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Place-Name Elements in North Lincolnshire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

-borough - fortified place - (Old English - burh, burg)
-by - farmstead, village - (Old Norse - by)
-cotts - cottages
-ey - stream, river - (Old English - ea)
-ey - island, etc. - (Old English - eg)
-field - open land - (Old English - feld)
-ford - ford - (Old English - ford)
-ham - village, manor, homestead - (Old English - ham)
-holme - small island - (Old Norse - holmr,holmi) .....
....(Old Danish - hulm)
-land - land, enclosure, yard, church
-le - forest, wood, glade - (Old Enlish - leah)
-ness - promontory, headland, cape .....
.... (Old English naess, ness) - (Old Norse - nes)
-stow - place - holy place, place of assembly .....
....(Old English -stow)
-thorpe - secondary settlement or farm - (Old Danish - porp)
-thorpe - farm, dependent farm, hamlet - (Old English - prop)
-toft - site of a house, homestead - (Old Danish - toft)
-ton - enclosure, farmstead, village manor (Old Enlish - tun)
-well - well, spring, stream - (Old English - welle,wielle,waelle)
-wick - dwelling, farm, dairy-farm, village,saltworks.....
....(Old Enlish - wic)
-worth - enclosure - (Old English)


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