Last Name AMHERST

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Meaning	Local: From 'ham,' a town or village, and 'hurst' or 'herst,' a wood, the town in the wood, the "H" by custom, being dropped or silent. It may have been derived from 'Hamo,' who was sheriff in the county of Kent, in the time of William the Conqueror; a descendant of his was called 'Hamo de Herst,' and the Norman de, and the aspirate "h" being dropped - Amherst. 'Amhurst,' the connected grove, or conjoined woods; "am," in the British, as a prefix, has the sense of 'Amb,' 'amphi,' 'circum,' i. e., about, surrounding, encompassing; hence, the surrounding grove, or 'Amhurst.'

Origin	Anglo-Saxon, French, German

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