In 1890, Henry Brougham Guppy. M.B. (Edin.), published his ‘Homes of Family Names in Great Britain’. This is part of his entry for the county of Dorset
Dorset Names (L-Q)
August 15, 2008 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Dorset, Legg, Lodder, Loder, Lush, Mayo, Meatyard, Merch, Mullins, Munckton, Paul, Peach, Pittman, Pomeroy
Charles Herbert Mayo (1845-1929)
June 28, 2008 at 4:00 am (Biography, Genealogy)
Tags: Charles Herbert Mayo, Dorset, Folke, Longburton, Mayo
Charles Herbert Mayo was born in 1845 at Folke, a village in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale 3.5 miles south-east of Sherborne. He was the third of three children of William Mayo, the rector of Folke, and his wife Charlotte Dyer.