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Re: Super fun name game
« Reply #36 on: Friday 24 February 12 20:17 GMT (UK) »

and for fans of Benedict Cumberbatch:
Sherlock Buff  :-* :-*

Teehee!

I came across a death for
"Big Harry Unknown"
 which is a bit sad really!

Also,

Poppie Seeds
Pope Love (HA!)
Vanderkist; London and beyond!
Doe; Suffolk
Hunt; Surrey, London
Reeves; Croydon, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire
Porrett: England, Yorkshire, London
Ward; Croydon, Wiltshire
Batchelor; Croydon, Brighton
Ellis; Croydon, Dorset, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire
MacPherson; Scotland
Wills; Cornwall
Taylor; Suffolk
Aldous; Suffolk
Poll; Suffolk
Gathercoal; Suffolk

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« Reply #37 on: Friday 24 February 12 22:10 GMT (UK) »
i wonder what day these were born?
monday wood
tuesday wilfred turner
wednesday mycock
thursday butler
friday last fish
saturday merchant
sunday walker


hate susan pate
wanton wenworth thurston
needy i cruddas
single arnold


like stoves
love stainer  (lol)
yearly sparkhall waterer
hours hardwick

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Re: Super fun name game
« Reply #38 on: Friday 24 February 12 22:12 GMT (UK) »

hours hardwick

This might've gotten a guffaw or two in the olden days..  ;D
Just found
Fisher Fanny   :o
Vanderkist; London and beyond!
Doe; Suffolk
Hunt; Surrey, London
Reeves; Croydon, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire
Porrett: England, Yorkshire, London
Ward; Croydon, Wiltshire
Batchelor; Croydon, Brighton
Ellis; Croydon, Dorset, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire
MacPherson; Scotland
Wills; Cornwall
Taylor; Suffolk
Aldous; Suffolk
Poll; Suffolk
Gathercoal; Suffolk

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Re: Super fun name game
« Reply #39 on: Friday 24 February 12 22:31 GMT (UK) »
Murder Smith (Jun qtr 1878)
Arson Monks (Jun qtr 1851)
Pincher Lovering (Dec qtr 1908)


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« Reply #40 on: Friday 24 February 12 22:33 GMT (UK) »
could be related to one i found last night
fanny bone


and i just found
tenbald suxpitch stogden
wonder what their lives were like with names like that  ???

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« Reply #41 on: Friday 24 February 12 22:41 GMT (UK) »
Many counties are represented:

Cornwall Baton
Devon Thynne
Avon Westwood
Hereford Horridge
Worcester Morris
Gloucester Williams
Derby Baker
Suffolk Clarke
Norfolk Jackson
Essex Harris
Glamorgan Hall

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« Reply #42 on: Friday 24 February 12 22:53 GMT (UK) »
Beer Berg
Lager Jeffcoat
Wine Allison
Tea Bolton

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« Reply #43 on: Friday 24 February 12 23:06 GMT (UK) »
goblin reeves
fairy linnett
spirit povah stocker
elves perks
pixie cross
wanklin deiton    :o (oooh errr) :o

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« Reply #44 on: Friday 24 February 12 23:29 GMT (UK) »
tenbald suxpitch stogden

Tenbald was a farmer who left £4000 on his death in 1935 - not too much but not a pittance either!
this one is so ridiculous, that I was surprised it wasnt a typo! I may have to research the origins of this one :p
Vanderkist; London and beyond!
Doe; Suffolk
Hunt; Surrey, London
Reeves; Croydon, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire
Porrett: England, Yorkshire, London
Ward; Croydon, Wiltshire
Batchelor; Croydon, Brighton
Ellis; Croydon, Dorset, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire
MacPherson; Scotland
Wills; Cornwall
Taylor; Suffolk
Aldous; Suffolk
Poll; Suffolk
Gathercoal; Suffolk