Bulmer family

The Bulmer family were an Anglo Saxon noble family that survived and prospered in Norman England after the conquest; they were resident in Yorkshire. The family takes their name from Bulmer, North Yorkshire. The exact origin of the Bulmer name itself is uncertain but it has been suggested that it could come from the old English "Bull mere", a lake frequented by a bull. Another possible origin is found in the “Historical Notes of the Baronial House of Bulmer". This records that the name Bulmer is derived from the Norse 'Bolvar' (or Bule-maere in Anglo-Saxon) meaning Illustrious Bull, one of Odin's titles. Ansketil de Bulmer was the first documented member of the Bulmer family who lived in the area in the twelfth century with the current spelling.

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