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Offline Miss Lilly

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Ling History
« on: Sunday 27 March 11 08:03 BST (UK) »
Hi

Not sure if anyone can help but my husband is trying to trace his family name of Ling. He so far has discovered that his ancestors come from the Norfolk area but is very interested in the name's historical origins. He thinks it maybe Scandinaian/Viking. Any help would be appreciated.

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Re: Ling History
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 27 March 11 09:02 BST (UK) »
From the "Oxford Names Companion";
"Ling English (E.Anglia): habitation  name from Lyng in Norfolk, which Ekwall suggests may be derived from OE hline hillside."

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Re: Ling History
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 27 March 11 09:19 BST (UK) »
Hi
It is classed as old Norse so Viking. Mainly East Anglian as mentioned
It is also Chinese for ice.

regards Sandymc
Midgley, Fowler, Chadwick, Kilvington, Routledge, Hewitt, Stevenson, Ward, Waite, Binks , Buck, Pearson,  Stanley, Firth, Child, Hobson, Rogers, all Leeds and Yorkshire for centuaries except the Routledges from Wigton, Cumbria and Middlesbrough. Related to McAllisters of Wilsontown

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Re: Ling History
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 27 March 11 12:54 BST (UK) »
From the "Penguin Dictionary of Surnames"
Ling (Local Name) 'ling, heather' Old Norse, or 'ridge, bank' Old English; locality, or place (also Lyng) in several counties.
See also http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Ling

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Re: Ling History
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 30 March 11 05:38 BST (UK) »
Thank you all very much. The map was interesting, very large concentration on the east coast. My husband googled Swedish white pages and found several Lings which he got a kick out of.

Thank you all once again

Miss Lilly

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Re: Ling History
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 30 March 11 22:28 BST (UK) »
Just a long-shot- your Lings didn't happen to live in London around 1920/30's?
Have always known it was an East Anglian, so wondered if there were many Lings in the capital.

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Re: Ling History
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 31 March 11 09:06 BST (UK) »
In 1881 the second highest concentration of Lings, 422, was in London, as shown on the map.

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