Bayldon History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Bayldon family

The surname Bayldon was first found in the West Riding of Yorkshire at Baildon, chapelry, under Gilbert's act, in the parish of Otley, Upper division of the wapentake of Skyrack. "The village of Baildon is situated on an eminence, overlooking the valley of the Aire, in which is a waterfall. In the centre of the village is an ancient cross; and fairs are held on the 2nd of March, and the 4th of November." 1 2

The first record of the family was Hugh de Beyldon, who was listed in Yorkshire in the Assize Rolls of 1251. Over one hundred years later, Henry de Bayldon was listed in the Feet of Fines for Yorkshire in 1372. 3

Further to the north in Scotland, "Patrick Baldon was a priest of the diocese of Ross in 1444. William Baldon appears as perpetual vicar of Inverness, 1536, and Robert Baldon was part tenant in Akinhede, 1565. W. Paley Baildon (Baildon and the Baildons, l, p. 78-79) gives 57 ways in which his family name has been spelled in recent years and 64 old spellings from records." 4

Early History of the Bayldon family

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Bayldon Spelling Variations

Sound 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 Bayldon family name include Baildon, Bayldon, Baldon and others.

Early Notables of the Bayldon family

Distinguished members of the family include Joseph Baildon, "a gentleman of the Chapel Royal, and lay-vicar of Westminster Abbey in the middle of the 18th century. In 1763 he obtained one of the first prizes given by the Catch Club for a catch, and in 1766 was awarded a prize for his fine glee, 'When gay Bacchus fills my breast.' In 1763...
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Migration of the Bayldon family

For 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 Bayldon surname or a spelling variation of the name include: William Baldon who settled in Virginia in 1635; Francis Balding settled in Virginia in 1635; Thomas Balding settled in Jamaica in 1661.

Contemporary Notables of the name Bayldon (post 1700) +

Albert Geoffrey Bayldon (1924-2017), English actor, best known for his starring role in the children's series Catweazle (1970–1971)
Francis Joseph Bayldon (1872-1948), Australian master mariner and nautical instructor
Geoffrey Bayldon (b. 1924), British actor

Citations +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)