Culverhouse
For the area of Cardiff, see Culverhouse Cross.
Culverhouse is an English topographic surname, which originally meaning a person who tended or lived near a dovecote, derived from the Old English culfrehus ("dovecote").[1] Dovecotes were common on English estates in the medieval period. The name may refer to:
- Gay Culverhouse (born 1947), American academic administrator
- Harry Culverhouse (born 1990), British actor
- Hugh Culverhouse (1919–1994), American lawyer and NFL team owner
- Ian Culverhouse (born 1964), English footballer
- Mike Culverhouse (born 1951), British police officer
- Peter Culverhouse (1972–2003), British cancer patient
References
- ↑ Dictionary of American Family Names. "Culverhouse Family History", Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 21 January 2016.
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