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Historic house museum in Kingston upon Hull, England
Wilberforce House is a British historic house museum, part of the Museums Quarter of Kingston upon Hull. It is the birthplace of social reformer William
Wilberforce_House
English politician and abolitionist (1759–1833)
William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the Atlantic slave
William_Wilberforce
British judge (1907–2003)
Richard Orme Wilberforce, Baron Wilberforce, CMG, OBE, PC (11 March 1907 – 15 February 2003) was a British judge. He was a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from
Richard Wilberforce, Baron Wilberforce
Richard_Wilberforce,_Baron_Wilberforce
Topics referred to by the same term
against the slave trade Wilberforce, New South Wales Wilberforce Cemetery Wilberforce Park Wilberforce, Ontario Wilberforce Colony, Ontario; an 18th-century
Wilberforce
English clergyman and writer (1802–1857)
Isaac Wilberforce (19 December 1802 – 3 February 1857) was an English clergyman and writer. He was second son of abolitionist William Wilberforce, and
Robert_Wilberforce
Country house in the London Borough of Bromley, England
enlarge the house and Humphrey Repton to improve the grounds. The grounds are close to the stump of an oak tree known as the Wilberforce Oak, easily distinguished
Holwood_House
Monument in Kingston Upon Hull, England
The Wilberforce Monument is a monument honouring English politician and abolitionist William Wilberforce in Kingston Upon Hull, England. The ashlar structure
Wilberforce_Monument
Bishop of Oxford, England (1805–1873)
Samuel Wilberforce FRS (7 September 1805 – 19 July 1873) was an English bishop in the Church of England, and the third son of William Wilberforce. Wilberforce
Samuel_Wilberforce
English Catholic clergyman, newspaper proprietor, editor and journalist
William Wilberforce and his wife, Barbara Ann Spooner, his brothers being the lawyer William Wilberforce the younger and the clerics Robert Wilberforce and
Henry_Wilberforce
British science fiction miniseries
buildings in the city centre, including the fictional Harker House being filmed at Wilberforce House.[failed verification] Other scenes were filmed in York
Bodies_(2023_TV_series)
18th century abolitionist symbol
The painting dates from around 1800. Another painting is in the Wilberforce House Museum in Hull. A 1788 engraving of the symbol A French version of
Wedgwood anti-slavery medallion
Wedgwood_anti-slavery_medallion
City in the East Riding, England
buildings from the period, including Wilberforce House, now a museum documenting the life of William Wilberforce. During the English Civil War, Hull became
Kingston_upon_Hull
Dated 1664 and the remaining parts are similar to Wilberforce House. Catlyn built the Master’s House and Chapel in 1673. ‘‘Beautified’’ by Catlyn in 1681-2
William_Catlyn
Suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Wilberforce is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, in the local government area of the City of Hawkesbury. It is just beyond the outer suburbs
Wilberforce,_New_South_Wales
1955 comedy film by Alexander Mackendrick
details when he awoke. Mrs. Wilberforce is a sweet and eccentric old widow who lives alone in a gradually subsiding house, built over the entrance to
The_Ladykillers_(1955_film)
Street in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Museums Quarter. Among these is Wilberforce House, the birthplace of the politician and abolitionist William Wilberforce which commemorates his long fight
High_Street,_Hull
Historically black university in Wilberforce, Ohio, US
Wilberforce University (WU) is a private university in Wilberforce, Ohio, United States. It is one of three historically black universities established
Wilberforce_University
Transport museum in Kingston upon Hull, England
East Riding Museum (archaeology), the Arctic Corsair trawler and Wilberforce House Museum. The site is managed by Hull Museums, a department of Hull
Streetlife Museum of Transport
Streetlife_Museum_of_Transport
2009 New Zealand film
twins are being watched – and that the Wilberforces can smell them – Theo resolves to investigate the Wilberforce house. Inside, he and Rachel find what can
Under_the_Mountain_(film)
Artwork by Romuald Hazoumé
display from 22 March to 13 May 2007 before a 2-year tour to Hull (Wilberforce House), Liverpool, Bristol, Newcastle and London (Horniman Museum). The
La_Bouche_du_Roi_(artwork)
University in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Lord Middleton (1954–1969), followed by Lord Cohen (1970–1977), Lord Wilberforce (1978–1994), Lord Armstrong (1994–2006) and Virginia Bottomley (Baroness
University_of_Hull
2006 film by Michael Apted
campaign against the slave trade in the British Empire, led by William Wilberforce, who was responsible for steering anti-slave trade legislation through
Amazing_Grace_(2006_film)
Sports stadium in Kingston upon Hull, England
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MKM_Stadium
Kingston upon Hull. The Wilberforce Museum, recalling the slave trade and abolitionists still exists, located at Wilberforce House; the "Pickering Park Museum
Thomas_Sheppard_(curator)
Port in Kingston upon Hull, England
Street still contains merchant buildings, most from a later date; Wilberforce House dates to 1660, and was once used for this purpose. Start of session
Port_of_Hull
Public school in Oxfordshire, England
house (Merton). The boarding houses are Crake, Egerton, Raymond, Seymour, Stonehill, Wilberforce and Wilson, with Raymond, Stonehill and Wilberforce being
Bloxham_School
English physician
was born at Lavington House, Petworth, Sussex, and had little format education. She came out as a débutante in 1907. Wilberforce met Elizabeth Robins in
Octavia_Wilberforce
English professional rugby league club
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Hull_F.C.
