| ![Show Contents]() Baistow History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Etymology of BaistowWhat does the name Baistow mean? Baistow is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in Yorkshire, where they took their name from Bairstow in West Yorkshire. The place-name is derived from the Old English terms beger, for berries, and stow, for grow. It referred to "the place where berries are grown". 1 Early Origins of the Baistow familyThe surname Baistow was first found in Yorkshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times, long before the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 A.D. Alternatively, the Barton variant could have originated at Barston, a parish, in the union of Solihull, Solihull division of the hundred of Hemlingford in Warwickshire. "In Domesday Book it is written Bercestone, the name, it is supposed, of a possessor in the time of the Saxons. It was anciently given to the Knights Templars and the Hospitallers." 2 Early History of the Baistow familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Baistow research. Another 27 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Baistow History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Baistow 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 Baistow family name include Barstow, Bairstow, Bairstoe, Barstoe and others. Early Notables of the Baistow familyMore information is included under the topic Early Baistow Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Baistow 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 Baistow surname or a spelling variation of the name include: George and William Barstow who settled in Massachusetts in 1620; George Barstow settled in Boston, Massachusetts in 1663; William Bairstow arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1872..
- Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
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