Last Name LECHMERE

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Meaning Local: Of Lechmore, probably some more in the vicinity of Lechlade, a parish twenty eight miles fom Gloucester.
Local: This family originally came from the Low Countries. 'Lech' is a branch of the Rhine, which parts from it at Wyke, and running westward, falls into the Maes, before Rotterdam; 'mere,' a lake.
Origin English, Irish



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