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Swaffham Surname Definition:

SWAFFHAM: From Swaffham in England. Richard de Suafham who witnessed a charter by the abbot and convent of Kelso in 1178 (RAA., I, p. 9), appears again in 1185 as witness io Eschina de Londonis' gift of the church of Molle to the Abbey of Kelso (Kelso, 146).

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SWAFFHAM: From Swaffham in England. Richard de Suafham who witnessed a charter by the abbot and convent of Kelso in 1178 (RAA., I, p. 9), appears again in 1185 as witness io Eschina de Londonis' gift of the church of Molle to the Abbey of Kelso (Kelso, 146). Nicol de Swafham, parson of Great Daltone, rendered homage in 1296 (Bain, H, p. 214).

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) belonging to Swaffham (Norf. and Camb.: 13th cent. Swaffham, Swafham) = Sweep’s Home or Estate [v. under Swaby, and + Old English hám] We find the Continental Low-Ger. counterpart of this place-name-Suâfhêm—in a 9th-cent. register of the Abbey of Wer- den-an-der-Ruhr.

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