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Atfen Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the fen.' The final 'd' in Atfend is excrescent; compare gownd for gown, or Simmonds for Simmons, or Hamond for Hamon.

Isabella Ate Fenne, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Henry Atefen, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

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Atfen Surname Meaning

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This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the fen.' The final 'd' in Atfend is excrescent; compare gownd for gown, or Simmonds for Simmons, or Hamond for Hamon.

Isabella Ate Fenne, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Henry Atefen, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Walter Atefen, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Thomas Atefen, vicar of Appleton, Norfolk, 1407: History of Norfolk.

1678. William Atfend and Elizabeth Andrewes: Marriage Lic. (Westminster).

1692. Francis Atfen and Ann Totthill: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

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