Last Name LAMCASHIRE

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Meaning	Local: From Lancashire. Oddly enough we often find these county names well represented in the very shire which the bearers had left to seek their furtunes. The explanation is, these wanderers hgig not go far , probably over the border only, into the next county, and their sons or grandson were likely to return, bearing the surname that had been given to them in the place of their brief sojourn.

Origin	English

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