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¶ This is
Cradock.com, a Web server hosting email and various Cradock family
related projects. If you're a Cradock and you'd like an email address, or
if you'd like to know about some of the projects here, then email
Jim.
The Cradock Name
¶ According to the Internet Surname Database, the "famous" Cradock family name originated in Wales as Caradoc, also sometimes spelled Caradog. I've seen several references saying Caradoc was a mispelling of Caradog.
http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Cradock
¶ Different name translation or name definition databases indicate Caradoc is Celtic meaning "love" or "beloved."
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Caradoc
http://astro-centr.net/namemeanings.html?baby=name&tn=1&isk=Caradoc
¶ Caradoc is both the name (as Caractacus or Caratacus) of a British chieftain who fought against the Romain invasion of Britain, and Caradoc (as Caradog) one of the Knights of the Round Table. That's King Arthur's Round Table.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caratacus
http://www.battlefieldanomalies.com/caradoc/index.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caradoc
¶ Wikipedia has a lot of other interesting references to other Caradocs and the Caradoc name in history, including St. Caradoc, a 12th Century Welsh hermit, and Caer Caradoc (Welsh for Caradoc's fort), a spectacular hill crowned by a Bronze Age hill fortress in Shropshire, England.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Caradoc
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2595
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caer_Caradoc
¶ In the
meantime, check out the links page for interesting
Web sites with the Cradock name.
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