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From: "CGG" <>
Subject: Re: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Re Occupation Haytyer
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 15:08:56 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Re Occupation Haytyer


> So a good guess from me then. I wonder if the name HAYTER also derives
> from
> this occupation.?


According to The Oxford Dictionary Of English Surnames:

HEYTER/HAYTOR derive from 'atte Heyte' meaning 'near/from a height'; i.e.
the original bearer had some connection with a height (geographical
feature). Earliest recorded examples are 1260 in Cambridgeshire and 1296 in
Sussex. (assuming I have correctly interpreted the complex system of
abbreviations!).

Cheers,
Cliff of Coventry

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