Baskerville (surname)
Baskerville is an English surname of Anglo-Norman origin. It is believed to have been used by Norman invaders from Bacqueville (Bacqueville-en-Caux, "Sancte Mariae de Baschevilla" 1133; "Baschevillam, Baskervilla" 1155, "Baccheville" 1176, "Bascervilla" 1179) in Normandy, many of whom settled along the English-Welsh border. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its relative frequency was highest in Herefordshire (16.2 times the British average), followed by Cheshire, Devon, Radnorshire, Oxfordshire, Brecknockshire, Cornwall, Wigtownshire, Carmarthenshire and Staffordshire. It has also been corrupted to Basketfield in some families. The name Baskerville may refer to: Baskerville (surname