Ian Pidgeon's Genealogy Project for Pidgeon, Pidgen, Pigeon, etc
PIDGEONs of England
Pidgeons in England can be traced back to about 1600 in the counties of Devon, Norfolk, Shropshire and Hertfordshire. Other families can be traced back to the 18th or 19th centuries in London, Hampshire, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. These families spread all over tthe UK, and were joined by others coming from Ireland.