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Pile: Origin, Geographical Distribution
A name adopted probably by one of the crusaders, from a place near Jerusalem, which, according to Sir John Mandeville, men clepen Mount-Joye, for it gevethe joye to pilgrymes hertes, be cause that there men seen first Jerusalem a full fair place, and a delicyous. Lower says, Some religious houses in England had their Mountjoys, a name given to eminences where the first view of the sacred edifice was to be obtained. This name is still retained in a division of the hundred of Battel, not far from the remains of the majestic pile reared by William the Conqueror. Boyer defines 'Mont-joie' as a heap of stones made by a French army, as a monument of victory.
Pile Surname Origin
Spelling Variations : PILLET | PILET | PILÉ | PILLE
Pile: Place of Origin :  Devon (United Kingdom) |  London (United Kingdom) |  Wiltshire (United Kingdom) |  Somerset (United Kingdom) |  Norfolk (United Kingdom) |  Hampshire (United Kingdom)
Pile: Online Family Trees
PILE Otterton, Ex9, Royaume Uni (Devon, England, United Kingdom) 1811 - 1811
PILE Uffculme (Devon, England, United Kingdom) 1819 - 1819
PILE Babton,Gb-, (Angleterre),Royaume-Uni (England, United Kingdom) 1561 - 1561
PILE Dinton,Gb-, (Angleterre),Royaume-Uni (England, United Kingdom) 1647 - 1647
PILE Wiltshire,Gb-, (Angleterre),Royaume-Uni (Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom) 1581 - 1581
PILE Kensington (London, England, United Kingdom) 1659 - 1659
PILE Egerton (Kent, England, United Kingdom) 1748 - 1748
PILE Little Bourton Oxford (Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom) 1892 - 1892
PILE Woodbury Devon (Devon, England, United Kingdom) 1892 - 1892
PILE Cirencester, Glos (United Kingdom) 1864 - 1864

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Pile: Books that contain this surname
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PILEA genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... dau. and heiress of Sir Francis Pile, Bart, of Compton Beauchamp, co. Berks, and had issue, ...		 PILESamuel Carpenter and his descendants
Author: Carpenter, Edward, 1813-1889 - Published in 1912
... Salem County, and granddaughter of John Pile who owned the whole township of Pilesgrove. She was born Dec. 21, 1723. ...
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