Dalwood here and there - around the world


		Dalwood here and there - around the world
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	Dalwood here and there Our research Dalwood transcriptions My family South Australia Sources Overland Telegraph Site map Search this site email me DALWOOD FAMILY DATABASE WARNING Please use the family data as a guide, but you must CHECK IT FOR YOURSELF! Some of this family information is well substantiated, but it should be used only as a starting point for your research, and NOT be assumed by it. My database is the product of incomplete research and is not up to date. It contains assumptions which may prove to be incorrect with more research. Names, dates, places and relationships are not necessarily confirmed to the extent normally considered appropriate for genealogy and family history purposes. Please contact me for further details if you see something of interest. I would be pleased to share information with you, but for your protection, and mine, I reserve the right to explain and qualify it. 1135+?+	The name Meaning The name Dalwood simply means 'valley wood' or 'dale in the wood'. As such it is a locative surname, referring to a kind of place, probably where the first bearers of the name lived. There are several identified variations to the spelling, many of which seem to be simply errors. For example, 'Delwood' and 'Dallwood' are occasionally encountered in modern times. Early variants such as 'Dilwode' and 'Dilwodde' may be similar variations appropriate to the period. Pronunciation In Australia, the name is usually pronounced with the 'Dal' rhyming with 'pal'. Occasionally, but rarely by family members, it is said with the 'Dal' rhyming with 'tall'. In Somerset, for example in Stoke sub Hamdon, it is heard with the 'Dal' sounding more like 'doll'. Many early parish register entries for Stoke sub Hamdon spell the name 'Dollwood'. Occurrences Although the name is moderately rare, there are nevertheless, people, places and businesses around the world carrying the Dalwood name. This is not meant to be a substitute for your own search for 'Dalwood' with an internet search engine, or two. You can do that just as readily as I can, and your results will be more up-to-date than mine. This is just a sample of Dalwood which I have found. Family information Please see the links below for basic details of my own family, and other Dalwood family members (for whom I have not yet determined a connection with my line), as well as other Dalwood records. People My Dalwood family - family stories, biographies and charts. Databases Census, Parish Register and other records - transcriptions of Dalwood entries extracted from various church records, censuses, indexes, directories, electoral rolls, etc. These are data transcriptions of which I hold copies. Use them as a guide, but as is always the case with transcriptions, you should check the original document whenever possible. Dalwood family database (Please see warning panel at left) - a 'snapshot' of my database of Dalwood families and individuals, including some whom research has not yet connected to my family. This version of my database does not identify living people or include all of the known details. Please note that it does not include all of the individuals listed in the above record transcriptions. However, as I analyse the transcriptions, and conduct further research, I will add people to the database. Other Dalwood researchers and interested people - I maintain a list of Dalwood family members and other people who have contacted me in connection with their interest in the Dalwood and related families. Please contact me for further information and possible exchange of details. Distribution of Dalwoods Dalwood families are found in a number of locations: Australia - all states but mainly South Australia and Tasmania UK, England - mainly West Country (Stoke sub Hamdon), etc New Zealand - small number Canada - small number USA - very few More... Occupations The internet reveals Dalwoods in various occupations and activities such as: sculptor (Hubert Dalwood) artist, England (Alison Dalwood) designer, England (Kathy Dalwood) painter, England (Dexter Dalwood) football player, England (Tony Dalwood) academics, Australia (Narelle Dalwood, Phillip Dalwood); UK ambulance service, Tasmania, Australia (Noel Dalwood) police Inspector, Australia (Greg Dalwood) Catholic priest, New South Wales, Australia (Paul Dalwood) union, Canada (Andy Dalwood) horse-breeding, BC Canada (Susan Dalwood) music education, Canada (Ernest