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SHANK

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Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


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The Shank surname in historical dictionaries

SHANK. Shanli, in Scotland, is a topographical word, meaning the projecting point of a hill. Tiie family existed in early times in Slid- Lothian, the founder being Mui'doch Schank, who is said to have discovered, and taken charge of, the body of Alexander III., King of Scotland, who met his death while hunting in 1286. For this service, Robert Bruce presented him Avith the lands of Castlerigg. B.L.G.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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