---- Keith Briggs <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The early forms of Hardham rule out its having any connection with an element Ard- (PN Sx 128).
Agreed.
> There are several French places called Hauterive (cf. also Altrip in Germany); I don't see why Reaney is so sure that the surname Dawtrey comes from the one in Orne.
Neither do I. There are several instances where the British name was the source of a surname.
> PS: how did Reaney (died 1967) manage to publish a book in 2006?
Electronic edition, though it is likely the same as the last print edition.
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Tom Ikins
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