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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. vn. AUG. 28, 1920.

CURIOUS SURNAMES (12 S. vi. 68, 115, 196, 238, 282, 302, 321 ; vii. 15, 34, 95, 137). The late war brought to light an extra- ordinary number of unusual surnames, which, excepting for their having been passed by the authorities as officially correct, few people I imagine would believe to be genuine. Curiosity prompted me to make a record of them as they appeared in the official lists, of which the casualty lists I regret to say, supplied the greater part, but which are for ever imperishable on the "Roll of Honour."

It may I think, be safely inferred that the majority of these names originated with "foundlings." Appended are a few of the more extraordinary in roughly alphabetical order : -

Ashplant, Allbones, Ann, Anne.

Bible, Boast, Barefoot, Bacchus, Bolster, Blott, Bliss, Brain, Brims, Beer, Blacklake, Beat-land, Boney, Breakall, Bloomer, Berliner (" K.G.A.") Brotherhood, Braverman.

Cowderoy, Capstick, Cain, Carbines, Clubb, Cow, Cattle.

Dear, Duce, Dippie, Dryman, Dust, Dolly, Drown, Dandy.

Eatwell.

Fogg, Flowerdew, Frame, Flory, Friday, Fright, Fairgrieve, Fullalove.

Gout, Gass, Goldseller, Goamari, Garlike, Gush, Groundwater, Goard, Gott, Gunnery, Goodchap, Godsave, Gallantry, Codbold, Gossip, Good- heart.

Height, Hullcoop, Hobkirk, Hatfull, Horspool, Hogben, Hoe, Hoy.

Kick, Kissen, Knuckey, Killinf;back.

Mars, Memory, Mizen, Male, Marrable, Manifold, Manlove, Marksman, Mines, Middlemiss, Minister, Marseilles, Motion, Mooney, Mustard, Main piece,

Neighbour, Newborn, Negus.

Officer, Oxspring.

Plaister, Pickles, Pickup, Pegg, Pass, Pappa, Pigg, Profit, Passenger, Phenix, Pipe, Pluck- rose, Penman, Prophet, Pillow.

Quickfall.

Boots, Rash, Ragless, Roadknight.

Slim, Shine, Sherry, Suff, Snowball, Spain, Sadd, Sowerbutts, Sequin, Surplice, Shackles, Sugar, Spendlove, Silvertop, Shott, Smellie, Sleep, Stokol, Spankie.

Tawney, Twelves, Tortoiseshell, Thunder, Thoday, Teaz, Turnpenny, Thin, Trout, Tue, Tee, Tomkiss, Turk, Tackaberry, Tirebuck, Twelve- trees, Tallerman.

Urry.

Venus, Virgin.

Whale, Whincup, Wildman, Wooliams, Windmill, Wildeblood.

Since completing this list I have met with a surname more surprising than any, for in the report of a motor accident case in a Bath newspaper for April 19 last, one of the witnesses rejoiced in the name of "Hogs-

flesh," and this patronymic may be found in the current Bath Directory. How it was derived it is difficult to conjecture.

D. K. T.

Hogsflesh was the unusual name of the two sisters who kept tile seminary for young, ladies at Townley House, Chatham Street, Ramsgate, famous for awhile as the residence of Queen Victoria in her girlhood days, and often referred to in the pages of 4 N. & Q.' Tbe Misses Hogsflesh were moved to change their name to Hoffleck.

CECIL CLARKE.

Junior Athenaeum Club.

JOHN AIKTN'S EXCURSIONS (12 S. vii. 81).. To the notes on the above pages it might be desirable to add the following as elucidatory matter. ^

"Mr. Bright of Ham Green." This was undoubtedly Richard Bright who-, in 1783, had married Sarah daughter of Benjamin Heywood. of the firm of Arthur and Ben- jamin Hey wood of Liverpool, Bankers. Benjamin went to Manchester in 1788, and,, with his sons Benjamin Arthur, and Nathaniel, commenced a banking business which became famous. The lavst named,. Nathaniel, married in 1791, Anne Percival r daughter of Mr. Percival, and of the lady mentioned in a subsequent note. Aikin's connexions both with Liverpool and Man- chester had brought him into friendly touch with all these people.

There is a slight slip as to Dr. Currie. He died and was buried at Sidmouth, co. Devon, and not at Bath. The son, Wm. Wallace Carrie, became the first mayor of Liverpool after the passing of the Municipal Reform Act, 1836. J. H. K.

STAINSBY HOUSE, HORSLEY WOODHOUSE,- DERBY (12 S. vii. .129). About 1676, Stainsby House was the property and resi- dence of George More, by whom it was sold in 1712 to John Fletcher, Esq., Sheriff of the county in 1732. In 1783, it was pur- chased of the assignees of his nephew and devisee John Barber, by Mr. Samuel Buxton. who in 1785 sold it to Edward Sacheverell Wilmot Sitwell, Esq. The old house was greatly enlarged by the late Edward Degge W. Sitwell, Esq., in 1839, when a portico was erected on the north side,, and new domestic offices with brewhouse,, extensive cellerage, new stables, coach- houses, &c., were constructed. A very; spacious and handsome drawing-room wa$^