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Contents

List of Illustrations
13
Hundreds and Wapentakes
47
Placenames and Archaeology
110
Placenames with Pagan Mythological
119
ia Placenames with Christian Associations
126
Placenames Illustrating Social
135
Chapter Page 14 English SettlementNames
141
Roads and Ways
153
Hills and Valleys
173
Woods Clearings and Open Land
184
Streetnames
194
Minor names and Fieldnames
204
Common Elements in English Placenames
212
Bibliography
229
Indexes
233
Copyright

Rivers Rivercrossings and Marshland
161

Common terms and phrases

13th century affix Anglo-Saxon appears barrow Castle Celtic Celtic names century church COMMON MODERN FORMS compound counties Danelaw dative denote derived from Old dialectal district Domesday Book earlier early forms early spellings East enclosure English personal name English place-names English word Ermine Street etymology examples farm farmstead or village field-names folk-name ford French frequently genitive glade Herefordshire hill homestead identical inghams Lane later Latin Lincolnshire manor medieval Middle English Midlands minor names Norman Conquest occasionally occurs Old Danish Old English Old Norse open land origin perhaps probably refers ridge river river-names Roman road Romano-British Ryknield Street Saxons second element self-explanatory sense settlement shire similar Similarly simplex name sometimes South stone stream Street survives town tumulus usually valley wapentake Watling Street West West Midlands wood Yorkshire

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TitleEnglish Place Names
PublisherTaylor & Francis
  
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