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Burrow Family History

This interesting surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is either a topographical or locational name. As a topographical name Burrow derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century "beorg", Old High German "berg", a hill, mountain, or the Olde English "burh", fort; hence, "dweller by the hill/fort". As a locational name it may be from a number of places called Burrow. Burrow in Leicestershire is recorded as "Burg" in the Domesday Book of 1086, in Lancashire near Lancaster as "Burg" in the 1200 Cockersand Chartulary, and in Lancashire as "Borch" in the Domesday Book, and is from the Olde English "burh", fort.