A01=Richard Mckinley
Alder Grove
Author_Richard Mckinley
British genealogy research
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Common Surname
English Personal Names
English Surnames
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Gaelic Surnames
hereditary
Hereditary Names
Hereditary Surnames
Individual Surnames
Irish Surnames
Locative Surnames
Masculine Personal Names
Nickname Type Surnames
Occupational Names
Occupational Surnames
onomastics
personal naming conventions
population mobility
Rare Surname
regional name variation
Scandinavian Personal Names
Scottish Surnames
Small Free Tenants
social stratification
South East
South East Lancashire
South Eastern Counties
surname origins in Britain
Topographical Names
Topographical Surnames
Topographical Term
Welsh Surnames
Product details
- ISBN 9781138836181
- Weight: 385g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 09 Feb 2015
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Aiming to avoid technical terminology, Richard McKinley provides an introduction to the history of hereditary surnames in Britain from their first appearance to the present day. Devoting a chapter to each of the main categories of name, he enables readers to set the facts they discover about their own ancestry, family history and surnames into the context of general surname development. The author deals with those names that originate in England, Wales and Scotland; and since these tend to have their own distinct histories, he discusses developments in each of the three countries separately, wherever appropriate. The book uses the study of surnames to illuminate social history and draws attention to the complex patterns of population mobility that have always characterized British Society. It also describes regional and class differences in surnames, some features of which survive to our own time.
