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Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	14 Feb 2007 23:50
	LOL, Gail. Kath. x
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 1,594 Send Message	imp	Report	14 Feb 2007 23:41
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 1,594 Send Message	I agree it is probably the re-use of what was once a family surname. If Kathleen is correct with her second suggestion I think you just have to be thankful they were not in Shitlington.............. Gail.
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	14 Feb 2007 22:26
	Is this Hickleton Charlesworth? He's the only one with that name recorded on Ancestry. Maybe it was a surname from past generations, or maybe his parents were ahead of the Beckhams and named him after the place he was conceived, lol. Kath. x
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 0 Send Message	Pamela	Report	14 Feb 2007 22:12
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 0 Send Message	HICKLETON - as in Hickleton Mine Yorkshire. Was poor man named after mining accident at the pit?