Layland in England
Hello everyone in the States, having just entered my surname, I came across all your correspondence and thought this may be of distant interest. I have not researched very far back and this was done some years ago. Also I do not know how much you know about England and the UK, so apologies in advance if you know of this background and indeed any of this information.
Layland and Leyland are distinct surnames, the latter being the most common and famous (car and lorry [truck] manufacturers). Until 400 years ago, only christaian names were used for ordinary folk. Then as communities grew and travelled more, individuals became known as George from Leyland, or other variations eg David, son of John (David Johnson). The registering of names until the last two hundred years or so was somewhat haphazard due to the vast majority of people not being able to read or write, hence the Registrar spelling surnames as they were spoken and the probability that Leyland (as the town in the county of Lancashire, England,) became Layland as people moved around the country. There is also the genealogical possibility that Layland is derived from Lay of the land (farming) or from the ancient magnegtic Lay lines that provided intuitive directional guidance.
I have not gone very far back, but my father Frederick Percival Layland (27th Jan 1921) married Margaret Barbara Hatchett in 1947 at Shepherds Bush, West London. I am the eldest of 3 boys (Alan, Ron and Greg). My Dad was a lorry driver with 3 sisters, Maud, Lillian and Ivy Layland, and their Dad worked in Chelsea Flour Mills as a bread baker / journeyman (Richard Layland) living in Fulham, London. Richard Layland would have been born before the turn of the century I suspect.
Official documents show other Laylands of Dad's age in the same areas of London during the 1920s, some with the mother's maiden name of Clarke, others with Harvell. Some of the Layland / Harvells moved to Romford on the Essex borders of London. Co-incidentally myself and Ron both moved there 20 years ago, but can find no record of them to date.
I have recently come across other Laylands by pure chance, one in Kent whose family background was in South London, another from Leyland in Lancashire who spelt his name Layland.
You have now rekindled my interest and therefore will make use of the modern research systems to find out more. Please feel free to make contact if I can be of further help in your quest. Are we related ? I will update in due course.
Best wishes Alan.
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