. From around 2000
East_Riding_of_Yorkshire
Location maps of castles in England
Dalden Cotherstone Flamborough Paull Holme Skipsea Wressle Aughton Baynard Driffield Hull Swine Rye Pevensey Lewes Herstmonceux Hastings Camber Bodiam Isfield
Maps of castles in England by county
Maps_of_castles_in_England_by_county
Village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
East Riding of Yorkshire, England, about 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Driffield on the B1253 road. The village lies in a civil parish which is also officially
Sledmere
Regional command based in North of England
in Bury Humberside and South Yorkshire Army Cadet Force, at Driffield Camp, Driffield Lancashire Army Cadet Force, at Fulwood Barracks, Preston Merseyside
Headquarters North (United Kingdom)
Headquarters_North_(United_Kingdom)
(Alexandra) (1) Cleethorpes No. 2 (South) (1) Cleethorpes No. 3 (2) Driffield (1) Driffield Rural (1) Glanford Brigg No. 1 (1) Glanford Brigg No. 2 (1) Glanford
List of electoral wards in Lincolnshire
List_of_electoral_wards_in_Lincolnshire
Motte and bailey castle in England
dispute involved the ownership of the estate of Driffield, 11 miles (18 km) away from Skipsea Castle, which Henry had seized the previous year, but William
Skipsea_Castle
Village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
of the village, in Skipsea Brough, lies Skipsea Castle. Built in 1086, the motte-and-bailey style castle has since been destroyed; however impressive earthworks
Skipsea
Village and civil parish in England
443773°W / 53.77793; -0.443773 (Cottingham Castle, later Castle Hill Hospital), Cottingham Castle, later Castle Hill Hospital 53°46′35″N 0°26′55″W / 53
Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire
Cottingham,_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire
Village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
settlements (cities in italics) Beverley Bridlington Brough Cottingham Driffield Goole Hedon Hessle Hornsea Howden Kingston upon Hull Market Weighton Pocklington
Full_Sutton
Cycle route in the United Kingdom
Cambridge Lincoln | Market Rasen | Humber Bridge | Hull | Beverley | Driffield | Bridlington | Scarborough The route passes through the east of Lincoln
National_Cycle_Route_1
Village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
south-west of the village are the earthwork remains of the medieval Swine Castle (left), which is a scheduled monument. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report
Swine, East Riding of Yorkshire
Swine,_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire
History of a local government district
Beverley RD Great Driffield urban district made smaller and renamed Driffield, the rural part going to Nafferton parish in Driffield Rural District an
History of the East Riding of Yorkshire
History_of_the_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire
Level five rugby union league in England
Blaydon Crow Trees 2,000 (400 seats) Swalwell, Tyne and Wear 5th Driffield Show Ground Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire 6th Dronfield Gosforth Fields Dronfield
Regional_1_North_East
Denholme, Denton, Dewsbury, Dinnington, Dodworth, Doncaster, Dore, Drewton, Driffield, Drighlington, Dringhoe, Drub, Duggleby, Dunkeswick, Dunnington, Dunford
List_of_places_in_Yorkshire
Hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Skipsea Brough is the location of Skipsea Castle which was built about 1086. The motte-and-bailey castle's buildings have since been destroyed, however
Skipsea_Brough
Statistical region used by the UK Government
Auckland & Barnard Castle Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Boston Bournemouth Bradford Brecon Bridgend Bridgwater Bridlington & Driffield Bridport & Lyme Regis
Travel_to_work_area
English drummer (born 1950)
album was subsequently re-released in 2006 as Woody Woodmansey's U-Boat (Castle Music ESMCD895). Woodmansey has also played with Art Garfunkel, was a member
Mick_Woodmansey
Historic county of England
Bowes Castle, Pickering Castle, Richmond Castle, Skipton Castle, York Castle and others. Later medieval castles at Helmsley, Middleham and Scarborough were
Yorkshire
English novelist and poet (1840–1928)
was clearly the starting point for the character of the novelist Edward Driffield in W. Somerset Maugham's novel Cakes and Ale (1930). Thomas Hardy's works
Thomas_Hardy
associated with the Guild. Ella Bailey Hélène Cox Mary Downing Muriel Driffield "TMD" Gwladys Edwards Gertrude Giles Dorothy Holmes Annie S. Macdonald
Guild_of_Women-Binders
Seaside Town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
the mostly rural, northern part of the county, including the towns of Driffield, Market Weighton and Pocklington. Its size and shape correspond to the
Bridlington
Manor house in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Hall is an Elizabethan manor house in the village of Burton Agnes, near Driffield in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was built by Sir Henry Griffith
Burton_Agnes_Hall
British royal recognitions
