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Dictionary of
Family Names
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Origin and Etymology of the Surname ATHOW,
ATTOE, ATTHOW, ATO.
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From A Dictionary
of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W. E. Bardsley, A. Bardsley, 1901,
and,
An Etymological
Dictionary of Family and Christian Names, by William Arthur, M. A.,
1857.
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ATHOW, ATTOE, ATTHOW,
ATO. Bardsley
has: A local name meaning "at the how"; v. How; cf.
Attwell,
Attwood, &c., for "at the well," "at the wood,"
&c. With the variant Attoe, cf. Hoo and
Hoe, q.v. Arthur
has: ATHOW.
Local. The same as Athill; how
or hoo, a high place.
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