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Subject: Re: English surname "Rasberry"
Author: Jim Young   (guest, 77.86.43.146)
Date: April 13, 2011 at 11:49:21 AM
Reply to: English surname "Rasberry" by Charls
The origin of the name lies in Devon, according to Paul Reaney. A place now called Ratsbury in the parish of Lynton in that county whose name was once spelt Radespree, meaning "red brushwoodland".

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