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Wakehurst Family History

Wakehurst Surname Meaning

From Wakehurst Place in Ardingly (Sussex) which is recorded as Wakherst in 141.

The place-name derives from the Old English personal name Waca + Old English hyrst ‘hillock copse’.

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


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