Popplewell Family Crest, Coat of Arms and Name History

Popplewell Origin:

England

Origins of Popplewell:

It is an English geographical surname. According to the popular Victorian etymologist Canon Charles Bardsley, Popplewell is or obviously was, as there does not appear to be a history of it in any current gazetters of the British Islands, a village in the church of Heckmondwike, in Spen Valley area of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The name means ‘the water source near the poplar trees,’ from the Olde English pre 7th-century ‘popple-waella.’ The hamlet of Poppleton just north of the district city of York has the similar meaning of ‘the farm by the poplars.’

Variations:

More common variations are: Poplewell, Poppolewell, Popplewel, Poppelwell, Pepplewell, Popplewelo, Papplewell, Popelwell, Peppelwell, Pepelwell.

England:

The surname Popplewell first appeared in Yorkshire at either Upper Poppleton or Nether Poppleton, hamlets and local churches that record back to Saxon times. The first record of the place name appeared near the year 972 when it was recorded as Popeltune. By the time of the Domesday Book of 1086, the place was noted as Popletone. At that time, the hamlets and estates given by Osbern De Arches to the Abbot of St Mary’s in York. The name acquired from popel (pebble) and tun (hamlet, farm), and means “farmland on the pebbly soil.” But Saxon surnames remained, and the family name first mentioned in the 14th century when John of Popplewell held lands in that shire 1316.

The very first recorded spelling of the family was shown to be that of Thomas Popilwell, dated about 11379, in the “Poll Rools,” Yorkshire. It was during the time of King Richard II dated 1216 – 1272. The origin of surnames during this period became a necessity with the introduction of personal taxation. It came to be known as Poll Tax in England. Surnames all over the country began to develop, with unique and shocking spelling varieties of the original one.

Ireland:

Many of the people with surname Popplewell had moved to Ireland during the 17th century.

United States of America:

Individuals with the surname Popplewell landed in the United States in two different centuries respectively in the 18th, and 19th. Some of the people with the name Popplewell who arrived in the United States in the 18th century included Timothy Popplewell, a bonded passenger, who came to America in 1738. Richard Popplewell, who came to Pennsylvania in 1749. Mary Popplewell, a linked passenger, sent to America in 1762. John Popplewell, a bonded passenger, sent to America in 1774

The following century saw more Popplewell surnames arrive. Some of the people with the name Popplewell who arrived in the United States in the 19th century included James and Elizabeth Popplewell, who came to New York, NY in 1842, aboard the schooner “Lady Mary.”

Canada:

Some of the people with the surname Popplewell who came to Canada in the 18th century included George Popplewell, who was on record in Nova Scotia in 1749. George Popplewell, who landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1749-1752.

Here is the population distribution of the last name Popplewell: United States 1,270; England 1,038; Australia 254; Canada 139; New Zealand 118; Wales 68; Trinidad and Tobago 42; Scotland 39; Ireland 38; United Arab Emirates 23

Notable People:

Andrew Popplewell (born 1959), is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.

Anna Popplewell (born 1988), is an English actress.

Cicely M. Popplewell was an Early computer programmer in Manchester who worked with Alan Turing.

Dan Popplewell is an English singer and co-founder of Ooberman.

Don Popplewell (born c. 1949), is an American football player.

Ernest Popplewell, Baron Popplewell (1899–1977), was a British political leader.

Fred Popplewell is an Australian golf player and winner of the Australian Open.

Jack Popplewell (1911–1996), was an English author and playwright.

Lulu Popplewell (born 1991) is an English actress.

Martin Popplewell was a British newsreader.

Nick Popplewell (born 1964), is an Irish rugby union player.

Nigel Popplewell (born 1957), is an English cricket player.

Sir Oliver Popplewell (born 1927), is a British justice.

Paul Popplewell (born 1977), is an English actor.

Richard Popplewell (born 1935), is an English musician and writer.

Blazons & Genealogy Notes

1) Gyronny of eight vert and or, on each a trefoil slipped counterchanged. Crest—A demi lion ramp. ppr.
2) Or, on a chev. az. betw. three gillyflowers ppr. as many lions’ heads erased of the field. Crest—A falcon belled vert betw. two gillyflowers ppr.