John Couch Adams Laneast is one of those small agricultural parishes to the west of Launceston. However, even small parishes could often take pride in some claim to fame. Laneast was the birthplace of John Couch Adams (1819-1892), a Cambridge professor who predicted the existence of the planet Neptune. Most residents of the parish in … Continue reading Laneast: escaping a life of farm labouring
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Calf, Cogar and Creeper
Here are three less common surnames, this time from nicknames or occupations. Calf was supposedly a nickname in English for a calf-like person (skittish maybe?), or perhaps for someone whose job was tending calves. Mary Calffe was buried at Bodmin in 1563 and the name was present from that point on in the Bodmin-Fowey district, … Continue reading Calf, Cogar and Creeper
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