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Vinny Samways used to play for Spurs in the 80s !!!...one of the many useless facts my brain retains lol.
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I always thought the name had French connections Joyce. But I am sure it causes comment real or perseived!

Hi Chris and all,
Yes the 'bastard' surname is genuine and I sometimes get funny looks when asked a certain persons maiden name when filling in application forms....we did originate from France and came across to England in 1066...so far have found distant relatives all over the globe but especially in Devon.....long may we reign .
Regards
Joyce

All the Bastards in my family are without the capital letter but we do have Hoar and Samways which are not particularly remarkable around here.

We would look twice at a name like Utterthwaite or Higginbottom though. They would be interlopers!

And there are those names which appear to originate in the north, two come to mind, Ramsbottom, Higginbottom.

Woodcock isnt a silly name thats one of my dearest friends name :-D

i know someone called woodcock! ,
oh i can feel the silly names thread starting off again lol,
will look farward to it., sorry to go off thread. :-D :-D :-D :-D

Yes it wouldn't be nice now would it? But back in the 40s nobody thought anything of it. I would imagine nowadays the emphasis would be on the second syllable. I did used to know somebody called J...... Cock.

I would hate the name B****D its an 'orrible name, as you can see I no wonderful names in my FT all boring but I love them dearly :-D

Lol Island, he looked like a crow. I went to a C of E school and he used to take us for 'Scripture' (as it was then called), he'd be all in black and he had a long hooked nose.

we had a thread on here a couple of yrs ago about unusual surnames,it had me crying with laughter,some of the names given to children were outrageous. :-D :-D :-D

'Scuse me Island.
I think you'll find that lots of the TART family lived near here in Kent.

Gwyn

Oh cooee Mr Fen-Tone~~~~~~~~
Did you put me in as Alma Island? LOL


That's so funny Ann - did he have his own exclusive tart and vicar party :-D

*Looks round for Polly* Nope, she's not here! :-D

I used to go to school with somebody with the surname Bastard. In the 40s we didn't think anything of it and yes, it was in Fareham.

And if I remember right the vicars name was Hoar.

Barse Island..........cos it rhymes with Harse.

'Bass' or 'Barse' Prickles? ;-)

Bastard...............there,....... i've said it! :-D

I hadn't noticed 'retrieve for more results before Chris. I just put my surname in.....4,500...I didn't know we were that common. Duplicates! I say Duplicates! :-D

Going back to 'Bastard', as a surname I believe the first 'a' is silent

Hi Island

Out of curiousity I searched my maiden name again and beside - 300 names for............... is 'retrieve for more results' - which I did and kept pressing and came up with 1645!!!! My married name comes up with 4500!!!

I could be in for more searching on my trees.