Nov 20, 2008
Metcalf History
by Kenneth G Metcalf
- Credits:
Compiled by: Joseph Metcalf
Edited by: Mary van de Vyfer & Peter Metcalf
Published by: Peter Metcalf 1982
Computer by: Grant Metcalf 1995 et seq.
Legendary Origin of the Metcalf Surname:
Two Saxon dalesmen were travelling through the forest, the one named Wilfred and the other Oswald. They were surprised to see what they thought to be a red coloured animal of large size, approaching them at a slow gait. Wilfred, seized with fear, thinking it was a lion, rushed off to the nearest hamlet. The more courageous Oswald confronted the animal and found it to be, not a lion, but a harmless red calf From that time forward he was known as Oswald Metcalf and his friend received the name of Wilfred Lightfoot
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