Tunbridge Wells

A town in Kent, England, officially Royal Tunbridge Wells (OS grid ref TQ5839).


Bicester

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5822).


Leamington Spa

Royal Leamington Spa
Royal Leamington Spa#English

A spa town in Royal Leamington Spa parish, Warwick district, Warwickshire, England, also known as Royal Leamington Spa or just Leamington (OS grid ref SP3165).


Westbury

en-proper noun

Westbury (countable and uncountable, plural Westburys)

From Old English west (“west”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”), alternatively west + -bury.

A town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST868511).


Bridgwater

Bridgwater (countable and uncountable, plural Bridgwaters)

Bridgwaters (plural)
Bridgewater (alternative)

Recorded as Brigewaltier in the Pipe rolls, the town's name derives from Old English bryċġ (“bridge”) + the personal name Walter, from the local landowner Walter of Douai.

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3037).


Dorking

A market town, the seat of Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1649).


Horsham

A market town in West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1730).


Skipton

Skipton (countable and uncountable, plural Skiptons)

From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) (with change from sh to sk due to Scandinavian influence) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD9851).


Matlock

Old English mæthel or mæðel "assembly, speech" and āc "oak."

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A town in Matlock Town parish, Derbyshire Dales district, and the county town of Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2960).


Addlestone

A town in Runnymede borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0564).


Virginia Water

A small town (and lake of the same name) in Runnymede borough, Surrey, England. The lake is partly in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU9968).


Windermere

"Winand's lake", from Continental Germanic personal name Wînand + Old Norse genitive singular ending -ar + Old English mere (“lake, pond”).

Windermere and Bowness
Windermere and Bowness#English

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A town near this lake in Windermere and Bowness parish, Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD4198).


Keswick

From Old English ċȳse (“cheese”) and wīc (“farm”); alternatively, cheese + -wick; the alteration of /tʃ/ to /k/ is down to Old Norse influence.

A market town and civil parish in Cumberland district, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale district, and historically in the county of Cumberland (OS grid ref NY2623).


Farnham

Farnham (countable and uncountable, plural Farnhams)

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Waverley district, Surrey (OS grid ref SU8447).


Godalming

From the unrecorded Old English personal name *Godhelm + -ing (“belonging to”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9643).


Petersfield

A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7423).


Reigate

A market town in, and the administrative headquarters of, Surrey, England.


Leigh-on-Sea

*Recorded as Legra in 1086 (DB), and Legha in 1226.

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Southend-on-Sea borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8386).


Shoeburyness

Shoebury Ness is a ness (flat headland) in the Thames Estuary, on the southern edge of the town. Shoebury is from Old English scēo + burh (“fortress providing shelter”), recorded as Sceobyrig early 10th century, Soberia in 1086 (DB), and Shoberynesse in the 16th century.

der

A town situated on the Thames Estuary in Southend-on-Sea borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ9485).


Canvey Island

A small but well-populated island in the Thames Estuary which is connected by bridge to the mainland, and which is a town and civil parish with a town council in Castle Point borough, Essex, England.


Brentwood

From Middle English brende (“burnt”) + wode (“wood”).

A town in Brentwood borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ5993).


Hoddesdon

From the Old English personal name Hod + -s- + dūn (“hill”).

A town in Broxbourne district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL365085).


Looe

From Cornish logh (“inlet”). Doublet of lay, loch, and lough.

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Cornwall, England, situated on the River Looe (OS grid ref SX2553).


Bishop's Stortford

Uncertain. Possibly the Saxon settlement derived its name from 'Steorta's ford' or 'tail ford', in the sense of a 'tail', or tongue, of land. The town became known as Bishop's Stortford due to the acquisition in 1060 by the Bishop of London. The River Stort is named after the town: 16th-century cartographers assumed that the town must have been named after the ford over the river.

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL4821).


Maldon

A town and civil parish in Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8507).


Waltham Cross

A town in Broxbourne borough, Hertfordshire, England, just outside Greater London (OS grid ref TL3600).


Waltham Abbey

A town, abbey church, and civil parish with a town council in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL3800).


Burnham-on-Sea

Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge
Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge#English

A town in Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge parish, Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3049).


Burnham-on-Crouch

A town and civil parish with a town council in Maldon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ9595).


