Does anyone have any idea where the following surname may have originated? BRECKEL, BRECKELL, BREAKELL, BREAKALL, BREAKELL, BREAKILL, BREAKHALL, BREACKELL, BREAKHELL, BREAKHILL. There is a number of them around the Blackburn Lancashire area. Thank you Mike Morris Toronto Canada

Hi Mike, I have just looked up the name Breckel and its variations in the Oxford Encyclopaedia of English Surnames, though the name is not listed I discovered the following. Working on the assumption that the name is in two parts: Names preceded with Breck, Break, are nicknames as in Breakspear [ someone who broke his spear ] , Breaklance, The second part of the name Kel, Kell is the old English shortened term for Kettle, it is also a spelling variation of Keal which is a place in Lincolnshire, and also Keele in Staffordshire. Hope this helps. John Doxey doxjohn@optusnet.com.au ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Morris" <morrisind@rogers.com> To: <ENG-LAN-LEIGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 8:11 AM Subject: [(ENG-LEIGH)] Root of a name question. > Does anyone have any idea where the following surname may have originated? > > BRECKEL, BRECKELL, BREAKELL, BREAKALL, BREAKELL, BREAKILL, BREAKHALL, BREACKELL, BREAKHELL, BREAKHILL. > > There is a number of them around the Blackburn Lancashire area. > > Thank you > Mike Morris > Toronto Canada > > > ==== ENG-LAN-LEIGH Mailing List ==== > Our list covers the following towns: Leigh (inc. Pennington, Westleigh & Bedford), Atherton, Tyldesley, Astley, Lowton, Golborne, Hindley, Abram, Howe Bridge, Culcheth and Glazebury. Make sure your family members join our list. This list is only as good as its members - please contribute regularly. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >