Welcome To My World Wide Website!
Thank you for sparing the time to visit my
little corner of the World Wide Web.
It has been created so that I might gain valuable experience in web design and
management and that family and friends all over the world might keep in
touch after recently relocating from the Midlands to Swanley in
Kent.
Contained within these pages you
will experience some of the wonderful poetry, music, books and people that
have influenced and brought me both joy and tears through the years.
I hope your visit is enjoyable and that you will come
again soon.
Last Updated 22 March, 2007
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The
English surname Washington is of local origin,
being one of those names that was descriptive of the place where the
original bearer once lived or held land. During the Middle Ages when the
system of surnames first evolved, it was inevitable that a man would be
identified by his place of origin. In this case, the surname is derived
from the place name Washington, this being the name of a parish in Durham,
five miles from Gateshead, and also of a parish in Sussex, ten miles from
Shoreham. The original bearer of this surname therefore, could have hailed
from either of these places. The place names are themselves derived from
the Old English personal name "Wassa", combined with the
locative suffix "thn", meaning "settlement,
homestead". Records of this surname in England date to the fourteenth
century. Ralph de Wassingeton was recorded in the Subsidy Rolls for Sussex
in 1327. John Wasshyngton was recorded in the Assizes for Lancashire for
the year 1401. We also read of one Laurence Washington who was registered
as a student in Oxford University in 1567. The University Registers for
1588 also show that a Christopher Washington was enrolled there at that
time. In 1780, one Thomas Read married a Mary Washington in St. George's
Chapel in Hanover Square, London. The most notable bearer of this surname
was Goerge Washington (1732-1799), the first president of the United
States (1789-97), who was the great-grandson of John Washington of
Northaniptonshire in England. Other persons of note who have borne this
name include Bushrod Washington (1762-1829), nephew of Goerge Washington,
who was a Supreme Court judge and Andrew David Washington (1968-Present)
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