As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

HURLER. A man practised in the game of hurling the ball, which is almost, if not quite, peculiar to the county of Cornwall. For a particular account of this game, which Strutt derives from the Roman play with the liarjnxstum, see Cai'cw's Suney of Cornwall, Book i. p. 73.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


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