Origin of name From Wallensis, designating the Britons of Strathclyde
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Gaelic name Uallas
Lands Ayrshire, Renfrewshire
Origin Originally from a tribe in North Gaul known as the Volcae. In the 12th century land in Ayrshire was given to Richard Wallace. His son Henry acquired land in Renfrewshire |
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