Baskerville is an
Englishsurname of
Anglo-Norman origin.[1] It is believed to have been used by
Norman invaders from Bacqueville (
Bacqueville-en-Caux, Sancte Mariae de Baschevilla 1133; Baschevillam, Baskervilla 1155, Baccheville 1176, Bascervilla 1179[2]) in
Normandy, many of whom settled along the English-Welsh border.
In The Hound of the Baskervilles, Conan Doyle suggests the family are of Irish descent. Sir Henry Baskerville has 'the rounded head of the Celt which carries inside it a Celtic enthusiasm and power of attachment'.
A prominent group of characters in the Japanese manga
Pandora Hearts uses the surname.
^Beaurepaire (Charles de), Laporte (dom Jean), Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Seine-Maritime, Paris, 1982-1984, p. 38.
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