Bury St Edmunds

A cathedral and market town and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8564).


Cromer

“You should have gone to Cromer, my dear, if you went anywhere.—Perry was a week at Cromer once, and he holds it to be the best of all the sea-bathing places. […]

1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter XII, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 223:

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Norfolk, England, which is the headquarters of North Norfolk district (OS grid ref TG2142).


Chesham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SP9501).


Didcot

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, formerly in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU5290).


High Wycombe

Distinguishing this place from the other Wycombe.

A large town in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8693).


Blyth

From Old English blīþe. The surname derives partly from the place names, partly from a nickname.

A town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ3181).


Maryport

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough, and historically in the county of Cumberland (OS grid ref NY0336).


Saffron Walden

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5338).


Thetford

Recorded as Theodford late 9th century, and Tedfort in 1086 (DB), from Old English þēod + ford, "people's or public ford".

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TL8783).


Wisbech

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF4609).


Wellingborough

Borough of Wellingborough
Wellingborough

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A market town with a town council in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8967).


Stamford

An assimilated (labialised) variant of Stanford.

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0207).


Sutton Coldfield

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England, historically in Warwickshire.


Stockton-on-Tees

Borough of Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees

A market town in County Durham, England, known as Stockton for short. Formerly a Metropolitan Borough, and merged into the County Borough of Teesside between 1968 and 1974.


Tiverton

From *Tiver (a Brythonic element also found in Welsh Teifi) + -ton.
The village in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Devon.

A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9512).


Hexham

From Middle English Hexham, a contraction of Middle English Hestaldesham, Exseldesham, Extoldesham, Hestalasham, Hestoldesham, all variants of Old English Hagustaldeshām (“Hexham”), from Old English Hagustaldes (“Hagustald's”, personal name), from Old English hagosteald (“owner of a fenced-in plot of land, one living in his lord's house, an unmarried man, bachelor, young warrior”) + hām (“home, village, farmstead”). Compare also Hagustaldesēa (“Hexham”, literally “Hagustald's Island”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Northumberland, England; historically the county town of Hexhamshire (OS grid ref NY9363).


Rugeley

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cannock Chase district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0417).


Castleford

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.


Dewsbury

From the Welsh personal name Dewi, adapted into the Old English genitive case Dewes + byriġ, the dative case of Old English burh (“fort”).

Duesbury (alternative)
Jewesbury (alternative)
Jewsbury (alternative)
Joesbury (alternative)

A minster town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2421).


Bishop Auckland

/ˈbɪʃəp ˈɔːklənd/

A town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2028).


Southport

A coastal town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England; formerly Lancashire (OS grid ref SD3317).


Wallasey

From Old English wealh (“Celt; Welsh”) + -s- + īeġ (“island”).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3092).


Eccles

From Middle English Eccles, from Old English *Eccles, borrowed from pre-Proto-Brythonic *eglēs (“church”), whence Proto-Brythonic *egluɨs. The sound change *ē > *uɨ is regular in Proto-Brythonic, but had evidently not yet occurred when place-name instances of *eglēs in the north were being borrowed into Old English; Jackson (1953) dates this change to the late 7th century. *g > *k is regular assuming borrowing into Old English, which did not have intervocalic /g/ except after a nasal. A number of toponyms in northern Britain are composed of Eccles plus a term of English origin, e.g. Eccleston (+ -ton), Eccleshill (+ hill). Doublet of ecclesia.

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A town in Salford, Greater Manchester, England.


Leyland

en-proper noun

Leyland (countable and uncountable, plural Leylands)

A town in South Ribble district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5421).


Clitheroe

Clitheroe (countable and uncountable, plural Clitheroes)

A town and civil parish with a town council in Ribble Valley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7442).


Nantwich

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6552).


Ramsbottom

Ramsbottom (countable and uncountable, plural Ramsbottoms)

Ramsbottoms (plural)
Ramsbotham (alternative)
Ransbottom (alternative)

From either Old English ramm (“ram”) or hramsa (“ramsons”) + botm (“bottom, ground”).

A market town in Bury borough, Greater Manchester, England, formerly in Lancashire.


Bromsgrove

A town in Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9670).


Retford

A market town in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England, alternatively known as East Retford (OS grid ref SK7080).


Goole

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7423).


