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Binns

Binns Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from a locality in the Morley Wapentake of Yorkshire perhaps Binns in South Owram or more likely High Binns in Oxenhope which is close to Haworth where the earliest evidence of the surname occurs. The placename is probably the plural form of Middle English binn ‘stall manger’ (compare Bines ). Altered form of German or Swiss German Bins or Binz or of some other similar (like-sounding) German surname.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Benns, Biss, Benn, Minns, Kinne, Ginn, Finn, Zins, Berns, Bivens
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Plot No. 457

Eric Edward Binns 2001
Mairi Daniel Binns 2006

Plot No. 3171

Hannah Binns 1870
George Wilkinson 1866
Richard Wilkinson 1881

Eric Edward BINNS Plot 457

Hannah BINNS Plot 3171

Inscription

Eric Edward
Binns F.C.A.
7th February 1914
21st December 2001
Dearly Loved By
His Family And Friends
Also
Mairi Daniel
Binns
7 March 1924
16th August 2006
A Much Loved Wife
Mother And Grandmother

In Memory Of
Hannah
Relict Of Joseph Binns
Late Of Harrogate
Who Died At Hampsthwaite Hollins
Feby 21st 1870 Aged 1 Years
I Shall Be Satisfied When I Awake With
Thy Likeness
Also Of George, Second Son Of
Richard And Esther Wilkinson
Who Died Octr 6th 1866
Aged 13 Years
Also Of Richard Wilkinson
Of Hampsthwaite Hollins
Who Died November 14th 1881
Aged 72 Years
Blessed Are The Dead Which Die
In The Lord

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Plot No.	Name	Burial Date	Age
##	Annie BINNS	2 Nov 1916	28
##	David Shepherd BINNS	21 May 1861	18
457	Eric Edward BINNS	21 Dec 2001	87
3171	Hannah BINNS	26 Feb 1870	70
##	Harriet BINNS	31 Mar 1924	71
##	John BINNS	1 Mar 1837	3
##	John Bertie BINNS	20 Apr 1908	18
##	John Shepherd BINNS	19 Mar 1894	45
457	Mairi Daniel BINNS	16 Aug 2006	82
##	Sarah BINNS	25 May 1918	27
##	Sarah Shepherd BINNS	19 Jun 1886	72
##	Thomas Shepherd BINNS	8 Oct 1862	23
##	William Smith BINNS	5 Apr 1926	84

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