where did the name warren come from ?

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where did the name warren come from ?

2007-01-23 09:25:19 · 2 answers · asked by wazza1973 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History

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* Warren (free) ("Free warren"), a type of hunting franchise under the Anglo-Norman Forest law ("from La Varenne")

* Warren (domestic), a rabbitry or fixed establishment of cuniculture

Or from a surname which meant "enclosure" from Germanic origins.

2007-01-24 04:48:41 · answer #1 · answered by agneisq 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Oddly enough, it is connected to rabbits. A warren keeper in Norman times when rabbits were (briefly) the meat of the rich, basically farmed rabbits. The name dates back to then.

2007-01-24 02:43:45 · answer #2 · answered by Vivienne T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