Orchard

Orchard
This unusual name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and can be either a topographical or a metonymic occupational surname. If the former, the surname means someone who lived near or at an orchard, and if the latter one who was employed in an orchard, a fruit-grower. The derivation is the same in both cases, from the Olde English pre 7th Century "ortgeard, orceard" a compound of "wort, wyrt" plant, with "geard" yard, enclosure, in Middle English 'orchard'. One Richard Orchard was master of one of the ships taking emigrants from England to the New World, the "Alice", which left London in July 1635, bound for Virginia. The marriage of Robert Orchard and Elizabeth Goodlad was recorded in 1683 at St. James's Church, Clerkenwell, London. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Alexander de Orchyard which was dated 1225, witness in the "Somerset Assize Rolls", during the reign of King Henry 111, known as "The Frenchman", 1216 - 1272. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Orchard — Or chard, n. [AS. ortgeard, wyrtgeard, lit., wortyard, i. e., a yard for herbs; wyrt herb + geard yard. See {Wort}, {Yard} inclosure.] 1. A garden. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. An inclosure containing fruit trees; also, the fruit trees, collectively; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Orchard, IA — U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 88 Housing Units (2000): 35 Land area (2000): 0.088468 sq. miles (0.229132 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.088468 sq. miles (0.229132 sq. km) FIPS code:… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Orchard, NE — U.S. village in Nebraska Population (2000): 391 Housing Units (2000): 208 Land area (2000): 0.417248 sq. miles (1.080668 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.417248 sq. miles (1.080668 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Orchard, TX — U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 408 Housing Units (2000): 156 Land area (2000): 0.378147 sq. miles (0.979395 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.378147 sq. miles (0.979395 sq. km) FIPS code:… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • orchard — (n.) O.E. orceard fruit garden, probably from wortgeard, from WORT (Cf. wort) vegetable, plant root + geard garden, yard (the word also meant vegetable garden until 15c.); see YARD (Cf. yard) (n.1). First element influenced by L. hortus …   Etymology dictionary

  • orchard — [n] fruit farm fruit garden, garden, grove, plantation, vineyard; concepts 449,509,517 …   New thesaurus

  • orchard — ► NOUN ▪ a piece of enclosed land planted with fruit trees. ORIGIN Old English, from Latin hortus garden + the base of YARD(Cf. ↑yard) …   English terms dictionary

  • orchard — [ôr′chərd] n. [ME < OE ortgeard < VL * orto, for L hortus, a garden (see HORTICULTURE) + OE geard,YARD2] 1. an area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit trees or nut trees 2. such a stand of trees …   English World dictionary

  • Orchard — This article is about the planting of trees in agriculture. For other uses, see Orchard (disambiguation). A lemon orchard in the Upper Galilee in Israel …   Wikipedia

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