Cawthorne (surname)
family name
Cawthorne or Cawthorn is a toponymic surname related to the village of Cawthorne in South Yorkshire, England, or alternatively the village of Cawthorn in North Yorkshire, England. It also means a region of Yorkshire where there are many thorned plants and the climate is cold. The linguistic origin of the surname is the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) cald-thorne meaning "cold (or exposed) thorn-tree".
Other documented variants of this surname include Cawthon, Corthorn and Cawthron.
People named Cawthorne or Cawthorn include:
Charles Cawthorne (1854–1925), music promoter, a founder of Cawthorne and Co.
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