A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours (1836)
el Dixon, who was a Magistrate, andDepuly-Lieutenant for the West Riding ofYorkshire, died in 1825, and was succeededby his son, the present Henry Dixon, esq.of Gledhow. ^rmj —Gu. a fleur de lys or, a chiefermine. Crest—A demi lion rampt. arg.Estates—In the counties of Y^ork andChester.… … This family deduces from remote anti-quity. Its surname, derived from a ridgeof mountains in the county Palatine ofChester, was spelt, in the reign of John,and for generations preceding, Bulclogh(or large mountain.) In the 20th HenryIV. and in the visitations of Edward IV.its designation was…
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