Like place names, surnames are an integral part of our county’s and nation’s heritage.This talk explores the origins and meanings of a wide variety of surnames. Indeed many, Combes and Hext for instance, are local place names too.
There are also occupational names some, such as Tucker, with a strong local flavour; family names like Bennett and Hicks and many nicknames (some quite outrageous!) from Brock and Fox to Fairweather and Wellbeloved.