| ![Show Contents]() Croysdale History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England Croysdale is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in Crossdale, in the county of Yorkshire. Early Origins of the Croysdale familyThe surname Croysdale was first found in Yorkshire, where the earliest record of the name occurs was of Johannes de Crosdale in 1379 who was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls in 1379. 1 Some of the family held estates at Waddington in the West Riding of Yorkshire since early times. "This place afforded an asylum to the unfortunate monarch Henry VI., who, after the battle of Hexham, was entertained at Waddington Hall, the property of the Croasdale family, and protected by concealment from the pursuit of his enemies for nearly twelve months." 2 There is no doubt that the name is from the Yorkshire/Lancashire borders but the local seems to have been lost over the years. Early History of the Croysdale familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Croysdale research. Another 53 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1379, 1688, 1737, 1751, 1762, 1768, 1776, 1778, 1782 and 1825 are included under the topic Early Croysdale History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Croysdale 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 Croysdale family name include Crossdale, Crosedill, Crosdale, Croasdale, Crossdell, Crosdell, Croasdell and many more. Early Notables of the Croysdale familyNotables of the family at this time include John Crossdill, born in London in 1751. He received his early musical education in the choir of Westminster Abbey under John Robinson and Benjamin Cooke. Upon quitting the choir he became a performer on the violoncello, and soon attained to considerable proficiency. In 1768 he became a member of the Royal Society of Musicians, and in the following year appeared at Gloucester, as principal violoncello at the meeting of the Three Choirs, a position which he continued to occupy until his...
Another 89 words (6 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Croysdale Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Croysdale 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 Croysdale surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Thomas Crossdale who arrived in Philadelphia in 1866.
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
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