Aglionby
English
editEtymology
editFrom the Norman personal name Agyllun, which probably derives from Old French aguillun (“point, thorn”), + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”).
Proper noun
editAglionby (countable and uncountable, plural Aglionbys)
- A village in Wetheral parish, City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY4456).
- A habitational surname.
- 1942 May-June, Charles E. Lee, “The Brampton Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 140, relating to an election in 1837:
- The other returns having come in, the result of the poll, that Sir James Graham had been superseded by Major Aglionby, was declared at Carlisle soon after 11 a.m.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Aglionby is the 132302nd most common surname in England, belonging to 13 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Aglionby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 12.
- Forebears
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