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Can You Tell Me Any Surnames That Are Historically Connected To The Village Of Wargrave?

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    The area was once part of the ancient Windsor forest which was cleared and farmed.
    The farmlands were rich and fertile and prospered.
    Some of the older names which were and still are connected to the area around Wargrave began as farming families.
    Many made fortunes from the rich farmlands.
    Many farms were converted into manors.

    Surnames  local to the area are Cotterell, Ford, Piggott, Silvers, Guy, Lewendons, Langford, Headington and the more unusual A'Bear.
    The name Bear features a lot in Berkshire. There is a Bear Ash, Bear Grove, Bear Place, Bear Hill. Hill Fram was the family home of the A'Bear family from around 1553 until 1895.
    The name Bear is recorded as far back as 1318.
    A bare was a swine pasture, dating back to Saxon times when many pigs were kept.
    A' means near or by.
    The name had family links to Jane Austine.
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