Origin of the name MANSION Back

Origin

BUSHNELL : (Dutch.) Bossen-hall, a faggot or wood-market, or a hall or mansion in the wood.

HAMILTON : Originally Hambleton, from the manor of Ham-bleton, in Buckinghamshire. William, third son of Robert, third Earl of Leicester, took that surname from the place of his birth, as above. He was the founder of the family of that name in Scotland, whither he went about the year 1215. The name is derived from Hamell, a mansion, the seat of a freeholder, and dun, an enclosure, a fortified place, a town.

HOUSE : A covering, a dwelling place, a mansion.

LEVENWORTH : (Welsh.) Local. From leven, the open or bare place, and worth, a farm, castle, or mansion, or the worth on the river Leven.

PARSHALL : Local. Park-hall, the hall, or mansion in the Park.

PENNANT : (Cor. Br.) From Pen, a head, and nant, a vale, or dingle; the head of the dingle; the principal mansion of the family, Bychton, in Wales, being situated at the head of a considerable dingle on the old family estate.

Origin of name provided by Jean Tosti

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