Alderwick

English edit

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Alderwick

Etymology edit

Seemingly from Old English alor (“alder”) + wīċ (“hamlet, farm”). However, probably actually a misconstrued version of Aldrick, itself a variant of Aldridge.^[1]

Proper noun edit

Alderwick (plural Alderwicks)

A surname.

Statistics edit

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Alderwick is the 30233^rd most common surname in England, belonging to 121 individuals.

References edit

^ P. Hanks, R. Coates, and P. McClure (2016) “Alderwick”, in The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 32

Further reading edit

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Alderwick”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 21.

[1] P. Hanks, R. Coates, and P. McClure (2016) “Alderwick”, in The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 32

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