PENNINGTON / PENINGTON - May I have a lookup on this name, please? PICKFORD, too, if possible. Gary

Pennington: Obvious Place name ending in "ington" (clan/family and homestead/village). "the homestead of Pinna's clan". Pickford: Another place name. "Ford (river crossing) where pitch is found". Regards John --- GARY RADCLIFFE <glradcliffe@msn.com> wrote: > PENNINGTON / PENINGTON - May I have a lookup on > this name, please? > > PICKFORD, too, if possible. > > Gary > > > ============================== > 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 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

PENNINGTON (English) Someone from places in Lancashire, Cumberland, and Hants (Hampshire). The latter two from Old English "pening" PENNY (used as a byname or from a tribute due on the land) + "tun" enclosure, settlement. The place of this name in the parish of Leigh in Lancashire is recorded in the 13th century as "Pinington" and "Pyninton", and may be from Old English "Pinningtun" (seetlement associated with "Pinna". PICKFORD (English) habitation name, perhaps from "Pickford" (pig ford) in Ticehurst, Sussex. The name is now mostly in the Manchester region, apparently arriving there about the 17th century. ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. Barbara GARY RADCLIFFE wrote: >PENNINGTON / PENINGTON - May I have a lookup on this name, please? > >PICKFORD, too, if possible. > >Gary > > >============================== >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 > > > >