Stanbury

Stanbury
This long-established name, found chiefly in Devonshire, is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a locational surname deriving in most instances from Stanborough in that county, although some bearers of the modern surname may have derived from places in Yorkshire (Stainborough and Stanbury), and Hertfordshire (Stanborough). Stanborough in Devonshire is so called from the Olde English pre 7th Century "stan", stone, and "beorg", hill, tumulus, while the other places are named with the Olde English "stan", as before, and "burg, burh", fortified place, fort, often used with reference to a Roman or ancient British fort. Locational surnames were acquired especially by those former inhabitants of a place who had moved to another area, usually in search of work, and were thereafter best identified by the name of their birthplace. Regional dialectal differences and varying standards of literacy subsequently gave rise to variant forms of the original name: in this instance, the modern surname forms from any of the places mentioned range from Stanbury, Stanborough and Stainborough, to Stanberry, Stanbra and Stanbro(w). Examples from Church Registers include: the marriage of Joan Stanbury and Harvey Grebyll, in Barnstaple, Devonshire, on June 18th 1545, and the christening of Jefferie, son of John Stanbury, at St. Dunstan's, Stepney, London, on February 6th 1667. The family Coat of Arms is per pale silver and gold, a black lion passant between three torteaux. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Alan Stanborw, which was dated 1279, in the "Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire", during the reign of King Edward 1, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

Surnames reference. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Stanbury — is a small village in the City of Bradford, in the county of West Yorkshire, England, west of Haworth, close to the Pennine Way, and on the River Worth. The surrounding countryside is mainly moors and farm land, but the Brontë waterfall and Top… …   Wikipedia

  • Jorge Stanbury Escudero — En este artículo sobre biografías se detectaron los siguientes problemas: Necesita ser wikificado conforme a las convenciones de estilo de Wikipedia. Carece de fuentes o referencias que aparezcan en una fuente acreditada …   Wikipedia Español

  • Robert Stanbury — Robert Douglas George (Bob) Stanbury, PC , QC (born October 26 1929) is a Canadian public servant, lawyer and former politician, journalist and corporate executive. A lawyer by training, Stanbury was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons …   Wikipedia

  • Richard Stanbury — Richard J. H. Stanbury (born May 2, 1923) is a former Canadian Senator who served as president of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1968 to 1973.Before his appointment to the Senate on the advice of Lester Pearson in February 1968, Stanbury was a… …   Wikipedia

  • John B. Stanbury — John Bruton Stanbury (* 15. Mai 1915 in Clinton (North Carolina))[1] ist ein US amerikanischer Mediziner (Endokrinologie, Public Health). Stanbury studierte an der Duke University (Bachelor 1935) und an der Harvard Medical School (HMS) mit dem M …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury — is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 6,566. As the name indicates, it covers Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury, which are in the far west …   Wikipedia

  • Jorge Lozada Stanbury — Nacido en Arequipa el 06 de Abril de 1931 Consejero del CNM, elegido por los agremiados en todos los colegios profesionales del Perú, excepto los agremiados en los colegios de abogados Presidente de la Comisión Especial de Cultura del CNM,… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Louis Aleno de Saint-Aloüarn — Nacimiento 1738 Guengat, Finisterre Fallecimiento …   Wikipedia Español

  • He Knew He Was Right — is a 1869 novel written by Anthony Trollope which describes the failure of a marriage caused by the unreasonable jealousy of a husband exacerbated by the stubbornness of a willful wife. As is common with Trollope s works, there are also several… …   Wikipedia

  • Escape Magazine — Supercbbox| title = Escape Magazine caption = The cover to Escape Magazine #3. Art by Chris Long schedule = format = A5 (issues 1 7) Magazine (issues 8 19) publisher = Titan Books (issues 10 19) date = issues = 19 main char team = writers =… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

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