Walcott Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Walcott Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Walcott

The Walcott family history was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. include Walcot, Walcoke, Wolcott, Wolcot, Wallcott and Wallcoke. This name is usually of Anglo-Norman origin and was introduced into England with the William The Conqueror invasion in the year 1066. Walcott is usually of locational origin and is taken from several places so-called including those in Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, and Wiltshire. This name may be derived of the parts 'walh' describing a person of Welsh origin and 'cot' meaning a house or dwelling. The de Walcott family were Lords of the Manor of Walcott in Norfolk from the latter part of the twelfth century until the late fourteenth century. Over the centuries names were changed according to how they sounded and were pronounced with the same name often being both spelled and pronounced differently in neighbouring towns and cities. In Ireland this name, and its variants, are usually of immigrant origin having been introduced into Ulster Province by settlers who arrived from England and Scotland, especially during the seventeenth century.