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Barn
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Discussion of the name
Barn is an Old Norse masculine name probably derived from barn ‘child’ and originating as a byname (von Feilitzen 1937: 192; Fellows Jensen 1968: 48-9).There are no pre-Domesday occurrences of this name in the PASE corpus.
Bibliography
von Feilitzen 1937: Olof von Feilitzen, The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book, Nomina Germanica 3 (Uppsala: Almqvist and Wiksells, 1937)Forms of the name
Spellings in Domesday Book: BarForms in modern scholarship:
von Feilitzen head forms: Barn
Phillimore edition: Barn
Alecto edition: Barn, Beorn
Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB
List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB
Holder 1066
Shire | Phil. ref. | Vill | DB Spelling | Holder 1066 | Lord 1066 | Tenant-in-Chief 1086 | 1086 Subtenant | Fiscal Value | 1066 Value | 1086 Value | Conf. | Show on Map |
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Suffolk | 3,61 | Westerfield | Bar | Barn 'of Westerfield' | Ralph the staller | Alan, count | Norman 'of Westerfield | 1.00 | 0.50 | 1.00 | E | Map |
Yorkshire | CE2 | Ellerton | Bar | Barn 'of Ellerton' | - | William, king | - | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | D | Map |
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