Peal meaning | Last name Peal origin

Peal is variant form of Peil. See Peel - A fortified farm-house. "Within my recollection, almost every old house in the dales of Rede and Tyne was what is called a peel-house, built for securing the inhabitants and their cattle in moss-trooping times." Archaeologia Aeliana. Many of these border houses are moated for better defence.

"The habitations of the church-feuars [those who held lands under a monastery] were not less primitive than their agriculture. In each village or town were several small towers, having battlements projecting over the side walls, and usually an advanced angle or two, with shot-holes for flanking the door-way, which was always defended by a strong door of oak, studded with nails, and often by an exterior grated door of iron. These small peel-houses were ordinarily in habited by the principal feuars and their families." Sir W. Scott. The Monastery. While traversing that ancient barrier, the Roman Wall, with my friend Dr. Bruce, its historian and illustrator, in 1855,

Jamieson has, "Pele, Peyll, Peill, Peel, Paile, a place of strength, a fortification."

The lastname Peal is variant form of Peel. A fortified farm-house. "Within my recollection, almost every old house in the dales of Rede and Tyne was what is called a peel-house, built for securing the inhabitants and their cattle in moss-trooping times." Archaeologia Aeliana. Many of these border houses are moated for better defence.

"The habitations of the church-feuars [those who held lands under a monastery] were not less primitive than their agriculture. In each village or town were several small towers, having battlements projecting over the side walls, and usually an advanced angle or two, with shot-holes for flanking the door-way, which was always defended by a strong door of oak, studded with nails, and often by an exterior grated door of iron. These small peel-houses were ordinarily in habited by the principal feuars and their families." Sir W. Scott. The Monastery. While traversing that ancient barrier, the Roman Wall, with my friend Dr. Bruce, its historian and illustrator, in 1855, .

Lastname is a variation of Apeele. PeelAt-the-Peel. See - A fortified farm-house. "Within my recollection, almost every old house in the dales of Rede and Tyne was what is called a peel-house, built for securing the inhabitants and their cattle in moss-trooping times." Archaeologia Aeliana. Many of these border houses are moated for better defence.

"The habitations of the church-feuars [those who held lands under a monastery] were not less primitive than their agriculture. In each village or town were several small towers, having battlements projecting over the side walls, and usually an advanced angle or two, with shot-holes for flanking the door-way, which was always defended by a strong door of oak, studded with nails, and often by an exterior grated door of iron. These small peel-houses were ordinarily in habited by the principal feuars and their families." Sir W. Scott. The Monastery. While traversing that ancient barrier, the Roman Wall, with my friend Dr. Bruce, its historian and illustrator, in 1855, .

Dweller at a fortified residence or small castle; one who came from Peel, i.e., fortress, on the Isle of Man.

The lastname Peal is variant form of the Peale. Dweller at a fortified residence or small castle; one who came from Peel, i.e., fortress, on the Isle of Man.

The same as Peel - A fortified farm-house. "Within my recollection, almost every old house in the dales of Rede and Tyne was what is called a peel-house, built for securing the inhabitants and their cattle in moss-trooping times." Archaeologia Aeliana. Many of these border houses are moated for better defence.

"The habitations of the church-feuars [those who held lands under a monastery] were not less primitive than their agriculture. In each village or town were several small towers, having battlements projecting over the side walls, and usually an advanced angle or two, with shot-holes for flanking the door-way, which was always defended by a strong door of oak, studded with nails, and often by an exterior grated door of iron. These small peel-houses were ordinarily in habited by the principal feuars and their families." Sir W. Scott. The Monastery. While traversing that ancient barrier, the Roman Wall, with my friend Dr. Bruce, its historian and illustrator, in 1855, .