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Fell: Origin, Geographical Distribution
Fel, in the Dutch, signifies fierce, furious, violent; also local, a rocky place, barren and stony hills; any uninclosed place; a moor, a valley. A short time since, a tradesman named James Fell migrated from Ludgate Hill to Fleet-street, and announced the event in the following manner: I, Fell, from Ludgate Hill; under which a wag wrote, Oh what a fall was there, my countryman ! Lower.
Fell Surname Origin
Fell: Place of Origin :  Lancashire (United Kingdom) |  Oxfordshire (United Kingdom) |  London (United Kingdom) |  Buckinghamshire (United Kingdom) |  Cumbria (United Kingdom) |  County Durham (United Kingdom)
Fell: Online Family Trees
FELL East Worldham Southamton Angleterre (United Kingdom) 1884 - 1884
FELL Ambleside, Westmorland (Cumbria, England, United Kingdom) 1842 - 1848
FELL Isle Of Walney, Barrow-In-Furness (Lancashire, England, United Kingdom) 1803 - 1803
FELL Lancashire (Lancashire, England, United Kingdom) 1626 - 1626
FELL Isle Of Man (Isle Of Man, Isle Of Man, United Kingdom) 1840 - 1840
FELL Long Preston, Yorkshire (Lancashire, England, United Kingdom) 1812 - 1812
FELL Clitheroe (Lancashire, England, United Kingdom) 1878 - 1878
FELL Kendal,Westmoreland (Cumbria, England, United Kingdom) 1909 - 1909
FELL Southwick (County Durham, England, United Kingdom) 1889 - 1889
FELL Sunderland (County Durham, England, United Kingdom) 1915 - 1972

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Fell: Books that contain this surname
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FELLHistory of the county of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Author: Albert, George Dallas, ed - Published in 1882
... Rebecca, daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca Fell. Her parents moved to Rostraver in 1783, from Bucks County, Pa. The first ...		 FELLPast and present of Will County, Illinois (Volume 2)
Author: Stevens, William Wallace, b. 1832 - Published in 1907
... in Canada, a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Rainsthorp) Fell, who were natives of England, whence they emigrated to Canada ...
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