Re: Haversham?
in reply to a message by dorothy
Haversham is the name of a village in Buckinghamshire, England.
From wikipedia:
"The village name is an Old English word that means 'Haefer's homestead'. In the Domesday Book of 1086, when it belonged to the Peverell family, it was listed as Havresham.[2]"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haversham
If there's any use as a surname, it would probably come from the place name.
Of course, there's Miss Havisham, the character in Dickens' "Great Expectations".
From wikipedia:
"The village name is an Old English word that means 'Haefer's homestead'. In the Domesday Book of 1086, when it belonged to the Peverell family, it was listed as Havresham.[2]"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haversham
If there's any use as a surname, it would probably come from the place name.
Of course, there's Miss Havisham, the character in Dickens' "Great Expectations".
This message was edited 2/7/2020, 9:27 PM
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Thank you!
Reaney and Wilson's Dictionary of English Surnames lists two surnames, Haverson and Haversum, that are from the place name Haversham, but no mention of a surname with the exact same spelling.