Cinema in Beverley Road, Kingston upon Hull, England
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National Picture Theatre, Kingston upon Hull
National_Picture_Theatre,_Kingston_upon_Hull
Public aquarium in Hull, England
litres (550,000 imp gal) of water and 87 tonnes (86 long tons) of salt housed in a building designed by Terry Farrell and built as part of the UK National
The_Deep_(aquarium)
European travelling funfair
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Hull_Fair
International Slavery Museum, at the Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool Wilberforce House, part of the Museums Quarter of Kingston-upon-Hull Buxton Memorial
List of slavery-related memorials and museums
List_of_slavery-related_memorials_and_museums
Area in Kingston upon Hull, England
The village is a small place, chiefly of scattered farm houses, [...] A large old farm-house, with a rookery attached, and a small chapel are the only
Marfleet
Local architectural styles in England
local precedents and using locally available materials. This includes manor houses, farmhouses, cottages, agricultural buildings, mills, some industrial buildings
English vernacular architecture
English_vernacular_architecture
1788 British slave ship drawing
Greenwich), Greenwich, London, England Hull Museums and Gallery, Wilberforce House, Hull, England. Model wooden ship with paper diagram of enslaved people
Plan of the British Slave Ship Brooks, 1788
Plan_of_the_British_Slave_Ship_Brooks,_1788
English professional rugby league club
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Hull_Kingston_Rovers
Suburb of Kingston upon Hull, England
era/early Edwardian era, pre- and post-Second World War, and late 20th century houses. Also in the eastern part are some managed natural spaces. There is an outcropping
Stoneferry
Suburb of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
soon after on the north side of the road, this was later called Holderness House after rebuilding in the 1830s. Apart from this the Summergangs area remained
Summergangs, Kingston upon Hull
Summergangs,_Kingston_upon_Hull
Anglican minster church in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
ultra-marine blue, with beams picked out in Crimson and gold. William Wilberforce, who led the parliamentary campaign against the slave trade, was baptised
Hull_Minster
Housing estate in East Riding of Yorkshire, England
have been developed as a grassland, with tree planting, and renamed "Wilberforce Wood"/"Foredyke Green". Areas designated as 3a.iii are those which have
Kingswood,_Kingston_upon_Hull
United States historic place
Park Service; the house is open by appointment for tours. The Charles Young House is located in a rural setting southwest of Wilberforce, on the north side
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
Charles_Young_Buffalo_Soldiers_National_Monument
Estate in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
a self re-inforcing negative perceptions of the area, resulting in low house prices and low desirability of properties; the layout of the estate has
Orchard_Park_Estate
UK charity
Christian Institute website; retrieved 2012-08-16 "House of Commons Hansard Debates for 9 Nov 2004 (pt 12)". House of Commons Hansard Debates for 9 Nov 2004 (pt
Christian_Institute
Theatre in Kingston upon Hull, England
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Hull_Truck_Theatre
Museum ship in Kingston upon Hull, England
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Arctic_Corsair
Rugby League stadium in Kingston upon Hull, England
World Cup game between Papua New Guinea and France. The North Stand also houses the Enterprise Business Centre and Training Centre. There are 42 fully furnished
Craven_Park,_Hull
Area of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
known as the Avenues Centre. Marlborough Avenue is the location of Froebel House Preparatory School. Princes Avenue was a popular urban shopping street during
The Avenues, Kingston upon Hull
The_Avenues,_Kingston_upon_Hull
Pumping station in Hull, England
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Springhead_Pumping_Station
Municipal building in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
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Hull_City_Hall
United Kingdom legal case
that inspection exercising reasonable care. Lord Wilberforce had to consider a decision of the House of Lords in East Suffolk River Catchment Board v
Anns_v_Merton_LBC
