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Surname Etymology and Meaning of LANCASTER

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(origin: Local) A town and county of England, the castle or city on the Loyne or Lan river. The Britons called it Caerwerydd. (See Chester.)

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).