DAVENPORT

Local. Derived from the town of Davenport, in Cheshire, England, so called from the river Dan or Daven (which name signifies a river), and port, a haven or harbor.

CRAWFORD

Local. First assumed by the proprietor of the lands and barony of Crawford, in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The extreme ancestor of the ancient family of Crawford, in Scotland, was Reginald, youngest son of Alan, the fourth Earl of Richmond. He seems to have accompanied David the First to the north, and to have received extensive grants of land in Strath Cluyd, or Clydesdale, whence his immediate descendants adopted the name of Crawford, then forming one of the largest baronies in Scotland, and signifying in Gaelic The pass of blood from cru, bloody, and ford, a pass or way, as commemorative, probably, of some sanguinary conflict between the Aborigines and the Roman invaders. The name has been derived by others from crodh and port, pronounced cro-fort, signifying a sheltering place for cattle.

LAMPORT

(Cor. Br.) From lam or Ian, a place, and port, a harbor, a place for ships.

CAYLY

Local. From Calais, a sea-port of France; Cala, Gaelic, a harbor, port, haven, bay, a road for ships.

HATHAWAY

Local. Derived from Port Haethawy, in Wales.

GUY

A term given in Gaul to the mistletoe, or cure-afl; also a guide, a leader or director, from Guia, Sp. and Port.

NORWICH

Local. From the city and seaport of Norwich, in Norfolk, England. The north-harbor, from north, and wick, a harbor or port.

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