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I will now give a history of the name. It is not Norman, but Burgundian French, and our ancestors, without doubt, had their origin in that part of Switzerland once Burgundian, but now known as the Canton de Vaud, on the northern shore of the Lake Geneva. The origin of the name has to do with the chief weapon of defence, fleche, an arrow-a word from the Latin verb flectire, to bend and has to do wit.....
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Heraldry Database: Halton
Halton
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Surname: Halton
Branch: Halton
Origins: British
More Info: England
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Background: Halton \ha(l)-ton\ as a male's name is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Halton is "estate on the hill". This branch is from Lancashire, England with traced roots in Preston with links to: Leyland, Wesham, Kirkham, Horwich, Bolton, Bury, Chorley, Manchester, Australia, USA & South Africa.
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 Motto: Industria Navem Implet, Industry fills the ships. Arms: Ar. a lion, rampant, double queued gu. Crest: Out of a ducal coronet or, a stag's head ar. betw. two rose-branches ppr. View the Heraldry Dictionary for help.
This interesting surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a locational surname, from various places so called throughout England, such as those in Berkshire, Lincolnshire, Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire, to name but a few, there being at least eleven Haltons in England. Perhaps surprisingly the different villages of Halton have several alternative origin translations; the usual meaning is "hall farm", the farm (tun) belonging to the manor house (halh), but other variants include "valley farm" (originally "haugh-tun"), and "rocky farm" (hol-tun), these being from Lancashire and Lincolnshire respectively. The placename and the surname first appears in Norman times, the surname development includes: Richard de Halton (Lincolnshire, 1270); Henry Halton, witness, at the London Assizes in 1470; whilst John de Halton, Bishop of Carlisle circa 1305, excommunicated Robert the Bruce. Notable namebearers listed in the "Dictionary of National Biography" are Immanuel Halton (1628 - 1699), whose observation of a solar eclipse was reported to the Royal Society in 1675, and Timothy Halton, provost of Queen's College, Oxford, 1677 - 1704; he was vice-chancellor of Oxford from 1679 - 1681. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Algar de Haltona, which was dated 1086, in the Domesday Book, during the reign of King William 1, known as "The Conqueror", 1066 - 1087.
Name Variations: Halten, Hallton, Halton.
References:One or more of the following publications has been referenced for this article.The General Armory; Sir Bernard Burke - 1842.
A Handbook of Mottoes; C.N. Elvin - 1860.
English Surnames; C.M. Matthews - 1966.
A Dictionary of English Surnames; P.H. Reaney - 1958.
Surname Database: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Halton
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