Plaxton

Plaxton
This is an English locational surname. Recorded in several spellings including Placstone, Plackstone, Plackston, and the most popular of Plaxton, it is one whose origins are open to some conjecture. Whilst the name is almost certainly from the East Riding of Yorkshire, it has to be said that there is no such place recorded in the gazetters in any of the known surname spellings, unless it be the village of Blaxton (The black stone) in the West Riding of Yorkshire and near to the town of Bawtry. The villages of Plaxtol in Kent and Plaistow in Derbyshire, both of which have exactly the same meaning of 'The play ground', are the only other places whose name spelling comes anywhere near, but there is no evidence that they have played a part in the surname development. They translate as an area of land set aside for sport, usually archery or jousting. In our opinion the surname is a linguistic transposition of the village names of Blackstone or Blaxton. There are a number of places called Blackstone in Yorkshire and Lancashire, and all have the same meaning of 'Black stone', probably referiing to a boundary marker between parishes or even counties. Locational surnames are usually 'from' names. That is to say surnames given to people after they left their original homes and moved elsewhere. The easiest form of identification being to call people by the name of the place from whence they came. Spelling being at best indifferent, and local dialects very thick, lead to the development of 'sounds like' spellings. In this case the surname is well recorded in the surviving registers of the county of Yorkshire as well as the diocese of Greater London. These examples possibly showing the development include: Margaret Plaxton, who married Walter Clarke at Pocklington, in East Yorkshire, on May 12th 1560, and (another) Margaret, this time in the spelling of Plakstone, christened at Holme on Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire, on July 13th 1600. In London John Blackestone was a witness at the church of St Mary Woolnoth, in the city of London, on April 24th 1588, Richard Plaxton at the church of St Mary Lothbury, in the city of London, when he married Mary Foucke on April 13th 1629, and Walter Plackstone at St Martins in the Field, Westminster, on August 3rd 1679.

Surnames reference. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Plaxton — Infobox Company company name = Plaxton Limited company company type = Private company slogan = foundation = 1907 location = flagicon|UK Eastfield, Scarborough, England, UK key people = num employees = industry = Automotive products = Bus and… …   Wikipedia

  • Plaxton Panorama Elite — II auf Bedford VAL Fahrgestell Der Name Plaxton Panorama Elite bezeichnet einen Omnibusaufbau des britischen Herstellers Plaxton in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. Die Aufbauten wurden von 1968 bis 1975 gefertigt. Eine Variante mit breiteren,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Plaxton Supreme — IV auf Leyland Leopard Fahrgestell Der Name Plaxton Supreme bezeichnet einen Omnibusaufbau des britischen Herstellers Plaxton in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. Ab 1974 löste das Modell den Vorgänger Panorama auf kleineren Fahrgestellen ab, ab… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Plaxton (surname) — Plaxton is a Canadian surname, and may refer to:* Herbert Plaxton (1901 1970), Canadian ice hockey player * Hugh Plaxton (1904 1982), Canadian ice hockey player * Roger Plaxton (1904 1963), Canadian ice hockey player * William Plaxton (1843 1907) …   Wikipedia

  • Plaxton Beaver — The Plaxton Beaver, originally known as the Reeve Burgess Beaver, is a minibus body built by Plaxton. It was built at the Pilsley, Derbyshire factory of Plaxton s Reeve Burgess subsidiary from 1987 1991, at Plaxton s main Scarborough factory from …   Wikipedia

  • Plaxton Primo — The Plaxton Primo is a type of small low floor bus based on the Enterprise Bus Plasma. It was launched by Plaxton in 2005 and has become very successful in the UK.It is the result of close co operation between Enterprise Bus Ltd (the chassis… …   Wikipedia

  • Plaxton Paragon — The Plaxton Paragon and Plaxton Panther are closely related designs of coach bodywork built by Plaxton in Scarborough, England, since 1999, [Millar, Alan (2007) Bus Coach Recognition : Ian Allan Ltd., ISBN 0 7110 3136 3] and still in production… …   Wikipedia

  • Plaxton Centro — The Plaxton Centro is a bus body manufactured by Plaxton [http://www.plaxtonlimited.co.uk/plaxton/Pdfs/Centro.pdf Brochure on Plaxton Website] (Retrieved 21 Aug 07)] . It was launched on the VDL SB120 in February 2006… …   Wikipedia

  • Plaxton Pointer — The Plaxton Pointer (originally known as the Reeve Burgess Pointer, and later as the TransBus Pointer and Alexander Dennis Pointer) is a successful single deck bus body manufactured during the 1990s by Plaxton and latterly built by Alexander… …   Wikipedia

  • Plaxton Premiere — The Plaxton Premiere, Plaxton Excalibur and Plaxton Prima were closely related designs of coach bodywork built by Plaxton.The Premiere and Excalibur were introduced in 1991 as replacements for the Paramount. The Premiere was the mainstream design …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”