The Guinness Book of British Place Names

19th century Anglo Anglo-Saxon appears bridge Britain British built caer castle Celtic Celtic languages Celts church comes common name Cornish Cornwall Cumb Cumbria Danelaw Derbs Devon Domesday Book Dyfed early England English names Essex farm field names ford French Gaelic GLon Glos GMan hamm Hants hill Humb Ireland Irish island Isle Kent King Lancs land language later Latin Leics Lincs London marsh Middle English modern mound mutated name meaning names containing names refer nearby Nflk Nmbd Norman Norse North NYorks Old English Old English word Old Norse originally Orkney Oxon personal name Picts place names place-name elements places called probably pronunciation recorded river names Roman Britain Roman name Roman road saint Saxons Scandinavian Scotland settlement Sflk Shetland Shrops sometimes sound spelling stream street names survived SYorks town usually valley various Vikings village Wales Welsh Wilts WMid wood WYorks