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Help[Surname] Re: TOCKNELL
in reply to a message by Jim Young
Tocknell has had a variety of spellings over the centuries. It translates to
" House of the Child " or " House of the Son ". I am an American that does
Tocknell research. I have Tocknells in my ancestry ( more than one ).
" House of the Child " or " House of the Son ". I am an American that does
Tocknell research. I have Tocknells in my ancestry ( more than one ).
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According to The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland (OUP, 2016), Tocknell is from Tocknells (House) in Painswick (Gloucestershire), which is recorded as Tokynhale in 1368. The place-name derives from an Old English personal name *Toca (genitive *Tocan) + halh ‘nook, corner of land’
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