grace lawn
1798-1870
Born: toft hill bishop auckland
Died: frosterley co durham
Frosterley is situated in Weardale, an area in the north pennines of England which is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and has also been recently granted Geopark status on account of its geological importance. Weardale is a working dale yet centuries of farming, mining, quarrying and manufacturing industry, from the Romans onwards whilst leaving their mark have not marred the overall natural beauty of the area. It makes an excellent base for visiting two UNESCO world heritage sites, Hadrians Wall and Durham Cathedral. Ideal holiday location and news about the Weardale Railway <p>Frosterley is only 20 miles from Durham and 26 miles from Newcastle. centrally situated to visit the many visitor attractions in Weardale and nearby. The Village has two pubs, the Frosterley Inn, (Front Street) and The Black Bull Inn (Turn off Front Street on to the Road for Middleton in Teesdale). <br><br>This summer the Weardale Railway will re-open part of the Heritage Line, an extension of the world famous Stockton to Darlington Railway. Trains will pass again through Frosterley between Wolsingham and Stanhope. In the future, it is hoped to eventually re-establish a full passenger service between Weardale and a main rail station. There are good bus links to the village. </p>
This unusual and interesting surname recorded in several spellings including Laun, Lawn, Laund, and Lavender, is job descriptive. It has little or nothing to do with "grass growing" of any type, and derives from the pre 7th century Old French word "lavandier", meaning a person who owned or worked in an early laundry. The term was applied especially to a worker in the wool industry, employed to wash raw wool or rinse the cloth after fulling. Job-descriptive surnames originally denoted the actual occupation of the namebearer, and only became hereditary when the son followed the father into the business. The surname from this source is first recorded in the mid 13th Century (see below), and early examples include Cecilia la Lavander, in the Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire of 1273, together with a Peter le Lavender in the same rolls. Later recordings taken from authentic church registers shown the nickname in the short form, and these include Richard Lawen, whose daughter Agnes was christened at All Hallows church, London Wall, on November 19th 1566, and Thomas Lawn, a witness at St Botolphs without Aldgate, London, on August 1st 1716. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Ysabelle la Lauendere, which was dated 1253, in the "Pipe Rolls of Oxfordshire", during the reign of King Henry 111, known as "The Frenchman", 1216 - 1272.