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Dykes (surname)

Dykes is a British surname which is thought to originate from the hamlet of Dykesfield in Burgh-by-Sands, Cumbria in the north of England. Due to its close proximity to the English and Scottish borders, the surname Dykes has also been found in Scottish lowlands throughout the ages. The first family to bear the surname are said to have lived in the area prior to William the Conqueror's Norman conquest of England, with the oldest surviving written document placing them in Dykesfield at the end of the reign of Henry III. The family took their surname from Hadrian's Wall, also referred to in some texts as Hadrian's Dyke. The great wall crossed Great Britain from the mouth of the Tyne to the Solway Firth and forms part of the border for Dykesfield.

Bearers of the surname
• Adam Dykes (born 1977), Australian rugby league player • Andrew Dykes (cricketer) (born 1971), Australian cricketer • Andrew Dykes (rugby union), Scottish rugby player • Ash Dykes (born 1990), Welsh adventurer and extreme athlete • Beatrice Dykes (1894–1927), Welsh labour activist • Bill Dykes (born 1946), American gospel singer • Casey Dykes (born 1990), American baseball coach • Darren Dykes (born 1981), English footballer • David O. Dykes (1953–2025), American Southern Baptist clergyman • DeWitt Sanford Dykes Sr. (1903–1991), American architect, Methodist minister • Donald Dykes (born 1955), American football player • Doyle Dykes (born 1954), American country acoustic guitarist • Eva Beatrice Dykes (1893–1986), first black American woman to fulfill the requirements for a doctoral degree • Fretcheville Dykes (1800–1866), British politician • Hart Lee Dykes (born 1966), American football player • Hollie Dykes (born 1990), Australian gymnast • Hugh Dykes, Baron Dykes (born 1939), British politician • J. C. Dykes (1926–1993), American wrestler and manager • James Oswald Dykes (1835–1912), Scottish Presbyterian clergyman • Jimmy Dykes (1896–1976), American baseball player • Jimmy Dykes (rugby union) (1901–1967), Scottish rugby player • Jimmy Dykes (Scottish footballer), (1916–1974), Scottish football player • Jimmy Dykes (sportscaster) (born 1961), American basketball sportscaster • John Dykes (born 1964), British sports broadcaster • John Dykes (rugby union) (1877–1955), Scottish rugby union player • John Arthur St. Oswald Dykes (1863-1948), English pianist and teacher • John Bacchus Dykes (1823–1876), English clergyman and hymn composer • Keilen Dykes (born 1984), American football player • Loren Dykes (born 1988), Welsh footballer • Lyndon Dykes (born 1995), Scottish footballer • Omar Kent Dykes (born 1950), American blues guitarist and singer • Ross Dykes (1945–2020), New Zealand cricketer • Sonny Dykes (born 1969), American football coach • Spike Dykes (1938–2017), American football coach • Brigadier Vivian Dykes (1898–1943), British soldier • W. E. "Bill" Dykes (1923–2015), Louisiana state senator • William Rickatson Dykes (1877–1925), amateur botanist and iris breeder ==References==
Source: Wikipedia ↗
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