Curnow/Kernow. When the obvious meaning may not be so.

Check out the surname dictionaries, even the mammoth Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, and you’ll find Curnow classed as a locative name, a form of Kernow, the Cornish for Cornwall and a surname presumably given to a Cornishman. But this simple and apparently clearcut explanation may not be the right one. … Continue reading Curnow/Kernow. When the obvious meaning may not be so. →