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Ryecart Family History

Ryecart Surname Meaning

Of uncertain origin. Ryecote in Great Haseley (Oxon) is a formal possibility with -cote altered to -cart by folk etymology but no evidence has been found to link the medieval surname with the modern one.

Alternatively it might be a mispronunciation of Ryecraft see Rycroft.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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