What are some examples of English surnames indigenous to specific English counties?

Question

eg. Winstanley originated, and, aside from 19th and 20th century migration movements to London, is found almost exclusively in Lancashire.

Answer 1

The name Ramsbottom originated in East Sussex around the 13th century, so a man in a pub told me earlier this evening.

Answer 2

I believe the surnames Fagg, Beaney, Hogben and Nye originated in Kent; but who really knows now after centuries of intermarriage and migration up and down the land. I am open to correction on this.

Answer 3

Surnames

Surnames didn't even exist before the 12th century. A man had his name and that's how he was known. By the 1100s, however, evidence of a second, or surname, exists. A man achieved that name in various ways--by the place of his birth, from his father (whether full or given name), by his occupation, or perhaps even by a nickname. Not everyone had surnames at once either. At first, they were taken or chosen by whomever wanted one. Some men even took combinations of the above, joining their estate name with their father's name possibly.

It wasn't until the 13th and 14th centuries that surnames became less elaborate, eventually evolving through the 17th century as the more recognizable form we know today.

English surnames derive chiefly from local or place names. Clifford, Oakman and Ellwood are all examples of this. Surnames of relationship could use either the father or mother's name as the root. The suffix -son was popular in the North of England, as in Johnson or Williamson. Surnames of occupation began with holders of the actual office, but eventually became hereditary. Steward, Dean and Sergeant were all occupations as well as surnames. The last type of surname origination is the nickname--a rare and seldom hereditary name. While some Barefoots, Prouds and Skippers have survived the centuries, few surnames bear this origin.
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Cornish Surnames
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~kernow/

Surname origins and meanings:
http://www.lisagenealogy.com/Surmean/surintro.html

Examples:

Brockwell: (English) Dweller at the stream frequented by badgers


Bulmer is an English Place name from a place in Essex that was recorded in the Domesday Book as Bulenemera . It is derived from the Old English elements bulena (the plural of bula = bull) + mere = lake, for a literal meaning of 'lake of the bulls.'

Cheney: (English) One who came from Quesney, Cheney, or Chenay (oak grove)


Swann/Swan : English Nickname for a person noted for purity of excellence (attributes of the swan, supposedly), from Old English swan . Some Swan surnames derived from the signs at the roadside inns during early times, when people didn't read signs as much as they looked at the pictures – and innkeepers sometimes took their sign's picture as a surname. (Most were animals, birds or fish.)

Answer 4

Some names came their employment Carpenter, Butcher, Fisher,

Answer 5

Skeete, found predominately in Warwickshire.