Tour Scotland Photograph Henry Oswald Gravestone Collessie Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of the Henry Oswald gravestone in the churchyard cemetery in Collessie, Fife, Scotland. Here lies the corpse of Henry Oswald who died suddenly in August of 1791.

This surname was derived from the Old English elements of os meaning " god " and weald meaning " power, ruler ". Saint Oswald was a king of Northumbria who introduced Christianity to north east England in the 7th century before being killed in battle. There was also an Old Norse cognate Ásvaldr in use in England, being borne by the 10th century Saint Oswald of Worcester, who was of Danish ancestry. Though the name had died out by the end of the Middle Ages, it was revived in the 19th century.



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