Akehurst is an
old English
Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...
name derived from "ake," meaning oak, and "hurst," meaning "a grove of trees." The name likely comes from the modern town of
Oakhurst, once called "Acersc." The name is primarily found in the
Sussex
Sussex (Help:IPA/English, /ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English ''Sūþseaxe''; lit. 'South Saxons'; 'Sussex') is an area within South East England that was historically a kingdom of Sussex, kingdom and, later, a Historic counties of England, ...
area of England.
Notable people with the surname include:
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Bailey Akehurst (born 2003), English footballer
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Elizabeth Akehurst (born 1975), South African cricketer
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John Akehurst (1930–2007), British Army officer
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John Akehurst, American fashion photographer
* Len and Dorothy Akehurst, founders of
Doomadgee Mission
Doomadgee is a town and a locality in the Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee, Queensland, Australia. It is a mostly Indigenous community, situated about from the Northern Territory border, and west of Burketown. The settlement began with the estab ...
in Queensland, Australia
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Luke Akehurst
Luke Akehurst (born 2 March 1972) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Durham since 2024.
He is also a Labour Party official, and a former councillor. Since 2020, Akehurst has been a membe ...
(born 1972), British politician
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Michael Barton Akehurst (1940–1989), British lawyer and author
See also
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Akhurst
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Wakehurst
Wakehurst, previously known as Wakehurst Place, is a house and botanic gardens in West Sussex, England, owned by the National Trust but used and managed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew). It is near Ardingly, West Sussex in the Hig ...
References
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English-language surnames