Cambridge Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Cambridge Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Cambridge

The ancient history of the name Cambridge was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Variants of Cambridge include Camidge, Cammage and Gammage. This is a locality name meaning 'of Cambridge', from the famous place in England . This name is of English descent and is found in many ancient manuscripts in the above country. Examples of such are a Johannes de Cambrege, who was recorded in the 'Poll Tax', of the West Riding of Yorkshire, in the year 1379 and an Abraham Cambridge and Millicant Tidman, who were married in Saint Antholin, London, in the year 1729. In Ireland this name and its variants were first introduced into Ulster Province by settlers who arrived from England and Scotland , especially during the seventeenth century. It is in Ulster as well as in County Dublin that the majority of descendants bearing this name in Ireland can still today be found.