| ![Show Contents]() Lindoe History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
 England The name is thought to have meant "dweller at the Lime-Tree [Bluff or Ridge [Old English lind + hó, a (projecting) ridge, &c.] There is a Lindow (End) in Cheshire." [1] Early Origins of the Lindoe familyThe surname Lindoe was first found in "Lindall, in Furness, North Lancashire, a hamlet two miles from Ulverston. This became Lindaw, and then Lindow. Lindow has crossed the Duddon into Cumberland." [2] "Canon Bardsley, who was Vicar of Ulverston [Cumbria], records that Lindall (or Lindale), the name of a hamlet near that place, was locally weakened into Lindaw and then Lindow." [1] Lindal in Furness and Lindale are both found in Cumbria (formerly Cumberland.) Both date the 13th century c. 1220 and c. 1246, respectively. [3] Early records are very scarce, but we did find Elizabeth Lindoe, baptised at Ulverston in 1546. [2] The Lyndop and Lindop variants hail from Shropshire where Robert Lyndop was recorded in the 13th century. "There was a family of Lindop in Shrewsbury during the first half of last century." [4] Early History of the Lindoe familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lindoe research. Another 75 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1593, 1598, 1661 and 1662 are included under the topic Early Lindoe History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Lindoe Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Lindow, Lindoe, Lindo, Lindough, Lindowe and others. Early Notables of the Lindoe familyMore information is included under the topic Early Lindoe Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Lindoe familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..
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- Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
- Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
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