Families of West Yorkshire
Leeds, Bradford, Halifax — the woollen ridings, the chapel towns, and the surname spine of textile West Yorkshire.
Families seated in West Yorkshire
- RobinsonSon of Robin — the Danelaw's favourite -son.
- ThompsonThe northern Thomases.
- HallAt the hall.
- CookThe cook.
- BrontëThe howling moor — Haworth Parsonage in one breath.
- FisherThe fisher.
- HolmesThe holme — dry ground in the wet country.
- JacksonSon of Jack — the industrial north's signature.
- BennettBlessed Benedict — Lancashire knots it tight.
- MillerThe miller — water and wind before steam.
- SimpsonSimon's son — Tyne to Tees.
- WaltonThe settlement of strangers — England mapped it eighty times.
- WebsterShe wove — northern -ster craft name.
- BatesBartholomew's short name — northern genitive.
- MortonThe moor settlement — marcher villages.
- EllisSon of Elijah — the prophet's name in Tudor English compression.
Historic ties to West Yorkshire
Families with historic but not core ground here.