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Metcalfe: Origin, Geographical Distribution
In the Welsh, medd signifies a vale, a meadow, and caf, a cell, a chancel, a church, i. e., the church in the vale. The origin of the name, however, is given by tradition in this wise. In those days when bullfights were in vogue, in merry England, one of the enraged animals broke away from the combat, and was hotly pursued by horsemen. A certain John Strong happened to meet the bull on the top of a hill, and when attacked by the furious beast, he seized him in the nostrils with his left hand, and killed him. As he came to the foot of the hill, meeting several persons in the pursuit, he was inquired of whether he had met a bull; he replied he Met a calf and from this circumstance was called afterward John Metcalfe.
Metcalfe Surname Origin
Metcalfe: Place of Origin :  North Yorkshire (United Kingdom) |  West Yorkshire (United Kingdom) |  London (United Kingdom) |  County Durham (United Kingdom) |  Lincolnshire (United Kingdom) |  Lancashire (United Kingdom)
Metcalfe: Online Family Trees
METCALFE Brockdish (Norfolk, England, United Kingdom) 1854 - 1854
METCALFE Grande-Bretagne (United Kingdom) 1854 - 1854
METCALFE Kingston (Norfolk, England, United Kingdom) 1883 - 1883
METCALFE Norfolk,Īle Britannique,Est de l'Australie,Royaume-Uni (Norfolk, England, United Kingdom) 1884 - 1904
METCALFE Clapham, York (North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom) 1770 - 1770
METCALFE Cockfield (County Durham, England, United Kingdom) 1870 - 1870
METCALFE New Moor, Evenwood, Co Durham (County Durham, England, United Kingdom) 1835 - 1835
METCALFE St Helen Auckland (County Durham, England, United Kingdom) 1829 - 1829
METCALFE Staindrop, Co Durham (County Durham, England, United Kingdom) 1857 - 1857
METCALFE Thornton In Lonsdale (North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom) 1834 - 1834

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Metcalfe: Famous Genealogies
 The surname Metcalfe is related to the following famous family trees :
        BUSH Laura born WELCH Laura Lane (1946 - )
Metcalfe: Books that contain this surname
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METCALFEA genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... 2ndly, Frances, dau. of Sir Thomas Metcalfe, Knt. of Nappa, in the saine county, by whom he had two sons ...		 METCALFEA genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... m. Sarah, only dau. of James Metcalfe, Esq. of Roxton, co. Bedford, and d. 17 Feb. 1776, leaving three sons, ...
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