----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Was Cutts name a short name for Cuthbert? Does anyone know about this. > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HhQ.2ACEB/108.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Hiya, my understanding is CUTTS is to do with the person's trade, hence blades, swords, shears and so on, and later also incl. guns. > Also I've heard another possibility ... canal and railway cuttings? I think that less likely. >