What is the heritage of this last name:Nattress?

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What is the heritage of this last name:Nattress?

Answer 1

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Nattress Name Meaning and History

Northern English: habitational name from a place called Nattrass in Alston, Cumbria.

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

I think it is a variant spelling of:

Nattrass

This very unusual name is of pre 7th century Olde English and later Anglo-Saxon origins. It is probably topographical, but may also be occupational and denotes somebody who resided or worked near brushwood or on the edges of a wood. It is also possible that some nameholders may derive from a now 'lost' medieval site, of which the surname is the only surviving reminder. At least five thousand British surnames derive from lost sites, and the known number grows all the time. The origination is from the phrase "aet thaem trus", which in the fullness of time became shortened to "atten trus", and thence as the preposition "atte" was dropped, the surname developed into the modern spelling forms of Natrus, Natris, Natrass and Nattrass. 'A trus' was strictly speaking fallen leaves and humus, giving further credence to the name being job descriptive, for one who prepared leaf mold for fertiliser. A similar process of surname development is to be seen in the surnames "Nash", which derived from "atten ash" and Nokes, from "atten oaks". The name recoprdings include such examples as Alice Natrise, christened in London in 1591 and Ann Nattrass, who married James Hartley at the famous church of St Mary-le-Bone, London, on the 22nd September 1784. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Raphe Natris, which was dated 2nd February 1558, who was married at St. Mary Somerset, London, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Good Queen Bess, 1558 - 1603.

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Nattriss

This unusual name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a topographical surname, found chiefly in the Northern counties of England, used in the first instances to denote residence near brushwood or on the edges of a wood. The name derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century "aet thaem trus", translating as "at the brushwood", which in Middle English became "atten trus"; gradually the preposition "atte" was dropped and the surname became, by misdivision, Natrus(s), Natris(s) and Natras(s). Other English surnames formed by a similar misdivision include Nash, from "atten ash", and Noke(s), from "atten oak". The Olde English term "trus" was often used of the undergrowth in and around woodland, thus coming to indicate also "fallen leaves and humus". Topographical surnames were among the earliest created, since both natural and man-made features in the landscape provided easily recognisable distinguishing names in the small communities of the Middle Ages. The surname development has included: Nateris (1578); Natris (1588); Natrise (1591); Nattris (1614); and Nattrisse (1625). In Durham, the marriage of John Nattriss and Jane Charlton was recorded in Houghton le Spring, on July 29th 1627. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Margret Nattresse, which was dated September 24th 1570, christened at Gainford, County Durham, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1, known as "Good Queen Bess", 1558 - 1603.