Dykes meaning | Last name Dykes origin

A form of Ditch. From residence in or near the ditch of a fortified town, like the French De la Fosse. Its forms in the Hundred Rolls are De Fossa, De la Fosse, &c., and there is one unlucky wight called' "Absolon in le Dyche."

Dykes is the variation of the Updyke. Dweller on the dike.

Dweller on, or near, a dike or embarkment.

Dykes is variant form of Dyke. Dweller on, or near, a dike or embarkment.

Variant form of Opdyke. At dike.

The Dykes is form of Dike. See Dyke - See Dykes - There is every reason to believe that this name is derived from no less an object than Hadrian's Roman Wall-the "Barrier of the Lower Isthmus." The family originated at Dykesfield, county of Cumberland, on the line of that celebrated defence. There is no doubt that the popular appellation of Hadrian's work was " the Dyke," or "the Dykes," just as "Graham's Dyke" was that of the more northern defence of Lol lius Urbicus. See much interesting information on this subject in Dr.

Bruce's "Roman Wall," Dykesfield may have been so named either from the family, or immediately from the fact of the barrier's passing over the place. However this may be, the surname Dykes was borrowed from the wall itself, as appears from its earliest known form , which is not De Dykesfield, but Del Dykes, i. e. "of the Dykes." Ro bert Del Dykes, the first recorded individual of the family, is mentioned in a deed (without date, but known from internal evidence to be) of temp. Another ancient northern family of the same district—that of Thirlwall-also derive their appellation from the Roman Wall

The baronets of Sussex and Kent sprang from the family of Dykes of Cumberland.

Surname Dykes is the variant of Dyke. See Dykes - There is every reason to believe that this name is derived from no less an object than Hadrian's Roman Wall-the "Barrier of the Lower Isthmus." The family originated at Dykesfield, county of Cumberland, on the line of that celebrated defence. There is no doubt that the popular appellation of Hadrian's work was " the Dyke," or "the Dykes," just as "Graham's Dyke" was that of the more northern defence of Lol lius Urbicus. See much interesting information on this subject in Dr.

Bruce's "Roman Wall," Dykesfield may have been so named either from the family, or immediately from the fact of the barrier's passing over the place. However this may be, the surname Dykes was borrowed from the wall itself, as appears from its earliest known form , which is not De Dykesfield, but Del Dykes, i. e. "of the Dykes." Ro bert Del Dykes, the first recorded individual of the family, is mentioned in a deed (without date, but known from internal evidence to be) of temp. Another ancient northern family of the same district—that of Thirlwall-also derive their appellation from the Roman Wall

The baronets of Sussex and Kent sprang from the family of Dykes of Cumberland.

There is every reason to believe that this name is derived from no less an object than Hadrian's Roman Wall-the "Barrier of the Lower Isthmus." The family originated at Dykesfield, county of Cumberland, on the line of that celebrated defence. There is no doubt that the popular appellation of Hadrian's work was " the Dyke," or "the Dykes," just as "Graham's Dyke" was that of the more northern defence of Lol lius Urbicus. See much interesting information on this subject in Dr.

Bruce's "Roman Wall," Dykesfield may have been so named either from the family, or immediately from the fact of the barrier's passing over the place. However this may be, the surname Dykes was borrowed from the wall itself, as appears from its earliest known form , which is not De Dykesfield, but Del Dykes, i. e. "of the Dykes." Ro bert Del Dykes, the first recorded individual of the family, is mentioned in a deed (without date, but known from internal evidence to be) of temp. Another ancient northern family of the same district—that of Thirlwall-also derive their appellation from the Roman Wall.