Re: Gawthrop family - Cambridgeshire, Englnd
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In reply to:
Gawthrop family - Cambridgeshire, Englnd
12/05/99
Colin Huggins wrote: Although there are many variations of the surname (Gawthroup, Gawthrope, Galthrop, Galtrop, Gawthorp, and many others), it seems likely that the name would have sprung from the northern village of Gawthorpe in Yorkshire.
For the record, there is one small village called Gawthrop (spelled G-A-W-T-H-R-O-P)
about 1000 yardswest of Dent, Southeast of Sedbergh.I know of no other village in England with that specific spelling.