Antrim. John Campbell Forrester. President and Poppy Appeal Organiser, Driffield Branch, Royal British Legion. For voluntary service to Veterans in East
2024_New_Year_Honours
— Grays Thurrock, Essex (ES5) 01376 — Braintree, Essex (ES6) 01377 — Driffield (DR7) 01378 — unused 0378 was Epping (EP8) – numbers were transferred
List of dialling codes in the United Kingdom
List_of_dialling_codes_in_the_United_Kingdom
Professional sports tournament
turned out to be a poor-quality match, Williams won the title. Leslie Driffield, a member of the BA&CC governing body, was nominated by the Association
World Billiards Championship (English billiards)
World_Billiards_Championship_(English_billiards)
National museum in London, England
Gwithian, Cornwall, (2400–2000 BC) Early Bronze Age hoards from Barnack, Driffield, Sewell and Snowshill in England, Arraiolos and Vendas Novas in Iberia
British_Museum
YO18 Pickering North Yorkshire YO YO21, YO22 Whitby North Yorkshire YO YO25 Driffield North Humberside ZE ZE01 ZE1, ZE2, ZE3 Shetland Shetland Islands
List of postcode districts in the United Kingdom
List_of_postcode_districts_in_the_United_Kingdom
Hospital in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
facility in Bridlington Road, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The facility has its origins in the Driffield Cottage Hospital on Bridlington
Alfred_Bean_Hospital
Ancient Celtic people of Great Britain
maternal haplogroup U2e1e. The study also examined seven males buried in Driffield Terrace near York between the 2nd century AD and the 4th century AD during
Celtic_Britons
Waterbeach, Little Rissington, Kinloss, Cottesmore, Leuchars, Catterick, Driffield, and Bassingbourn. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Royal Air Force
Royal_Air_Force_station
Appearance of tunnels in media
Henderson, William (1866). Notes on the Folk-lore of the Northern Counties. "Driffield Post - Secret Passages". "RBH: History of Bracknell, Berkshire". www.berkshirehistory
Tunnels_in_popular_culture
English priest, philanthropist and landowner
and Goodwin Newton. Horace Newton extended the Beechwood Vicarage near Driffield, Yorkshire, when he was vicar there, using Temple Moore as architect.
Horace_Newton
Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England
Retrieved 18 March 2019. "Hunmanby win final league match of the season at Driffield to seal promotion". The Scarborough News. 21 April 2026. Retrieved 25
Hunmanby
Dovercourt Essex market charter Downham Market Norfolk town council1 Driffield East Riding of Yorkshire town council Droitwich Spa Worcestershire town
List_of_towns_in_England
Village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
the Grade I listed structure and scheduled monument, the ruins of Wressle Castle. Wressle railway station is located within the village. The parish includes
Wressle
English landowner and politician
Rodd Castle and Hodnet, nr. Oswestry, Salop. – Author: W.J.J. Hasler: BROMLEY, Henry (c.1560–1615), of Holt Castle, Worcs. and Shrawardine Castle, Salop
Henry_Bromley_(died_1615)
English actor (1869–1960)
Supplement. 26 July 1916. p. 1. "Actor honoured in wake of MP's call". Driffield Times & Post. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2
A._E._Matthews
1940 WWII air battle
attacked by 65 Heinkel 111s escorted by 34 Messerschmitt 110s, and RAF Great Driffield was attacked by 50 unescorted Junkers 88s. Out of 115 bombers and 35 fighters
Battle_of_Britain
Macclesfield, Mirfield, Chesterfield, Murrayfield, Whitefield, Lichfield, Driffield suffix cf. Ger. Feld fin, finn, ven I, SG white, holy Findochty, Finglas
List of generic forms in place names in the British Isles
List_of_generic_forms_in_place_names_in_the_British_Isles
1930 (to passengers) 1982 (to all traffic) Driffield to Malton line North Eastern Railway Malton to Driffield, via Wharram, Burdale and Wetwang 1958 (to
List of closed railway lines in the United Kingdom
List_of_closed_railway_lines_in_the_United_Kingdom
Village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Humber, with commodities such as coal, lime, and stone returning. Cave Castle, which then was "near this town", was the seat and principal residence of
South_Cave
Market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England
mid-1800s – the York to Scarborough railway opened in 1845 and the Malton and Driffield Junction Railway opened in 1853. The Malton railway station is now Grade
Malton,_North_Yorkshire
Railway line in North Yorkshire, England
AHBC – automatic half barrier crossing. "York to Scarborough Railway". Castle Howard Station. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved
York–Scarborough_line
Village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Duck Square. In the village are the fragmentary remains of Flamborough Castle, a medieval fortified manor house. In 1823 the village was a parish in the
Flamborough
English painter
on 30 March 1851 found the Lydon family living at Bridge Street, Great Driffield and the following details were recorded: Head of household Patrick Lydon
Alexander_Francis_Lydon
May 2021 Gravity FM Grantham 97.2 FM 1 December 2008 Great Driffield Radio Great Driffield 107.2 FM 2 December 2018 GTFM Pontypridd 107.9 FM 100.2 FM
