Researching Gillian Tindall
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1813 people with the Tindall surname? In that year Tindall was ranked number 1948 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Gillian means "downy-haired" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Gillian Tindall on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Gillian Tindall and the Tindall Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 2269 people with the Tindall surname in the UK? Tindall is now ranked number 2178 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Gillian Tindall
Gillian Tindall
Gillian Tindall (born 4 May 1938) is a British writer and historian. Among her books are City of Gold: The Biography of Bombay (1992) and Celestine: Voices from a French Village (1997). Her novel Fly Away Home won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1972. From the 1960s to the early 1990s, Tindall worked as a journalist, writing stories for The Guardian, the Evening Standard, The Times, and The Independent – and for many years she was a regular guest on the BBC Radio 3 arts discussion programme, Critics' Forum. Since 1963 she has lived in Kentish Town, North London.
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Other names that sound a bit like Tindall
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