Tour Scotland video of the Julie M. Armitage memorial stained glass window on ancestry visit to St James's Episcopal Church in Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. This window was given by her sisters, Clarice, Fanny and Nora.
Recorded in a number of spellings including Armitage, Armytage, Armatidge, Hermitage and others, this is an Anglo French surname. It derives from the Old French word " hermite ", from the Greek " eremos ", meaning solitary, and was originally given either as a topographical name to someone who lived by a hermitage, or a place of learning, or as a locational name from any of the places named with the above word. These places include Hermitage in Durham, Northumberland, Dorset, Berkshire and Sussex, and Armitage in Staffordshire. Early examples of the surname include: Hugh del Hermytage in Warwickshire; Willelmus del Ermytache in Yorkshire; and John de Armitage in Sheffield. In April 1596, William Armitage, was rector of Billingford, Norfolk, England.
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