Where are we From ?

Our Fitzjohn ancestors came from Normandy with the 1066 invasion. The Norman's themselves came from Scandinavia These North men were given land in Northern France, Which came to be known as Normandy. At the beginning of the tenth century the French King Charles the simple gave up lands to the Viking chief called Rollo. He called the land Northmannia.



These norsemen intermarried with the French, became Christian and evolved into the Normans we are familiar with.

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A glance at the phone book will show many Fitzjohn names today.
This small Fenland town near Peterborough has by far the
largest collection of Fitzjohns.

Eastgate WHITTLESEY (Left)

Old Kent Road London (Below)

My parents wider family lived here.
Many Fitzjohns come from Middlesex
and towns up the A1.

Wheathampstead Hill (Below)


The Hertford towns of St.Albans,
Harpenden, Wheathampstead,
Hitchin and Baldock feature large Fitzjohn Families.
My own tree goes here

Ware road, Hertford (right) represents the many small
hamlets nearby with Fitzjohns.

Fitzjohn names have found their way into place names.
Fitzjohns avenue in London being the most prominent,
there are Fitzjohn Farms too.