Hannah Holsworth and my other Holsworth ancestors

Hannah Holsworth (1791-1879). My 4th great-grandmother. Holsworth is a fairly common surname in Norfolk and is a variation of Holdsworth. ‘Worth’ is an old English word for enclosure, suggesting the surname was a habitional name deriving from a particular place. Hannah, my 4th great-grandmother, came from the village of Salhouse and was the first by […]