awarded the Wilberforce Medallion and gave the Wilberforce Lecture at Hull City Hall, which celebrates the historic role of Hull and Wilberforce in combating
Hull_UK_City_of_Culture_2017
in the United States House of Representatives (as of September 2, 2026[update], the 119th Congress). The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for
List of current United States representatives
List_of_current_United_States_representatives
Area of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
land to be used charitably or the poor of Southcoates. A school and school house were built 1855/6 funded by the charity. In 1865 construction began of a
Southcoates
Area of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
was born in Drypool, son of Rev. Henry Venn, Rector of Drypool William Wilberforce MP, the famous anti-slavery campaigner was patron of Drypool Parish Isaac
Drypool
National school in Nyeri
Houses White House Kimathi House Muhoya House Wambugu House Aggrey House Washington House Kraph House Wilberforce House Dr. Kamunge House Makau house
Kagumo_High_School
(Yorkshire Electricity) Luxury Tax Elland Road, Leeds York Minster Jail Wilberforce House, Hull Caphouse Colliery, Wakefield Chance Ilkley Moor Halifax Station
List of licensed and localized editions of Monopoly: Europe
List_of_licensed_and_localized_editions_of_Monopoly:_Europe
Fictional character in P. G. Wodehouse humorous stories
Bertram Wilberforce Wooster is a fictional character in the comedic Jeeves stories created by British author P. G. Wodehouse. An amiable English gentleman
Bertie_Wooster
Member of the Parliament of England
Their son John was also MP for Hull. The house of the Lister family is now a museum known as the Wilberforce House Museum. Hull City Council - Hull Museums
John_Lister_(died_1616)
Municipal building in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
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Guildhall,_Kingston_upon_Hull
Opera
get an education. The house was also part of the underground railroad. Later, the site became Wilberforce University. Wilberforce was the first black-owned
Tawawa_House
Former British shipping company
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Thomas_Wilson_Sons_&_Co.
Historically black university in Wilberforce, Ohio, US
public, historically black land-grant university formerly located in Wilberforce, Ohio, United States. In September 2026, the university was formally
Central_State_University
Theatre in Kingston upon Hull, England
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Hull_New_Theatre
Area of Kingston upon Hull, England
by a narrowing of the street, and by a section of more modest two-storey houses. The area falls within the Beverley Road and Sculcoates areas of Hull. Following
Stepney,_Kingston_upon_Hull
1968 UK legal case
company and could not be used to set off the debit. At the House of Lords, Lord Wilberforce, delivering the decision of the court, stated that the two
Barclays Bank Ltd v Quistclose Investments Ltd
Barclays_Bank_Ltd_v_Quistclose_Investments_Ltd
British merchant and politician (1587–1640)
people, with rooms for a lecturer. The house of the Lister family is now a museum known as the Wilberforce House Museum. Hull City Council – Hull Museums
John_Lister_(died_1640)
Maritime museum in Kingston upon Hull, England
exhibitions, also pays hommage to Hull's commercial past and present. The room houses a frieze containing the coats of arms of the cities with which Hull has
Hull_Maritime_Museum
Judicial building in Kingston upon Hull, England
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Kingston upon Hull Combined Court Centre
Kingston_upon_Hull_Combined_Court_Centre
Transport interchange in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
five arched span platform roof. In 1962, a modernist office block Paragon House was installed above the station main entrance, replacing a 1900s iron canopy;
Hull_Paragon_Interchange
Iron Age boat (750–390 BC)
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Hasholme_Logboat
Catholic Church in Kingston upon Hull, England
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St_Charles_Borromeo,_Hull
House in Kensington, London, England
supervised by leading architect Robert Adam. Between 1808 and 1821 William Wilberforce lived in it; he co-led the abolition of the slave trade and then slavery
Gore_House
Christian school in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States
The Wilberforce School is a private, classical Christian school in Princeton, New Jersey, serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.
