16th October 2006, 07:03 PM
Dear stripey,
I suspect that this is a personal name as lots of the pits around there were called after the owners. There are quite a few 'Flass' names around barrow e.g Flasslane or Flass dub.
I googled 'flass names in barrow' and got onto a heraldic crests site (how fun) which also gave the surnames meanings it said:
Flax is an English and Jewish (Ashkenazic) name for the man who sold, grew, or otherwise treated flax that was used for weaving linen in early times, and is derived from the term that carried through from Old English. It's generally an occupational name. Variations include Flaxman and the English forms Flexman, Flexer . Jewish variations include Flaks, Flacks, Flachser, Flachs, Flaxer, Flakser, Flaksman, Fleksman . The German form is Flassmann, Flass . The Dutch version is Vlasman.
This is a bit subjective I know but no-ones gonna press your DBA too hard! Really must do some work, damn procrastination...
G
I suspect that this is a personal name as lots of the pits around there were called after the owners. There are quite a few 'Flass' names around barrow e.g Flasslane or Flass dub.
I googled 'flass names in barrow' and got onto a heraldic crests site (how fun) which also gave the surnames meanings it said:
Flax is an English and Jewish (Ashkenazic) name for the man who sold, grew, or otherwise treated flax that was used for weaving linen in early times, and is derived from the term that carried through from Old English. It's generally an occupational name. Variations include Flaxman and the English forms Flexman, Flexer . Jewish variations include Flaks, Flacks, Flachser, Flachs, Flaxer, Flakser, Flaksman, Fleksman . The German form is Flassmann, Flass . The Dutch version is Vlasman.
This is a bit subjective I know but no-ones gonna press your DBA too hard! Really must do some work, damn procrastination...
G