The Hanscomb Family Name

The last name Hanscomb is one of the recorded forms of Hanscom, a well-known English family name. Name scholars give the meaning as “Someone who came from Hascomb (witches' valley), in Surrey”.

How the spelling arose

Before spelling was fixed, Hanscom was also written Hanscomb. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

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