Wilberforce_School
Suburb of Kingston upon Hull, England
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Sculcoates
Suburb of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
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Sutton-on-Hull
Canadian politician
James Wilberforce Longley (4 January 1849 – 16 March 1922) was a Canadian journalist, lawyer, politician, and judge. Born in Paradise, Annapolis County
James_Wilberforce_Longley
mercantile contracts agreements contained conditions, this one did. Lord Wilberforce said the following: The test suggested by the appellants was a different
Bunge_Corp_v_Tradax_Export_SA
American religious leader (1841–1926)
religious leader and educator in the United States. He was the president of Wilberforce University from 1876 to 1884. He was editor of the Christian Recorder
Benjamin_F._Lee
American basketball player (1943–2014)
word poet. He played college basketball for the Upper Iowa Peacocks and Wilberforce Bulldogs. Lynn played professionally in the North American Basketball
Lonnie_Lynn
Housing estate in Kingston upon Hull, England
no further education establishments on the estate, the nearest being Wilberforce College. Kingswood, Kingston upon Hull, privately constructed estate
Bransholme
English sea captain and slave trader
trader who was tried for murder in 1792, after the abolitionist William Wilberforce accused him of torturing to death a teenaged female slave on the deck
John_Kimber
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Sutton_Ings
Wilberforce House Museum and Attached Garden Wall
Grade I listed buildings in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_the_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire
1827 painting by John Simpson
considered to be a copy from an unknown hand is in the collection of the Wilberforce House museum in Hull, England. Postle, Martin (Spring 2009). "The Captive
The_Captive_Slave
1983 English tort law case
policy considerations should not inhibit a decision in her favour. Lord Wilberforce delivered the leading speech and laid out the test for recovery of damages
McLoughlin_v_O'Brian
1982 Australian film
old lady named Miss Markham, to whose family the house belongs; her new ground caretaker Mr. Wilberforce; and his two dimwitted aides Morris and Stakovich
The_Mystery_at_Castle_House
Marina in Hull, England
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Hull_Marina
Area of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
set up in Wilmington, on the north side of the street now known as Glass House Row. The company rapidly went out of business, being inactive by 1850. The
Wilmington, Kingston upon Hull
Wilmington,_Kingston_upon_Hull
Pedestrian bridge in Hull, England
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Scale_Lane_Footbridge
Museum dedicated to the history of a specific army regiment
Oswald in Durham. The East Yorkshire regimental collection is housed in Wilberforce House, Hull. The Essex Regiment Museum is based at Oaklands Park in
Regimental_museum
British politician
William Wilberforce Bird (2 July 1758 – 19 April 1836), merchant, civil servant and author, was the Member of Parliament for Coventry from 1796 to 1802
William Wilberforce Bird (merchant)
William_Wilberforce_Bird_(merchant)
Suburb of Kingston upon Hull, England
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Inglemire
Area of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Cottingham Road site. The Wilberforce building (1968–70) predominately built of concrete was the first major addition; University House or Student's Union (1975)
Newland,_Kingston_upon_Hull
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Stannix Park House is a heritage-listed residence in Stannix Park Lane, off Stannix Park Road, Wilberforce, City of Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Stannix_Park_House
Art gallery in Hull, England
Francis Bacon (2017) and David Remfry RA (1975 and 2005). The building also houses a children's gallery and a popular cafe. The building is now a Grade II
Ferens_Art_Gallery
Art gallery in Kingston upon Hull, England
Transmissions collective and Sarah Lucas. Humber Street Gallery has since housed exhibitions from artists such as Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2022, Hetain
Humber_Street_Gallery
Research institute at the University of Hull
England. Housed in Oriel Chambers in Hull City Centre, since 2005, its aim is to research slavery in the past and the present. The Wilberforce Institute
Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation
Wilberforce_Institute_for_the_Study_of_Slavery_and_Emancipation
landmark English contract law case on the date for assessing damages. Lord Wilberforce decided that the date appropriate is the date of breach, or when a contracting
Johnson_v_Agnew
Estate in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Stephen's church opened in 1966. The estate had three public houses, all Hull Brewery tied houses: the Lord Charles (permanently closed in 2015) on Annandale
Greatfield Estate, Kingston upon Hull
Greatfield_Estate,_Kingston_upon_Hull
Former Bishop of Namirembe
Wilberforce Kityo Luwalira (born 8 December 1958) is a retired Ugandan Anglican bishop who served as the Bishop of Namirembe from 2009 to 8 December 2023
Wilberforce_Kityo_Luwalira
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WILBERFORCE HOUSE
