When Henry Castle was born on 20 December 1830, in Stone, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Richard Castle, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Edmonds, was 40. He lived in Hartwell, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841.
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English: topographic name from Anglo-Norman French, Middle English castel ‘castle, fortified building or set of buildings’, especially the residence of a feudal lord (from Late Latin castellum, a diminutive of castrum ‘fort, Roman walled city’). The name would also have denoted a servant who lived and worked at such a place, or someone who had an obligation to provide services or rent to a castle.
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