List of radio stations in the United Kingdom
List_of_radio_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom
Swan School HQ & Weekend Training Centre in Driffield A Company - Band in Hull, Beverley, Bridlington, Driffield, East Hull, Hedon, Hornsea, Mona House, and
List of Army Cadet Force units
List_of_Army_Cadet_Force_units
Pickering railway. From 1846 to 1853 he was engineer for the Malton and Driffield Junction Railway and other schemes including the Thirsk and Malton railway
John_Cass_Birkinshaw
Wolverhampton Bilston, Bridgnorth, Willenhall, Wolverhampton YO York Bridlington, Driffield, Filey, Malton, Pickering, Scarborough, Selby, Thirsk, Whitby, York ZE
List of post towns in the United Kingdom
List_of_post_towns_in_the_United_Kingdom
River in Lancashire and North Yorkshire, England
over the border in Lancashire, Cantsfield and Wrayton, passing Thurland Castle, where the Greta flows into the River Lune. "Greta". environment.data.gov
River_Greta_(Lune)
Region of Yorkshire, England
improvement. However some small remnants remain along the Hull valley between Driffield and Wansford. Plants that are typical of these habitats including a variety
Holderness
British royal recognitions
Elizabeth Carol Rymer, JP. For services to the community in Driffield, East Yorkshire. (Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire) James Noel Sally. For services
2000_New_Year_Honours
English village and civil parish
Methodist church. To the north-west of the village is the site of Burstwick Castle which is an ancient scheduled monument. Burstwick contains a public house
Burstwick
Hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Elizabeth I for practicing the Roman Catholic faith, and died at nearby York Castle in 1573. A 17th-century Sir Thomas Metham died at the Battle of Marston
Metham
Northern Railway was Leeds and Thirsk Railway (1845–1849) Malton and Driffield Railway incorporated 1846 Deerness Valley Railway incorporated 1855, amalgamated
List of early British railway companies
List_of_early_British_railway_companies
Bridlington Central and Old Town, Bridlington North, Bridlington South, Driffield and Rural, East Wolds and Coastal, Pocklington Provincial, Wolds Weighton
List of electoral wards in England by constituency
List_of_electoral_wards_in_England_by_constituency
Congolese-English sculptor
Yorkshire Gazette. 29 August 1896. p. 6. "St Leonard's School of Art". Driffield Times. 14 October 1905. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; Antram, Nicholas
Mahomet_Thomas_Phillips
Anglican church in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
2011, p. 3. Sheahan & Whellan 1855, p. 435. "295" (Map). Bridlington, Driffield & Hornsea. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 978-0-319-24547-7
Church_of_All_Saints,_Skipsea
School RAF Cottam CM England Yorkshire 1939 1954 Satellite station to RAF Driffield RAF Cottesmore CT England Rutland 1938 2012 Transferred to the British
List of former Royal Air Force stations
List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations
UK railway line diagram
1871–1958/64 Dearne Valley line Escrick 1871–1953 Riccall 1871–1958/64 Selby–Driffield line York and Selby Lines Cawood, Wistow and Selby Light Railway Selby
East_Coast_Main_Line_diagram
Ancient Roman city in present-day York, England
A cemetery active between the 2nd and 4th centuries was discovered at Driffield Terrace. Genome analysis of seven individuals discovered in the cemetery
Eboracum
Village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
church are the surviving earthworks, now restored, of a motte-and-bailey castle, that has been scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological
Aughton, East Riding of Yorkshire
Aughton,_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire
Hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
18th centuries. The religious dissenter George Fox was released from Scarborough Castle in 1666, and finding the Quaker movement languishing decided on a nationwide
Owstwick
Disused railway line in Yorkshire, England
and Hornsea Knaresborough–York Leeds–Harrogate Low Moor–Mirfield Malton–Driffield Middlesbrough–Guisborough Middlesbrough–Guisborough–Normanby Huddersfield–Bradford
Harrogate–Church_Fenton_line
Village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
"Sunk Island Battery and Stone Creek Anti-Aircraft Battery - Yorkshire - Castles, Forts and Battles". www.castlesfortsbattles.co.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2018
Sunk_Island
Woods". Lore. Retrieved 13 June 2018. Mahnke, Aaron (15 June 2015). "The Castle". Lore. Retrieved 13 June 2018. Mahnke, Aaron (29 June 2015). "A Devil on
List_of_Lore_podcast_episodes
East Barnet Valley UD Great Driffield LGD Yorkshire (1874–89), East Riding of Yorkshire (1889–94) 1874 1894 Great Driffield UD Handsworth LGD Staffordshire
Local boards formed in England and Wales 1848–1894
Local_boards_formed_in_England_and_Wales_1848–1894
the said Navigation from the said Clough into or near the Town of Great Driffield, in the East Riding of the County of York. River Ancholme Navigation and
