Show ContentsWarmouth History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The name Warmouth is derived from the River Wear + the word "mouth," collectively "wearmouth" denoting someone who lived at the mouth of the River Wear.

Early Origins of the Warmouth family

The surname Warmouth was first found in Sunderland, a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. This is home to Bishopwearmouth, Monkwearmouth, Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey, Wearmouth Bridge and Wearmouth Colliery. Bishopwearmouth (on the south side of the River Wear, settled in 930), Monkwearmouth (on the north side of the River Wear, settled in 674) were two of the original three settlements on the banks of the River Wear that merged to form modern Sunderland.

Early History of the Warmouth family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Warmouth research. Another 128 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1153, 1448, 1455, 1487, 1510, 1554 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Warmouth History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Warmouth Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Warmouth, Wearmouth, Wermouth, Warmooth and others.

Early Notables of the Warmouth family

Distinguished members of the family include

  • the Warmouth family of Newcastle

Migration of the Warmouth family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..


Prince of Wales colliery
  • Mr. William Warmouth (b. 1856), Welsh coal miner who was working at the Prince of Wales Colliery in Abercarn, Wales on the 11th September 1878 when there was a coal mine explosion; he died 1


  1. Entombed in flood and flame (retrieved 3rd August 2021). Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20120603025705/http://www.crosskeys.me.uk/history/prince.htm


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