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Need help with a story. Can anyone tell me where the surname Kendall would have been common in the medieval era? I've heard Wales and southern England, but I'm not sure. Can anyone help?
We're all in the gutter, but some of us look at the stars.
~Oscar Wilde.
We're all mad here
~The Cheshire Cat.
Viva la revolucion!
We're all in the gutter, but some of us look at the stars.
~Oscar Wilde.
We're all mad here
~The Cheshire Cat.
Viva la revolucion!
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Kendall is from the placename Kendal in Westmoreland (Cumbria) which is where the surname would have originated. You can situate it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmoreland.
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Thanks!
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Yes, it is mostly accepted that the surname "Kendall" (and its other spelled variants) originate with the village of KENDAL in Cumbria/Westmorland. I have read though that the origins of the place name and subsequent surname might in fact be Norse.
The Kendall surname is quite common in and around the village of Marnhull, Dorset, England. A John Kendall from Marnhull emigrated to the Hermitage Bay area of Newfoundland sometime during the 1830s and later settled in Ramea, Nfld. in the late 1840s, where many of his descendants hail from.
The Kendall surname is quite common in and around the village of Marnhull, Dorset, England. A John Kendall from Marnhull emigrated to the Hermitage Bay area of Newfoundland sometime during the 1830s and later settled in Ramea, Nfld. in the late 1840s, where many of his descendants hail from.
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