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This surprisingly rare surname is of Olde English and Anglo-Saxon pre 7th century origins.
It is locational from the village of Longhirst in the county of Northumberland, or topographically from residence by a 'long wood'.
The development is from the ancient phrase 'lang-hyrst', with the village of Longhirst being actually recorded as "Langherst" in the Curia Regis Rolls of King John during the years 1199 - 1204.
In the period of history known as the Middle Ages, when migration for the purpose of job seeking was becoming more common, people often took their former village name as a means of identification.
This resulted in a wide dispersal of the name; the surname is first recorded in the early half of the 13th century (see below), and can also be found as Langhurst.
Early examples of the surname recording include Robert de Longehurst in the Subsidy Rolls of Sussex in 1332,
whilst recordings from the early surviving church registers of the diocese of Greater London include the christening of Henry Longhurst,
son of Henry and Elizabeth Longhurst, on June 12th 1695 at St. Dunstan's in the East, Stepney;
and
the marriage of Walter Longhurst and Martha Andrews on November 20th 1701 at St. Paul's, Covent Garden, in the city of Westminster.
I believe I located the father of Walter Longhurst and Martha Andrews on November 20th 1701 at St. Paul's, Covent Garden, in the city of Westminster. at Family Search [ Awaiting verification ]
Ancestral line of Alfred Thomas Burton Longhurst.
John LONGHURST (born c1515, lived in Surrey, England) / Amy ________ [ 1515 ]
Walter LONGHURST (born c1550, lived in Surrey) / Ames DIGGINS
Note: Cam Longhurst did post your information in a text tree
Patricia Diane GODINEZ (San Diego, California)
Joseph LONGHURST/ Sarah HAYSMAN
James LONGHURST/ Flora MACDONALD
Archibald John LONGHURST (Sr.) / Mary Martha LOOKER
Archibald Walter LONGHURST (Jr.) / Fannie Esther BURTON
Archibald Thomas LONGHURST/ Alice Violet SQUIRES
Alfred Thomas Burton LONGHURST (first marriage)/ Joy Tatiana PODGORENCO
Ramon GODINEZ/ Patricia Diane LONGHURST
The
above information
was supplied by
Cameron Archibald
LONGHURST [
camlonghurst@yahoo.ca
] in 7/19/2018Joseph
LONGHURST/ Sarah
HAYSMAN
James LONGHURST/
Flora MACDONALD
Archibald John
LONGHURST (Sr.) /
Mary Martha LOOKER
Archibald Walter
LONGHURST (Jr.) /
Fannie Esther BURTON
Archibald Thomas
LONGHURST/ Alice
Violet SQUIRES
Alfred Thomas Burton
LONGHURST / Theresa
Mary BURKE
Cameron Archibald
LONGHURST