Early Origins of the Burwood family
The surname Burwood was first found in
Berwickshire where they were a family of great antiquity deriving their surname from Berwick or Barwick, which, when arriving south in
England in the early 15th century became Burwood, Berwood, Burward, Burwald.
There is also a Burwood in Shropshire which dates back centuries. Burwardsley is found in Cheshire and dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 when it was first listed as Burwardeslei. Literally this place name means "woodland clearing of the fort-keeper, or of a man called Buregweard." [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Early History of the Burwood family
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Burwood Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Burwood, Barwood, Burward, Burwald, Burwarde, Barwick, Berward, Berwood, Birwood, Burrwood, Berwoughdon, Berwaughdon and many more.
Early Notables of the Burwood family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the Burwood family to the New World and Oceana
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Charles Berwald arrived in Pennsylvania in 1864.
Contemporary Notables of the name Burwood (post 1700)
- Gordon Burwood, Canadian Soft drink executive
- James Burwood, Lawyer, New York
- Brigadier Stanley Burwood Holder (b. 1891), Australian Paymaster-in-Chief, Army Headquarters from 1943 to 1945 [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, August 30) Stanley Holder. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Holder/Stanley_Burwood/Australia.html