Severus

[Ffred Clegg]

No: HPFGUIDX 190142

1c. Re: Severus
    Posted by: "June Ewing" doctorwhofan02 at yahoo.ca doctorwhofan02
    Date: Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:11 pm ((PST))

>Wow that does sound like it could have been the origin. I read a 
>few years back that some of the names came from places in England 
>either old or recent and if I am remembering correctly Snape is 
>a small town some where in England. Could be that what you found 
>could be where the rest of his name came from also. And I would 
>bet you are correct about this person supplying the name for 
>Lucius as well.

Although there's an English town called Snape, the English surname is actually 
more common in Lancashire than in East Anglia, early census results show it as 
being very specific to that county.

Puts the "Spinners End" sections into context, certainly

gwyn eich byd

Ffred