Many surnames in Britain derrive from areas nearby (General)

by rookancestrybest , United Kingdom, Sunday, February 08, 2009, 06:52 (5840 days ago)

Many names in Britain derrive from areas nearby. e.g. if someone came from the Malvern Hills and went to live in a neighbouring area they would be referred to as such and the name would become their surname. Worcestershire is not a long way from The Forest of Dean and it would have been highly likely that someone could have resettled in the area from there, though they could have been settled in the Forest of Dean for centuries/generations e.g. from Medaeval times.