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HASSALL Family History

This unusual surname recorded as Hassell and Hassall, is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and has two possible sources. The first of these is locational, from the place in Cheshire called 'Hassall', which is first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as 'Eteshale'. The placename means 'Haett's hollow or nook', derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name 'Haett' or 'Hat(t)', with 'halh', a nook or recess. The first element of the placename may also be 'haetse', meaning 'witch'. The second possible source is topographical, and denotes residence by or near the hazel (trees), derived from the Olde English 'haesel', Olde Norse 'hesh'.