Posted by Owen Roberts on August 11, 2010 at 06:26:03 user OwenRoberts.
In Reply to: Re: Peter Swainson, mentioned in The Hoofmarks of the Faun posted by Robert Hill on August 10, 2010 at 15:03:40:
I produced an article for MM noting that these names were mostly the names of local shops and suppliers in Bowness & Windermere.
Swainsons were wine & spirits mechants and there was even a Maison Dorothea.
I agree that some of these names also occur followed by ground - there is also a Rogerground.