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Twisden Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Twysden.' Mr. Lower, quoting Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men, writes, 'This surname is derived from Twysden, or Twysenden-Brough, an estate in the parish of Goudhurst, Kent ... where Adam de Twysden resided in the reign of Edward I.

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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:1,793,52492,026

Twisden Surname Meaning

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This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Twysden.' Mr. Lower, quoting Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men, writes, 'This surname is derived from Twysden, or Twysenden-Brough, an estate in the parish of Goudhurst, Kent ... where Adam de Twysden resided in the reign of Edward I. His descendants sold it in the reign of Henry VI.' Mr. Lower adds that'at Sandhurst in the same county there is another Twysden, also said to have been a seat of the family, temp. Edward I' (Patronymica Britannica.)

1591. Charles Tuisden, Kent: Register of the University of Oxford.

— Roger Tuisden, Kent: ibid.

1600. Thomas Dalvson and Elizabeth Twisden, of East Mailing, Kent: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

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

(English) belonging to Twysden (Kent), 13th cent. Twysden = the Twin (Double) Valley [Old English ge)twisa, twin + denu, valley]

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

The Twisdens, baronets of 1666, are a branch of the Twysdens, baronets of 1611. The first baronet of the younger line altered the spelling, to distinguish between the two houses. See Twysden.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

FromTwisten; a location name in Lancashire Twisten was called Twysilton temp. King John, at which period the family of that name were owners there.

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