"After
reading this book, I am proud to say that I was born in the same
town as Wilfred, a man who was skillful enough to have a successful
career in professional football, but also knew where his duty lay
when called upon."
Graham Taylor OBE, former England National Football
Team Manager
The Third Way
There
is a third method for the Bartrop surname to arrive in Britain. During
an episode of the
BBC TV programme 'Blood of the Vikings', in which Julian Richards
investigated Viking Britain, from the first raids to their
settlement of the British Isles and traced their legacy through a
genetics survey,
another way was suggested. Danish Vikings swept down from their
homelands and arrived in France. The king at the time bought peace by
giving the Danes land, the land which was to become Normandy.
Hence, when the Normans arrived in Britain they were of Danish descent and
therefore both theories could be true. .
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