List of acts of the 6th session of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain
List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_12th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain
Chain of department stores in the United Kingdom
Market Harborough, Burton upon Trent and further relocations in Newark and Driffield. In September 2019 with the opening of a store in Barton-upon-Humber,
Boyes_(retailer)
English rugby union division
from Yorkshire 2) Wath Upon Dearne York Barnsley Bridlington Dinnington Driffield Heath Huddersfield YMCA Ilkley Knottingley North Ribblesdale Old Brodleians
Counties_1_Yorkshire
Commodity trading halls in England
Saturday Market Place. For many years it served as the "Beverley Playhouse". Driffield Corn Exchange. 1842. Later town hall and now part of The Bell Hotel. Hull
Corn_exchanges_in_England
Human settlement in England
2008 to make way for the Regent's Canal Conservation Area and to expand Driffield Road Conservation Area and now includes the listed park itself, the formal
Bethnal_Green
British cleric
Driffield and of White Waltham, Berkshire, who was Prebendary of Carlisle and Rector of Shottesbrooke, by Charlotte Teresa Warde, of Woodland Castle,
Clement_Moody_(clergyman)
Former English railway company
Railway and the York & North Midland Railway, as well as the Malton and Driffield Junction Railway three months later. The abundant mineral deposits in
York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway
York,_Newcastle_and_Berwick_Railway
Aircraft hangar type used by the Royal Air Force
(4) RAF Cranwell (2) RAF Debden (3) RAF Digby (2) RAF Dishforth (5) RAF Driffield (5 - one destroyed by enemy action in 1940) RAF Feltwell (5) RAF Finningley
Type-C_hangar
Town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
used it as a stable during their stay on the way to lay siege to Wressle Castle. The troops damaged the interior extensively, destroying the organ, much
Howden
Musical artist
£4,368.37 in 2025) half his band's takings at Blackpool on 3 March, to Driffield Cottage Hospital. His band was playing as (or perhaps with) the Blackpool
Otto_Schwarz
Royal Hospital – Worcester Alfred Bean Hospital – Driffield Bridlington Hospital – Bridlington Castle Hill Hospital – Cottingham East Riding Community
List_of_hospitals_in_England
233 OCU RAF Harrier T4 XZ147 Crashed after low level bird strike near Driffield, Yorkshire; both crew ejected and survived but one (a female university
List_of_Harrier_family_losses
Market town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
to local surrounding villages and places such as Hessle, Pocklington, Driffield, Market Weighton, Bridlington, York and Scarborough. The town has its
Beverley
Hurdloe House and Compton Branch Act 1828 (9 Geo. 4. c. lxxix) Malton and Driffield Junction Railway Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. lxxvii) Manchester and Ashton-under-Lyne
List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1851
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1851
Canadian flying ace of WWII
bomber aircraft at the time, the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley. Flying from Driffield, in the north he carried out his first sortie on the night of 8 September
Gordon_Raphael_(RAF_officer)
"Great Driffield UD". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 8 November 2014. "Driffield UD". A Vision
List of urban districts formed in England and Wales 1894–95
List_of_urban_districts_formed_in_England_and_Wales_1894–95
Principal railway line in England
and Hornsea Knaresborough–York Leeds–Harrogate Low Moor–Mirfield Malton–Driffield Middlesbrough–Guisborough Middlesbrough–Guisborough–Normanby Huddersfield–Bradford
Midland_Main_Line
First day of German military operations to destroy the British air force
conduct a strategic bombing raid against the Supermarine Spitfire factory at Castle Bromwich, Birmingham. Despite the group being a specialist night strike
Adlertag
1987 ROC Post Drewsteignton SX71219091 Devonshire 1960 1991 ROC Post Driffield TA02615887 Yorkshire 1957 1968 ROC Post Drumadoon NR89472921 Buteshire
List of Royal Observer Corps / United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation Posts (A–E)
List_of_Royal_Observer_Corps_/_United_Kingdom_Warning_and_Monitoring_Organisation_Posts_(A–E)
the Townships of Emswell-with-Kelleythorpe, Eskdaleside, Great Driffield, Little Driffield, and Ugglebarnby. Peasenhall and Sibton Order 1884 Brockdish
List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1884
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1884
English writer
In 1849 Salvin took with four birds in 28 days some 1200 large fish at Driffield, Kilney, and other places in the north of England. In 1864, Salvin took
Francis_Henry_Salvin
Civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
probably derives from the Old English læccfeld meaning 'bog field'. Leconfield Castle was the home of the Percy family, Dukes of Northumberland. There are extensive
Leconfield
