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Kilshall Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kelsey,' two parishes, North and South Kelsey, in Lincolnshire.

Brice de Keleseye, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Peter de Keleseve, Lincolnshire, ibid.

1550.

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Kilshall Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113

Kilshall Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kelsey,' two parishes, North and South Kelsey, in Lincolnshire.

Brice de Keleseye, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Peter de Keleseve, Lincolnshire, ibid.

1550. Baptised — Elizabeth Kellaye: St. Michael. Cornhill.

1552. Married — William Keltredge and Agnes Kelsaye: ibid.

1574. — William Kelsea and Isabell Imme: St. Dionis Backchurch.

1795. — Thomas Kelsey and Maria Thomas: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

North and South Kelsey are parishes in co. Lincoln.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Kilsey or Kelsey in Cubert; from kil-zeh, the dry neck of land. Kelsey is however the appellation of two parishes co. Lincoln.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Local. A town in Lincolnshire, England. Kelsey, in Cornish British, signifies the "dry neck," from Kel, a neck, and syck, dry.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

The Kelseys bear an old Kent name. The ancient Kelseys possessed Kelsey, Beckenham, in the 13th and 14th centuries. In 1659 Colonel Kelsey represented Dover in Parliament, and was lieutenant of Dover Castle (H.). A hundred years since, there were Kelseys in Hawking parish (H.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

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Kilsall930/
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Kilcall800/
Kellsall756/
Klesal7154/
Cilsal717/
Kelsal712/
Kilsoil675/
Kellsal672/
Kilsoyle633/
Kellsale630/
Klesalová5957/
Klesalova592/
Keljal572/
Kelsol571/
Klessattel563/
Kelseul5358/
Kilcool530/
Chilssol501/

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