Orchids with their delicate blossoms are simple elegance. Receiving an orchid bouquet or plant is a little like taking a trip to paradise.
This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a locational name from places called Marsden in Lancashire, and the West Riding of Yorkshire, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century mearc meaning boundary, and denu, valley; hence, a valley forming a natural boundary.he first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Alan de Marchesden, which was dated 1246, witness in the Assize Court Rolls of Lancashire, during the reign of King Henry 111, known as The Frenchman, 1216 - 1272.
Scottish, northern Irish, and English: habitational name from any of the numerous places so called, found in the Scottish Borders and in various parts of England. The second element is in all cases Old English tun âenclosureâ, âsettlementâ.In the case of Linton in Northumberland the first element is a British river name, Lyne (related to Welsh lliant âstreamâ), while Linton in Kent is âestate associated with a man called Lill or Lillaâ.he other places of this name normally have as their first element Old English lind âlime treeâ or lin âflaxâ, but occasionally perhaps hlynn âtorrentâ or hlinc âhillsideâ. (On the basis of geographical situation the meaning âtorrentâ would be appropriate to Linton near Skipton in West Yorkshire).