Dalwood) musician (Dexter Dalwood) author Places Given it is not a very common name, a surprisingly large number of places around the world carry the Dalwood name. It seems that where-ever Dalwoods have been, they leave their name. Dalwood village, Devon, England The honour of the oldest and probably the original occurrence of the Dalwood name appears to belong to the village of Dalwood in Devon, England. According to G M Chapman, in Dalwood - A Short History of an East Devon Village, the first recorded reference to the village was in a Pipe Roll of 1195. It is quite possible, if not probable, that the family first took its name from this village. Chapman adds weight to this theory, reporting that, in 1350, two local witnesses at a court hearing were named Richard Dalwode. Another case in 1358, recorded in the Dorset Feet of Fines, involved John Dalewode of nearby Stockland. Unfortunately, I have yet to find other evidence. Dalwood village is less than 29 km (18 miles), as the crow flies, from Stoke sub Hamdon in Somerset. Many Dalwood families have lived at Stoke sub Hamdon, and in parishes or villages close by, for more than four centuries. It seems likely that the name was adopted by residents of Dalwood who moved to the vicinity of Stoke sub Hamdon some time between about 1200 and the mid-1500s. Dalwood, New South Wales, Australia In about 1830, George and Margaret Wyndham established, near Branxton in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, a property on which they built a homestead called Dalwood House. Judith Wright, Australian poet and author and a descendant of the Wyndhams, wrote in her book Generations of Men, that the Wyndhams named the property after a place back home in England. The Wyndham estate website states "George purchased 'Annandale', a farm of 2,000 acres and renamed it 'Dalwood' after a portion of his father's Dinton Estate in England. Here he built his home, 'Dalwood House'". It is not clear if either refer ultimately to Dalwood village in Devon. The Wyndhams came from Wiltshire, but I have not yet found the real connection with the name Dalwood. The Wyndhams' property is said to be Australia's first commercial vineyard and has given the name Dalwood to a range of wines. Dalwood has become an official locality, and considerable effort and money has been expended to preserve the original historical homestead building. Other places United Kingdom Dalwoods, a small cul de sac in Sherborne, Dorset, England (there is also a Dalwood Cottage in this street) Dalwood Close, Bransholme, Kingston upon Hull, England Dalwood Close, Hindley (near Manchester), England Dalwood Close, Dudley, (near Birmingham), England Dalwood Close, Runcorn (near Liverpool), Cheshire, England Dalwood Close, Swindon, England Dalwood Street, Camberwell (Southwark), London, England Dalwood Road, Prestwick (Ayrshire), Scotland also, there are Dalewood Avenues in Blackpool, Bournemouth and Sheffield, England Australia (at least one street in every state and territory, except the Australian Capital Territory) Dalwood Court, Rosslyn Park (Adelaide), South Australia Dalwood Avenue, Seaforth (Sydney), New South Wales Dalwood Close, Eleebana (near Newcastle), New South Wales Dalwood Road, between Branxton and Dalwood (near Newcastle), New South Wales Dalwood Road, Glen Allen (south of Nimmitabel), New South Wales Dalwood Road, Lindendale/Rous Mil (near Lismore), New South Wales Dalwood Street, Newstead (Launceston), Tasmania Dalwood Court, Vermont (Melbourne), Victoria - one of several streets in the area with wine related names Dalwood Court, Tallebudgera (Gold Coast), Queensland Dalwood Road, Swan View (Perth), Western Australia Dalwood Court, Hamersley (Perth), Western Australia Dalwood Crescent, Malak (Darwin), Northern Territory North America Dalwood Avenue, Downey, California, USA Dalwood Drive, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Dalwood Way, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Business Former Dalwood Chemist (pharmacy) in Sherborne, Dorset, England (if you catch the light at the correct angle the name can still be seen etched into the glass of the windows) Dalwood Computer Consultancy, Ayrshire, Scotland Dalwood Driveways Ltd, Aylesbury, Bucks, England Dalwood Guest House, Blackpool, England Dalwood Children's Home, Sydney, Australia Dalwood Kennels, Victoria, Australia Dalwood Dogs, Finland Dalwood Development Corp, Lexington, SC, USA return to the top of this page Please contact me at ian@dalwood.org with your comments. 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