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[Facts] Re: Nash
by
Andy
(guest)
8/10/2004, 4:54 AM
in reply to
a message by Diane
The Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames (1997) has:
"from a place called
Ash
or
Nash
or 'dweller by the ash-tree'"
The Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (1998)adds: "… with initial N from ME 'atten' (at the)."
Hope
this helps
Andy
;—)
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