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![Show Contents]() Bythewater History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Bythewater is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived on the waterfront. The name means "dweller by the water," and refers to residence near a river, lake, or coast. Early Origins of the Bythewater familyThe surname Bythewater was first found in West Yorkshire at Allerton Bywater, a semi-rural village and civil parish in the south-east of City of Leeds. Today Allerton Bywater is made up of old mining villages including: Brigshaw, Hollinhurst and Bowers Row and is famous for its Allerton pottery. Looking back into history, the village dates back to the Domesday Book where it was listed as Alretune, but by 1430, the village was listed as "Allerton by ye water." The "water" reference is the River Aire. Allerton literally means "farmstead or village where alder-trees grow" from the Old English words alor + tun. 1 Early History of the Bythewater familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bythewater research. Another 233 words (17 lines of text) covering the years 1219, 1279, 1327, 1379, 1500, 1597 and 1666 are included under the topic Early Bythewater History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Bythewater Spelling VariationsSound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Bythewater family name include Bywater, Biwater, Byewater, Bithewater, Bipewatere, Beyewatyr, Bythewater, Bethewater and many more. Early Notables of the Bythewater familyMore information is included under the topic Early Bythewater Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Bythewater familyFor political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Bythewater surname or a spelling variation of the name include: G. Bywater who arrived in New Jersey in 1675.
- Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
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