Based on data provided by the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology at Oxford University.
This index into the Ashmolean Museum's brass rubbing collection is divided into three sections: surnames, male given names, and female given names. After each name appears a list of all the counties in which the name may be found, using the county abbreviations listed below. The abbreviations are linked to the original WWW pages at the Ashmolean. The date for the earliest use of that name is included in the index next to the county in which it accurs. In front of each name is a number representing the total number of occurences of the name prior to 1600. In the list of surnames, that number is followed by another number in parentheses representing the number of different parishes in which the name was found. Multiple occurences of a surname within a single Parish often indicates a family grouping. The list of surnames also includes some place and titular names, with a note in parentheses showing how the name was referenced in the original text, e.g. "Athol (countess of)." Only names which are dated prior to 1600 are included in this index.
Julian Goodwyn (mka Janell K. Lovelace)
jlovelac@dsava.com
Original version 22 May 1996
Web version 10 July 1997
bd
- Bedfordshire li
- Lincolnshire
bk
- Berkshire ms
- Middlesex
bu
- Buckinghamshire
nf
- Norfolk
ca
- Cambridgeshire np
- Northamptonshire
ch
- Cheshire
nb
- Northumberland
co
- Cornwall nt
- Nottinghamshire
cu
- Cumberland ox
- Oxfordshire
db
- Derbyshire
rt
- Rutland
dv
- Devon
sh
- Shropshire
do
- Dorset
sm
- Somerset
du
- Durham
st
- Staffordshire
es
- Essex
sf
- Suffolk
gl
- Gloucestershire
sy
- Surrey
ha
- Hampshire
sx
- Sussex
he
- Herefordshire
wk
- Warwickshire
ht
- Hertfordshire
wm
- Westmorland
hu
- Huntingdonshire
wt
- Wiltshire
kt
- Kent
wo
- Worcestershire
la
- Lancashire
yk
- Yorkshire
le
- Leicestershire