Adshead
Appearance
Adshead is an English-language toponymic surname originating from a location near Prestbury, Cheshire, England.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Frank Adshead (1894–1977), English cricketer
- Gladys Lucy Adshead (1896–1985), writer of children's books
- Gwen Adshead (born 1960), English forensic psychotherapist
- Herbert Bealey Adshead (1862–1932), Canadian writer and politician
- John Adshead (born 1942), English football manager
- Joseph Adshead (1800–1861), British merchant and political campaigner from Manchester.
- Kay Adshead (born 1954), British actress, poet, and playwright
- Mary Adshead (1904–1995), English painter
- Mercia MacDermott (née Adshead) (1927–2023), English writer and historian
- Stanley Adshead (1868–1946), English architect
- Stephen Adshead (born 1980), English cricketer
- William Adshead (1901–1951), English cricketer
References
[edit]- ^ Bardsley, Charles Wareing Endell; Bardsley, Annie (1901). A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. London: Henry Frowde. p. 41. Retrieved 6 April 2019 – via Internet Archive.