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This long-established surname is English, but of pre 7th century Danish-Viking origins. It derives from the word "storr", meaning large, which was used both to denote someone of strong build, and also a keeper of oxen (cattle). The personal bynames as Stori and Estori, are recorded in the famous Domesday Book of 1086. Early examples of the surname recordings include: John Stor in the charters known as the Calendar of Letter Books for the city of London, and dated 1290, whilst Thomas Storre, appears in the Poll Tax returns for Yorkshire in 1379. The surname is recorded in many forms including Stor, Storr, Store, Storey, Storry, Storie and Storrie, and is particularly well recorded in the church registers of Yorkshire. Early examples include: Arthurus, the son of Georgi Storr, who was christened at Swillington, on February 22nd 1551, whilst on August 24th 1564, Henricus Storrie was christened at Whitgift in the same county. Samuel Stor, aged 17, who embarked from London on the ship "Faulcon" bound for the Barbados in April 1635, was an early settler in the New World. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Geoffrey Stor. This was dated 1200, in the "Pipe Rolls" of Norfolk, during the reign of King John of England, 1199 - 1216. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was sometimes known as the Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
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Other origin myths state that the surname was first found inNorthumberland where they were said to be descended from an ancient line ofViking settlers of knightly degree and with Episcopal rank. Roughly translatedfrom the Viking records, the name means “dweller by large and rough water”.They moved north into Renfrewshire and acquired considerable estates. WilliamStorie was a character witness in Dundee in 1281. They also became businessmenof Aberdeen by the year 1300.
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This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor, 'the son of Storr'.
The surname and its variations are found most prevalent in England; 1: 98,361 (mainly Yorkshire and Northumberland) but the highest density of the surname and variation spellings are found in Scotland; 1: 11,883.
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The surname Story (and its variant spelling Storey) originates from the Old Norse personal epithet “Stóri”, a derivative of “Storr” which means “large” or “big”. Even though it has been established that the root of the name is “Storr”, R.E.K. Rigbeye, in his book The Storey’s of Old claims that the suffix “ey[e]”, in the variant of Storey, is equivalent to the Icelandic “ig” and signifies “water”. According to him, “Storr” also denotes large in the sense of vast and rough. Rigbeye’s assumption therefore, is that “Storey” means "dweller by large and rough water". This may be explained by the Norse affinity to sea exploration, or the fact that the first Storys settled near the Lake District, and so the name might refer to the habitation which they chose. The earliest Norse settlement of which the first Storys would have been a part, took place in the 9th century north of Carlisle near the Solway Firth. This area then known as Strathclyde, was situated in the northwestern part of England, along the Scottish border. The earliest Storys would have settled on the English side of the border, most likely in the plains along the river Eden. The English or Anglo-Saxon population, among whom the Norse settled, spoke a similar language but pronounced many words in a different way. So, “Storr” among the Norse would have been enunciated as “Styr” in English.