Irish immigrants to FoD ?. (General)
Interesting indeed. I also knew Mayo's at school in Newent. In fact I have Mayo's as ggrandmother, gggrandfather and ggggfather. These were based around the Much Marcle area of Herefordshire, Redmarley D'Abitot area of Gloucestershire (formerly Worcestershire). This link seem to suggest the surname is not Irish but based on the forename Matthew:-
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