The Anglo-Saxon name Carslaw comes from when the family resided in the settlement of Kearsley in Lancashire. The surname Carslaw belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxonhabitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.
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Early Origins of the Carslaw family
The surname Carslaw was first found in Lancashire at Kearsley, now part of Greater Manchester. The first records of the place were found in 1187 when it was spelt Cherselawe and a few years later as Kereleie (c. 1220. ) The name literally means "clearing where cress grows" having derived from the Old English words caerse + leah. 1 There is another Kearsley, a township in the parish of Stamfordham, in Northumberland, but this township has remained rather small in comparison as a census in the late 1800s listed only 11 inhabitants, while the former township in Lancashire had 3,436 inhabitants in the same census.
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Early History of the Carslaw family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Carslaw research. Another 87 words (6 lines of text) covering the year 1210 is included under the topic Early Carslaw History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Carslaw Spelling Variations
Before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago, spelling variations of names were a common occurrence. Elements of Latin, French and other languages became incorporated into English through the Middle Ages, and name spellings changed even among the literate. The variations of the surname Carslaw include Kearsley, Kearsey, Keasley, Kersley and others.
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Early Notables of the Carslaw family
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Migration of the Carslaw family
A great wave of immigration to the New World was the result of the enormous political and religious disarray that struck England at that time. Families left for the New World in extremely large numbers. The long journey was the end of many immigrants and many more arrived sick and starving. Still, those who made it were rewarded with an opportunity far greater than they had known at home in England. These emigrant families went on to make significant contributions to these emerging colonies in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers carried this name or one of its variants: James Kearsley settled in Philadelphia in 1859.
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