WILBERFORCE HOUSE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Master. Reaney notes the medieval example atte Maysters (1327), and suggests this might have denoted someone who lived at a master’s house, a master’s servant or perhaps an apprentice.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for a miller, who lived ‘at the mill house’ (Middle English mille + hus; compare Mullis), or possibly a habitational name from any of various places so named.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : topographic name from Middle English lees ‘fields’, ‘arable land’, plural of lee (see Lee), or from Middle English lese ‘pasture’, ‘meadow’ (Old English lǣs).English : habitational name from Leece or Lees in Lancashire, or Leese in Cheshire, all named from Old English lēas ‘woodland clearings’ (plural of lēah), or from Leece in Cumbria, which was probably named with a Celtic word, lïss ‘hall’, ‘court’, ‘the principal house in a district’.English : variant spelling of Leece 1.Scottish : reduced form of Gillies.Scottish and Irish : reduced and altered form of McLeish.Dutch : variant of Leys.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of House 1.Americanized spelling of German Hauser.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : status name or occupational name from Middle English, Old French maresc(h)al ‘marshal’. The term is of Germanic origin (compare Old High German marah ‘horse’, ‘mare’ + scalc ‘servant’). Originally it denoted a man who looked after horses, but by the heyday of medieval surname formation it denoted on the one hand one of the most important servants in a great household (in the royal household a high official of state, one with military responsibilities), and on the other a humble shoeing smith or farrier. It was also an occupational name for a medieval court officer responsible for the custody of prisoners. An even wider range of meanings is found in some other languages: compare for example Polish Marszałek (see Marszalek). The surname is also borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.As the fourth chief justice of the U.S., John Marshall (1755–1835) was the principal architect in consolidating and defining the powers of the Supreme Court. He was a descendant of John Marshall of Ireland, who settled in Culpeper Co., VA, sometime before 1655.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English lofte ‘upper chamber’, ‘attic’, possibly bestowed on a household servant who worked in an upper chamber, or used in the same sense as Loftus.Danish : habitational name from a place called Loft.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : status name from Middle English knyghte ‘knight’, Old English cniht ‘boy’, ‘youth’, ‘serving lad’. This word was used as a personal name before the Norman Conquest, and the surname may in part reflect a survival of this. It is also possible that in a few cases it represents a survival of the Old English sense into Middle English, as an occupational name for a domestic servant. In most cases, however, it clearly comes from the more exalted sense that the word achieved in the Middle Ages. In the feudal system introduced by the Normans the word was applied at first to a tenant bound to serve his lord as a mounted soldier. Hence it came to denote a man of some substance, since maintaining horses and armor was an expensive business. As feudal obligations became increasingly converted to monetary payments, the term lost its precise significance and came to denote an honorable estate conferred by the king on men of noble birth who had served him well. Knights in this last sense normally belonged to ancient noble families with distinguished family names of their own, so that the surname is more likely to have been applied to a servant in a knightly house or to someone who had played the part of a knight in a pageant or won the title in some contest of skill.Irish : part translation of Gaelic Mac an Ridire ‘son of the rider or knight’. See also McKnight.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from the vocabulary word lord, presumably for someone who behaved in a lordly manner, or perhaps one who had earned the title in some contest of skill or had played the part of the ‘Lord of Misrule’ in the Yuletide festivities. It may also have been an occupational name for a servant in the household of the lord of the manor, or possibly a status name for a landlord or the lord of the manor himself. The word itself derives from Old English hlÄford, earlier hlÄf-weard, literally ‘loaf-keeper’, since the lord or chief of a clan was responsible for providing food for his dependants.Irish : English name adopted as a translation of the main element of Gaelic Ó Tighearnaigh (see Tierney) and Mac Thighearnáin (see McKiernan).French : nickname from Old French l’ord ‘the dirty one’.Possibly an altered spelling of Laur.The French name is particularly associated with Acadia in Canada, around 1760.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived in a lane, Middle English, Old English lane, originally a narrow way between fences or hedges, later used to denote any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town.Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Laighin ‘descendant of Laighean’, a byname meaning ‘spear’, or ‘javelin’.Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ‘descendant of Luan’, a byname meaning ‘warrior’.Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Liatháin (see Lehane).Southern French : variant of Laine.Possibly also a variant of Southern French Lande.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a servant who worked at a great house, or status name for a householder (see House).Americanized form of German Hausmann.
