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Type Surname (from location)
Other Forms FormsHenshilwood, Hinselwood, Hinchelwood, Henshelwood, Hinshalwood, Hinshilwood, Hinshillwood, Henselwood, Henshillwood
Meaning & History
Denoted a person from a lost place called Henshilwood near the village of Carnwath on the southern edge of the Pentland Hills of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is derived from Scots hainchil obscurely meaning "haunch" and Old English wudu meaning "wood". A notable bearer was Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897-1967), a British physical chemist and expert in chemical kinetics.