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Osbaldston Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Osbaldeston,' a township in the parish of Blackburn, Lancashire The Osbaldestons of Osbaldeston had a charity in Blackburn Parish Church (Baines' Lancashire. ii. 66). The meaning is 'the town (i.

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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770

Osbaldston Surname Meaning

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This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Osbaldeston,' a township in the parish of Blackburn, Lancashire The Osbaldestons of Osbaldeston had a charity in Blackburn Parish Church (Baines' Lancashire. ii. 66). The meaning is 'the town (i.e. settlement) of Osbald.' The —i— and 'e' in Osbaldiston and Osbaldeston are intrusive; compare Greenaway for Greenway, where the a is equally intrusive.

Edward Osbaldeston, Esq., of Osbaldeston, 1590: Wills at Chester.

Matilda Osbaldeston, of Blackburn, 1592: ibid.

Henry Osboston, 1595: Reg. St. Dionis Backchurch (London).

John Osbaldeston, Esq., of Osbaldeston, 1605: ibid.

1786. Married — John Osbaldeston and Susanna Crook: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) belonging to Osbaldeston (Lancs) = Osbald’s Estate or Manor [v. Osbald, genit. Osbaldes + Old English tún] Thomas de Osbaldeston.—Lacy Inq. P.M., A.D. 1311.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A location name in Lancashire.

— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber
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