When Abel Toplis was christened on 14 May 1716, in Darley Dale, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Topliss, was 36 and his mother, Ann Pidcock, was 24.
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Anglo-Saxon: Top, a ball, and liss, favor, meaning ball favor
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