On 24 Jan, Dan <daniel46(a)missconet.com> wrote:
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The Cartmell name derives from "kert" (a camp or
fortification)
and "mell" (a fell);
Alternatively from kartr (Old Norse) - rocky ground and melr (Old Norse) -
sandbank; thus having the opposite (same!) meaning as mollusc (hard-soft or
soft-hard). Those of you knowing the location of Cartmel will understand
the imagery of the hard rocks of Cartmel Fell jutting out into the soft
sands of Morecambe Bay.
originated in Northumberland,
In early times much of Northern
England was part of Strathclyde (now
limited to south-west Scotland) and other times Northumbria. This is quite
separate from the county of Northumberland.
the township of Cartmel lies in Lancashire,
as was until 1974 -
now Cumbria.
Cartmel [Priory] Church dates to
about 1200 but there was a
place of worship somewhere else in the township
from about:
A.D. 677;
Nathaniel Cartmill and wife Dorothy came from Ireland to Pennsylvania
in
1685
which means we have a double migration so need to look in Ireland for
clues for their family's move from England. At this date this could well
be impossible as many of the church records were in the hands of
illiterates.
--
John Cartmell - Manchester UK
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