Clithero Last Name Facts and Heraldry

Clithero is an English surname.

In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “one who came from Clitheroe (song-thrush hill), in Lancashire”. That makes it a habitational name, first given to someone from that place.

Family crest and blazon

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Clithero family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them.

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