Many of us are Saxons - surnames ending in 'ham' to 'ton' for instance.....

that's why Norfolk has so many place names with the same two suffixes.

Posted By: Kirrie on August 10th 2016 at 14:01:10

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The Normans were originally Vikingses. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 10, 11:18:57
- Also known as the Russ (General Chat) - Claygate_Canary, Aug 10, 15:59:36
- General rule of thumb (General Chat) - Pit, Aug 10, 14:08:07
  - wahoo, blonde of hair (when I had hair) and eyes of Blue - VIKING (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Aug 10, 14:13:01
    - Jump in a long boat Jumbo and row off into the sunset ! (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Aug 10, 14:52:17
- Many of us are Saxons - surnames ending in 'ham' to 'ton' for instance..... (General Chat) - Kirrie, Aug 10, 14:01:10
  - what about ings and leys? (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Aug 10, 14:06:26
    - With the surname Ley (or Lee) it was prefixed with an indication of personal traits... (General Chat) - Pixelman, Aug 10, 14:38:21
      - I'm a Viking (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Aug 10, 14:42:28
- Uncontrolled immigration. We'd be a nation of Roy Keaneses without that (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Aug 10, 13:54:04
- The Vikings were in Norfolk way before the Normans (General Chat) - Grans_Canary, Aug 10, 13:12:30
- My Dad was a Norman (General Chat) - lurd, Aug 10, 11:58:31
  - I'm not sure if I'm a Viking (General Chat) - Molmans Custard, Aug 10, 12:04:28
- only in 3.6% of you (General Chat) - CWC, Aug 10, 11:52:53
- Norman for Norfolk (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Aug 10, 11:23:57
  - 👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Aug 10, 11:49:17
- Even Norman Wisdom? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Aug 10, 11:22:52

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