Re: English surname "Groundsell"
This must be a rare surname as the experts appear to have overlooked it. It looks like a place name but none found.
There is a plant called groundsel which was used as a poultice in treating infected wounds. I wonder, based on this, if Groundsell is a metonymic for a practitioner of folk medicine, someone skilled in the application of herbal remedies.
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English surname "Groundsell"  ·  Charls  ·  3/16/2011, 6:34 PM
Re: English surname "Groundsell"  ·  Jim Young  ·  3/23/2011, 9:12 AM