Origin
BRECK : Local. An old word signifying broken, a gap; Brecca, an old law term which we find in old Latin deeds, was used to denote a breach, decay, or want of repair. Breck is also used in some parts of England to denote pasture. Breck, Gaelic, is a wolf or wild savage.
BUSHWELL : Local. Bushwild. From bush and well, wild, wold, a wood, a lawn, or plain; an uncultivated bushy place; Bushfeldt, the bushy field.
COWAN : (Gaelic.) Gobhainn, a smith; Gowan, a Scottish word for a wild flower.
DE WILDE : Local. Wildau, called by the Germans Die Wilde, is a town of Poland, situated near the confluence of the rivers Wilia and Wiln, from whence its mjme is derived. Wild, a wilderness.
DRISCOL : (Celtic and Gaelic.) Local. From dreas and coill, a thicket of briars, the place of wild roses.
HASWELL : (Dutch or Germ.) Hasveldt, from Hase, a river in Westphalia, and veldt, a field, corrupted into well; or from Wald, German, a wood or forest, the forest on the Hase. The name may also signify the misty place, or the Wild or field of hares, from Haas, Dutch, a hare.
MALLARD : (Belgic.) A wild drake. Meallard, local, Gaelic, a high mound, a hill or eminence, from meall, a hill, and ard, high.
MEHIN : (Welsh.) Mochyn, a pig; Gaelic, Mac, a wild boar.
SEWALL : Probably from sea and wall, a structure of stone or other materials intended for a defense or security against the sea. This name, though seemingly local, may have various significations; suil, in the Gaelic, is a willow; suail, small, inconsiderable. Su, south, and wold, wald, wild, well, an uncultivated place, a wood, a plain, a lawn, hills without wood: Suwold, Suwall, Suwell.
SEWELL : Probably from sea and wall, a structure of stone or other materials intended for a defense or security against the sea. This name, though seemingly local, may have various significations; suil, in the Gaelic, is a willow; suail, small, inconsiderable. Su, south, and wold, wald, wild, well, an uncultivated place, a wood, a plain, a lawn, hills without wood: Suwold, Suwall, Suwell.
TURNBULL : This name had its origin in some feat of personal strength or courage. There is the following tradition of its origin: A strong man of the name of Rud, having turned a wild bull by the head, which violently ran against King Robert Bruce in Stirling Park, received from the king the lands of Bedrule, and the name of Turnbull.
WILTSHIRE : Local. A county in England; Welsh, guyld, a wild, forest, a desert, and shire, a division, a county.
YORK : Local. A city in England next in esteem to London. Verstegan derives its name from Eure-ric or Eouer-ric, of Euere, a wild boar, and ryc, a refuge; a retreat from the wild boars which were in the forest of Gautries. The Romans called the city Eboracum; it is memorable for the death of two emperors, Severus and Constantius Chlorus, and for the nativity of Constantine the Great.
Origin of name provided by Jean Tosti
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