road continued northeast to Driffield, but that section became part of the A614 in 1996. A164 A15 in Hessle A614 at Driffield Originally started in the
A roads in Zone 1 of the Great Britain numbering scheme
A_roads_in_Zone_1_of_the_Great_Britain_numbering_scheme
Dockhead Slums Doncaster Dorking Dorset Battery Douglas Dover Downham Circle Driffield Droitwich Drury Lane Slums Dublin 1,2 and 3 Dudley Dudley Hill Dumbarton
List of Salvation Army corps in the United Kingdom in 1900
List_of_Salvation_Army_corps_in_the_United_Kingdom_in_1900
Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England
roads, which unite before passing through Seamer on their way to York and Driffield. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, potatoes and turnips. In 1768
Seamer,_Scarborough
British organ builder (c.1855–1928)
international organist Ian Hare. George Street Methodist Church, Little Driffield – 1906. Moved to Acomb Methodist Church, Front Street, York in 1964. This
James_Jepson_Binns
Moor RAF Debden RAF Digby RAF Dishforth RAF Docking RAF Down Ampney RAF Driffield RAF Dunsfold RAF East Moor RAF Eastchurch RAF Exeter RAF Ford RAF Friston
List of Royal Canadian Air Force stations
List_of_Royal_Canadian_Air_Force_stations
County of England
Notable lines closed were the Scarborough and Whitby Railway, Malton and Driffield Railway and the secondary main line between Northallerton and Harrogate
North_Yorkshire
Andrews Yorkshire Premier League North Acomb Castleford Clifton Alliance Driffield Town Harrogate Scarborough Sessay Sheriff Hutton Bridge Stamford Bridge
List of English and Welsh cricket league clubs
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certain Local Acts. Great Driffield Order 1885 Provisional Order for extending the Local Government District of Great Driffield. Haverfordwest Order 1885
List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1885
DRIFFIELD CASTLE
DRIFFIELD CASTLE
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Indian
Castle
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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.
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English
English : variant of Duffield.
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English
English : variant of Raphael.
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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.
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English
English : habitational name from places in Derbyshire and East Yorkshire, so named from Old English dūfe ‘dove’ + feld ‘open country’.
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English
English : variant of Duffield.
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English, Scottish, and northern Irish
English, Scottish, and northern Irish : from a plural or genitive form of Castle.
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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
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.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Castle
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Australian, British, English
Castle
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.
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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.
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 : 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.
DRIFFIELD CASTLE
DRIFFIELD CASTLE
Boy/Male
Tamil
Guru
Girl/Female
Muslim
Correct, Right, Sound
Boy/Male
English, Swedish
Wolf; Messenger Wolf
Girl/Female
American, French, German
Noble; Variant of Adela
Boy/Male
Latin
Of the forest.
Boy/Male
Sikh
The victorious brave
Male
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic MainchÃn, MANNIX means "little monk."
Girl/Female
Arabic
Beautiful
Female
English
English unisex name derived from the name that the Sioux people call themselves, literally DAKOTA means "allies."
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English, German
Ruler of the People; Gifted Ruler; The People's Ruler
DRIFFIELD CASTLE
DRIFFIELD CASTLE
DRIFFIELD CASTLE
DRIFFIELD CASTLE
DRIFFIELD CASTLE
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.
imp. & p. p.
of Castle
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.
a.
Having a castle or castles; supporting a castle; as, a castled height or crag.
n.
The government of a castle.
n.
A castle and domain conferred on a nobleman for life.
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.
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.
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.
n.
One whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer.
n.
One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.
n.
A small 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.
n.
Same as Castleguard.
n.
A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a stronghold.
v. t.
To take a castle from; to turn out of a castle.
n.
Fig.: one who builds castles in the air or forms visionary schemes.
n.
The guard or defense of a castle.
a.
Fortified; turreted; as, castled walls.
n.
A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook.