Orpington family
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| Orpington family | |
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| Family heritage | |
| Blood status |
Wizarding family, unknown degree |
| Notable family members | |
| Status |
Probably extant |
| House(s) | |
Orpington is the surname of a wizarding family. It is unknown if they are pure-blood, or have both Muggle and magical heritage.
Known members
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- Evangeline Orpington — a former Minister for Magic
- Nerys Orpington — a Slytherin student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the 1990s
Etymology
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Orpington is a town located in the borough of Bromley in London.[1] Its name may derive from the Old English orpin, a plant, and tun, "town."[2]
Notes and references
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- ↑ "Orpington" on Wikipedia
- ↑ Local Etymology: A Derivative Dictionary of Geographical Names by Richard Stephen Charnock (1859)