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Origin / History  of the Longhurst Name

Surprisingly rare, Longhurst is of Olde English and Anglo-Saxon pre-7^th Century origins, and can also be found as Langhurst.  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 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, resulting in a wide dispersal of the name.  First recorded in the early half of the 13^th Century, the spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Richard de Langherst. Dated 1221, in the Curia Regis rolls of Surrey.  Other early examples include: Robert de Longehurst in the Subsidy Rolls of Sussex in 1332; Henry Longhurst, son of Henry and Elizabeth Longhurst 1695 St. Dunstan's in the East, Stepney; and the marriage of Walter Longhurst and Martha Andrews 1701 St. Paul's, Westminster.  

Coat of Arms / Crest
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A coat of arms granted to the a member of the family and has the blazon of a black shield charged with five silver bendlets, and overall a red chevron.  However, it is not known when or to whom this was awarded.

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