help with a name.... ulfchill? please!

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Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 159 Send Message	Jayne	Report	25 Nov 2006 15:47
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 159 Send Message	Hi i am trying to find the origin of this name Ulfchill De Swyneburn.I do know the swyneburn comes from the a little place in Northumberland Swine(pigs)Burn(stream).I would like to find out if Ulfchill is a Anglosaxon name or a Norman name.Any advice would be really appreciated !!.thank you jayne x
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	25 Nov 2006 16:04
	I tried googling and found the name on a list of Scottish name varients. That's all I could find. Kath. x
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 159 Send Message	Jayne	Report	25 Nov 2006 16:14
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 159 Send Message	Thanks Kath will try it now x
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	25 Nov 2006 16:22
	This is where I found it:- http://www.scotsfind.org/surnames_access/surnames.pdf Kath. x
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 98 Send Message	Caroline	Report	25 Nov 2006 16:34
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 98 Send Message	It sounds quite Viking but thinking about it Ulf means wolf in old English and i think chill means spring or the source of a river. Caroline