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| Subject: | Re: Meaning & origins of |
| Author: | Cleveland Kent Evans (Authenticated as clevelandkentevans) |
| Date: | April 10, 2006 at 3:13:05 PM |
| Reply to: | Meaning & origins of by Brinsley |
Brinsley is an English surname indicating one's ancestors came from the town of Brinsley in Nottinghamshire, England. According to A Dictionary of English Place-Names by A. D. Mills, the town's name meant "woodland clearing of a man called Brun".
Perhaps your great-grandparents were fans of the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan:
http://www.theatrehistory.com/irish/sheridan001.html
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