Does anyone know the origin of the name Hartshorne?

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Does anyone know the origin of the name Hartshorne?

This was my mothers maiden name, we think it may be Lancashire/Cheshire

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Research done by Newton Timothy Hartshorn, who spent many weeks in the house in the early 1880's, credits the origin of the Hartshorn family as being from German Saxony, coming to England circa 300 A.D. at the behest of the Angles in their defence against the Picts and Scots. This band or company of men had for their tribal emblem, or rallying standard, a deer (or hart's) horn fixed on a pole and the man who carried it came to be known as 'Hartshorn'T
The most probably derivation of the name is from the clan rallying standard, previously mentioned. It is thought that the original Germanic surname, Hirschorn, currently in usage today, had the same origin and may be the name they brought with them in 300 AD. I have put a web site address below that might be of some help

http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hartshrn/...