Walker (English) Ancient Coat of Arms (Family Crest) Digital Image Instant Download
An occupational name meaning ‘the walker’, from the ancient word ‘wealcere’ and describes the work of the fuller to scour and thicken raw cloth in a large vessel containing a water mixture by trampling on it. Also a locational name meaning ‘of Walker’ in Northumberland, near Newcastle upon Tyne. From ‘wall-carr’, meaning ‘the marsh by the Roman wall’, a reference to Hadrian’s Wall.