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Place-Name
Elements - What's In A Name |
-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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