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Coniston Family History

Coniston Surname Meaning

from Coniston (ER Yorks) Cold Coniston (WR Yorks) Conistone (WR Yorks) or Church Coniston (Lancs).

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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