SURNAMES
| Surname |
Characteristic |
Comment |
| Ainslie |
N |
Associated with iron industry in Barrow |
| Ambrose |
G |
Gentry at Lowick c1646 [BD] |
| Ashburner |
CJ |
Dalton, Gleaston, Barrow etc |
| Ashburner |
N |
Early shipbuilders of Ulverston and Barrow |
| Barrow |
F |
Once very frequent in Cartmel |
| Barrow |
NJ |
Sir John Barrow, explorer, born Ulverston |
| Benson |
F |
|
| Boulton |
J |
Parkhouse etc |
| Bradshaw |
J |
Barrow etc |
| Bradyll |
N% |
|
| Braithwaite |
C |
Cumbrian name |
| Brockbank |
F |
Surname frequent in Cumberland |
| Buccleuch |
G |
Duke, associated with slate and iron industries etc |
| Butler |
J |
Dalton etc |
| Caley |
J |
Witherwick |
| Cartmel |
F |
|
| Case |
C |
Brewers |
| Case |
J |
Leece, Peasholmes etc |
| Cavendish |
G |
Duke of Devonshire family, extensive land owner |
| Chamberlain |
J |
Claughton etc |
| Charnley |
C |
Furness name of long standing |
| Christopherson |
|
Characteristic Cumberland name |
| Clarkson |
J |
Bolton-le-Sands |
| Clibran |
J |
Colt Park etc |
| Corless |
J |
Meanfields |
| Coward |
J |
Newbiggin etc |
| Croft |
J |
Claughton etc |
| Crossfield |
C% |
|
| Devonshire |
G |
Duke, extensive land owner |
| Doddings |
G |
Gentry at Conishead (Roundhead) [BD] |
| Dowbiggin |
J |
Westminster |
| Eccles |
J |
Meanfields |
| Fell |
G% |
Quaker family of Swarthmoor Hall 16.. (Roundhead) [BD,
N.Q] |
| Fell |
|
John Barraclough Fell. Railway inventor |
| Fisher |
NJ |
Several families. Barrow shipping company of long standing |
| Fleming |
G% |
Lords of Aldingham Castle |
| Fleming |
G |
Gentry of Coniston 16.. (Royalist) [BD] |
| Furness |
|
Not common
in Furness in recent centuries |
| Gaitskell |
c |
Cumberland name |
| Geldart |
|
|
| Gorham |
I |
Selside |
| Gradwell |
CJ |
|
| Greenwood |
J |
Northscale etc |
| Gunson |
I |
Ulpha |
| Hadw(e/i)n |
|
|
| Hannay |
N |
Associated with iron industry in Barrow |
| Harrison |
F |
|
| High |
|
Not frequent but perhaps distinctive |
| Hodgson |
C |
|
| Holme(s) |
F |
|
| Huddleston |
I |
Urswick, Barrow etc |
| Jackson |
C |
|
| Johnson |
F |
Most frequent name in Burlington Slate, 1896-1969 [BB] |
| Kellett |
F% |
Old Furness family |
| Kendall |
CJ |
Gleaston etc |
| Kilner |
C |
|
| Kirkby |
G% |
Gentry of Kirkby Ireleth 16.. (Royalist) [BD] |
| Kn(i/y)pe |
G% |
Old Cumbrian families, including Rampside [BD] |
| Latus |
G |
Gentry of Lowick (Royalist) [BD] |
| Lesh |
G% |
Old family in Barrow. (In 1881, only 15 Lesh persons in country) |
| Martin |
I |
Witherwick |
| Milner |
C |
Form of "miller" popular in Furness |
| Muncaster |
C |
|
| Patterson |
I |
Dalton etc |
| Pennington |
G |
Gentry of Pennington (Royalist) [BD] |
| Phizacklea |
F |
Frequent surname (in various spellings). Lancashire name (presumably
from village near Liverpool) |
| Polkinghorn |
F |
Surname frequent in Barrow |
| Postlethwaite |
F |
Most frequent surname in a survey of a modern group in Barrow |
| Preston |
G |
Gentry of Furness Abbey (Royalist) [BD] |
| Preston |
G |
Gentry of Holker 1646 [BD] |
| Quayle |
F |
|
| Ramsden |
N |
James, Gn Mngr of Furness Railway and first mayor of
Barrow |
| Rawlinson |
FG |
Gentry 16.. (Roundhead) [BD] |
| Richardson |
G |
Gentry of Roanhead (Royalist) [BD] |
| Rigg |
F |
|
| Robinson |
FG |
Gentry of Newland 1646 [BD] |
| Robinson |
I |
Alton etc |
| Romney |
N% |
Portrait painter |
| Sandys |
G |
Gentry of Bouth (Roundhead) [BD] |
| Satterthwaite |
|
Characteristic
Cumbrian name |
| Sawrey |
G |
Gentry of Broughton and Plumpton (Roundhead) [BD] |
| Schneider |
N |
Associated with iron industry
in Barrow |
| Shaw |
F |
|
| Simpson |
I |
Roosebeck |
| Smith |
X |
Not frequent in Furness |
| Spedding |
C |
West Cumberland name |
| Spry |
C |
Not frequent but distinctive |
| Storey |
F |
Fairly frequent |
| Taylor |
C |
|
| Thornborrow |
C |
|
| Thornton |
I |
Melling etc |
| Townson |
C |
|
| Tyson |
C% |
Very distinctive |
| Varty |
C |
Characteristic in Cumberland |
| Wadham |
N |
Agent(?) of Duke of Devonshire |
| Walker |
C |
|
| Wilkinson |
N% |
John (1728-1808), greatest ironmaster of his generation,
associated with Backbarrow, Lindal and elsewhere in England |
| Wilson |
C |
|
| Woodend |
F |
Most frequent surname in Burlington Slate,
1876-1913 [BB] |
