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[Surname] English surname "Rasberry"
This surname Rasberry, also as Raspberry, is mostly found in the county Norfolk. Does anybody know the origins and meaning of Rasberry?
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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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The problem with that hypothesis, as pointed out at http://tinyurl.com/3za6lae, is that the surname Rasberry is concentrated in the eastern and northern parts of England.
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