I consult the recognised works on surname origins such as:

 

          Balleine, G. R. 'Some Jersey surnames. Their origin and meaning'.

              Bulletin annuel (de la) Société Jersiaise, 14:1 (1940), 39-48.

 

Bell, Robert, Book of Ulster Surnames

 

Black G F,   The surnames of Scotland,   New York: New York  Public

Library 1946

 

Reaney & Wilson :  A Dictionary of English Surnames, Oxford, OUP, 1997

 

Guppy H B,   Homes of Family Names in Great Britain, London, 1890

 

Harrison Henry  Surnames of the United Kingdom, London, Eaton Press,  

1912-18

 

MacLysaght, Edward:  The Surnames of Ireland, Dublin, Irish Academic  

Press 1985,

 

Matheson, Sir Robert E., Special Report on Surnames In Ireland, HMSO,

Dublin 1909.

 

          Pawley White G., A Handbook of Cornish Surnames, Hyperion Books,

          December 1989

          Woulfe Patrick , Irish Names and Surnames , Genealogical Publishing

Company of Baltimore 1968

 

Also works such as

“Who’s Who” and “ Who was Who”, London: Macmillan Press, 2004

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Sources

 

 

I use Old records including:

 

      Assize rolls,

      Pipe rolls,

      Muster rolls,

      Subsidy rolls,

      Hearth tax returns,

      Parish records

      Birth, Marriage & Death Records

      Census Records (1841 –1901)

      Wills, Deeds etc.

      Trade and other directories