Old Photograph Rodger Street Cellardyke East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of houses and church on Rodger Street in Cellardyke in the East Neuk Fife, Scotland. I was raised in this old Scottish fishing village on the East coast. The surname Rodger has a history dating as far back as the Anglo Saxon tribes of Britain. It was a name for a fame spear or one who was a skilled soldier. The surname Rodger was originally a Germanic personal name derived from the elements hrod, or " renown " combined with geri, or " spear; " thus the name suggested " prowess with a spear ." The surname Rodger may have derived from the Old French word Rogier. After the Norman Conquest, the Old English naming system gradually dissolved. Old English names became less common and were replaced by popular continental European names. The earliest surnames in England were found shortly after the Norman Conquest and are of Norman French rather than native English origins.



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