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Need help with a story. Can anyone tell me where the surname Kendall would have been common in the medieval era? I've heard Wales and southern England, but I'm not sure. Can anyone help?
We're all in the gutter, but some of us look at the stars.
~Oscar Wilde.
We're all mad here
~The Cheshire Cat.
Viva la revolucion!
We're all in the gutter, but some of us look at the stars.
~Oscar Wilde.
We're all mad here
~The Cheshire Cat.
Viva la revolucion!
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As a surname it would've been given to someone from the town of Kendale.
http://surnames.behindthename.com/php/search.php?type=n&terms=kendall
I also found this:
http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Kendall
So it would appear that the town is recorded in the Domesday Book, therefore it would've been reasonable to have a "surname" of Kendall in the Middle Ages.
For a story it would make the most sense to use it as a surname if the character or their family was from there.
http://surnames.behindthename.com/php/search.php?type=n&terms=kendall
I also found this:
http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Kendall
So it would appear that the town is recorded in the Domesday Book, therefore it would've been reasonable to have a "surname" of Kendall in the Middle Ages.
For a story it would make the most sense to use it as a surname if the character or their family was from there.
This message was edited 7/20/2010, 7:12 AM
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Thank you SO much!
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