Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
PILCHARD
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The Pilchard surname in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
PILCHARD. Perhaps from the fish, upon the same principle as Herring, &c. ; but more likely a corruption of Pilcher, the occupation.