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : habitational name from Loftus in Cleveland, Lofthouse in West Yorkshire, or Loftsome in East Yorkshire. All are named from Old Norse lopt ‘loft’, ‘upper storey’ + hús ‘house’, the last being derived from the dative plural form, húsum. Houses built with an upper storey (which was normally used for the storage of produce during the winter) were a considerable rarity among the ordinary people of the Middle Ages.Irish : English surname adopted by certain bearers of the Gaelic surname Ó Lochlainn (see Laughlin) or Ó Lachtnáin (see Lough).
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly West Country)
English (chiefly West Country) : patronymic from Laver.German : unexplained.French : nickname for someone living at a house with a spiral staircase, Old French lavis.
Surname or Lastname
English (southwestern)
English (southwestern) : from Middle English hous ‘house’ (Old English hūs). In the Middle Ages the majority of the population lived in cottages or huts rather than houses, and in most cases this name probably indicates someone who had some connection with the largest and most important building in a settlement, either a religious house or simply the local manor house. In some cases it may be a status name for a householder, someone who owned his own dwelling as opposed to being a tenant, but more often it is an occupational name for a servant who worked in such a house, in particular a steward who managed one.English : respelling of Howes.Translation of German Haus.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : from Middle English lamb, Middle High German lamp ‘lamb’; a nickname for a meek and inoffensive person, or a metonymic occupational name for a keeper of lambs. As a German name particularly, it may also have been a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of the paschal lamb.English : from a short form of the personal name Lambert.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English, Old French lepard ‘leopard’ (from Late Latin leopardus, a compound of leo ‘lion’ + pardus ‘panther’), probably applied as a nickname or as a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a leopard.
Surname or Lastname
Southern Italian
Southern Italian : nickname for a fierce or brave warrior, from Latin leo ‘lion’.Italian : from a short form of the personal name Pantaleo.Jewish : from the personal name Leo (from Latin leo ‘lion’), borrowed from Christians as an equivalent of Hebrew Yehuda (see Leib 3).English : from the Old French personal name Leon ‘lion’ (see Lyon 2).Spanish : variant or derivative of the personal name Leon.Dutch : from Latin leo ‘lion’, applied either a nickname for a strong or fearless man or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a lion; or alternatively from a personal name of the same derivation.German and Hungarian (Leó) : Latinized form of Löwe (see Loewe).
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English
English : from Middle English lady ‘lady’, ‘female head of a household’, hence a nickname for a woman who was ladylike or the head of a household or for an effeminate man.Polish : variant of Lada.Hungarian (Ládi) : habitational name for someone from Lád in Borsod county or Lad in Somogy county.
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English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in wash house, Middle English lavendrie.English (Cornwall) : from the Old French personal name Landri, from a Germanic name composed of the elements land ‘land’ + rīc ‘power’.
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for a stonemason, Middle English, Old French mas(s)on. Compare Machen. Stonemasonry was a hugely important craft in the Middle Ages.Italian (Veneto) : from a short form of Masone.French : from a regional variant of maison ‘house’.George Mason (1725–92), the American colonial statesman who framed the VA Bill of Rights and Constitution, which was used as a model by Thomas Jefferson when drafting the Declaration of Independence, was a VA planter, fourth in descent from George Mason (?1629–?86), a royalist soldier of the English Civil War who had received land grants in VA. As well as being prominent in the affairs of VA, the family also produced the first governor of MI.
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English, Scottish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German, and Dutch
English, Scottish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German, and Dutch : from the Scandinavian personal name Magnus. This was borne by Magnus the Good (died 1047), king of Norway, who was named for the Emperor Charlemagne, Latin Carolus Magnus ‘Charles the Great’. The name spread from Norway to the eastern Scandinavian royal houses, and became popular all over Scandinavia and thence in the English Danelaw.
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