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LEATHEM Family History

This is an Old English pre 6th century geographical location name specifically from Lathamm in Ormskirk, Lancashire. There are many ramifications of the name, spread widely over the north of England, but all have the same derivation, from 'lade' or 'lathe' a barn, or the name means 'dweller at the barns'. A Philip Lathom was wounded at Agincourt in 1415. He survived to marry a Frenchwoman and found the family of the La Thams, a last survivor of which met and spoke with British troops about her ancestor behind the lines at the Battle of the Somme in 1915.