Farnell
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Farnell is a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

, thought to originate from "Fern Hill". It is most common to the English
England
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 county
County
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 of Yorkshire
Yorkshire
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It may refer to:
  • Anthony Farnell
    Anthony Farnell
    Anthony Farnell , known as the Woodhouse Warrior, was born in Manchester and grew up in Failsworth, Greater Manchester. He is a former WBU middleweight champion...

     (1978), English boxer.
  • James Farnell
    James Farnell
    James Squire Farnell was an Australian politician and Premier of New South Wales. Farnell was a hard-working legislator who gave much study to the land question and also tried hard for some years to pass a bill for the regulation of contagious diseases.-Early years:Farnell was born in St Leonards,...

     (1825-1888), Australian politician.
  • Lewis Richard Farnell
    Lewis Richard Farnell
    Lewis Richard Farnell FBA was a classical scholar and Oxford academic, where he served as Vice-Chancellor from 1920 to 1923.Lewis Farnell was born in Salisbury, southern England, in 1856. He was educated at the City of London School and Exeter College, Oxford, where he graduated with a first class...

    (1856-1934), Oxford classical scholar.

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