Selby

Selby (countable and uncountable, plural Selbys)

From Old Norse selja (“willow, sallow”) + býr (“settlement, farm”).

West Riding of Yorkshire
West Riding of Yorkshire

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE6132).


Burnley

From Brun (a river name meaning "brown") + Old English lēah (“meadow, clearing”).


Ulverston

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district, and historically in Lancashire (OS grid ref SD2878).


Barrow-in-Furness

A town in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, historically in Lancashire and commonly known as Barrow (OS grid ref SD1969).


Bridgnorth

A town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7193).


Uttoxeter

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England. (OS grid ref SK0933).


Redcar

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

A coastal town in Redcar and Cleveland district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ6025).


Ashby-de-la-Zouch

/ˌæʃbɪ dələ ˈzuːʃ/

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England, often shortened to Ashby (OS grid ref SK3516).


Padstow

A corruption of Saint Petroc + Old English stōw.

A small town, civil parish, and fishing port in northern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9175).


Paddock Wood

A town and civil parish with a town council in Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6745).


Borehamwood

Respelling of Boreham Wood, from Boreham + wood. "Boreham" is from Old English bor (“elevated place; hill”) + hām (“village, hamlet”).

der

Elstree and Borehamwood
Elstree and Borehamwood#English

A town in Elstree and Borehamwood parish, Hertsmere district, southern Hertfordshire, England, the original spelling was Boreham Wood (OS grid ref TQ1996).


Pershore

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9446).


Keynsham

Bath and North East Somerset
Bath and North East Somerset#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6568).


Avonmouth

An urban area and port in the city and county of Bristol, England, at the mouth of the river Avon.


Chester-le-Street

A market town in County Durham, England.


Brixham

A town, fishing port, and civil parish with a town council in Torbay borough, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9256).


Lytham St Annes

St Anne's on the Sea
St Anne's on the Sea#English

A conurbation of two neighbouring seaside towns, Lytham and St Anne's on the Sea, in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England.


Poulton-le-Fylde

A market town in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3439).


St Ives

* Cornwall: Seen from 1284. From St Ia, a Cornish saint.
* Cambridgeshire: Seen from 1110. From Ivo of Ramsey, a Cornish saint whose relics were found here.
* Dorset: Seen from 1167. 'Place overgrown with ivy' from Old English *īfet. Saint added more recently in reference to other settlements called St Ives.
* New South Wales: Named in 1900, likely from either the Cornish town or after Isaac Ellis Ives, a local politician.

St Ives
St Ives, Cambridgeshire
St Ives, Cornwall
St Ives, Dorset
St Ives, New South Wales

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5140).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, historically in the County of Huntingdonshire (OS grid ref TL3172).


Launceston

Launceston, Cornwall
Launceston, Tasmania

A town and civil parish with a town council in eastern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX3384).


Grantham

en-proper noun

Grantham (countable and uncountable, plural Granthams)

From either the Old English personal name Granta or grand (“gravel”) + hām (“homestead”).

A market town in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9136).


Strood

Apparently from Middle English strothe, strode (“marshy land overgrown with brush”), from Old English strōd (“marshy land”). Compare Strother.

inh

A town in Medway district, Kent, England.


Faversham

en-proper noun

Faversham (countable and uncountable, plural Favershams)

From Old English Fefreshām, of which the second element is hām (“homestead”) and the first element is of uncertain origin; it may come from Latin faber (“smith, craftsman”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0161).


Amersham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SU9698).


Wickford

A town and civil parish with a town council in Basildon borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ7493).


Walton-on-the-Naze

Frinton and Walton
Frinton and Walton#English

A small coastal town in Frinton and Walton parish, Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM2521).


Walton-on-Thames

A town in Elmbridge borough, northern Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1066).


Cannock

A town in and the administrative centre of Cannock Chase district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9810).


Market Rasen

A small market town and civil parish with a well-known racecourse, in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1089).


Market Harborough

A market town in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP7387).


West Drayton

A suburban town in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ0679).


Swanley

From Old English sweġen (“swain”) + lēah (“clearing”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England, just outside Greater London (OS grid ref TQ5168).


Greenhithe

When ready for sea we went up to Greenhithe, that their lordships might inspect us, and then to Portsmouth, to take troops to Cork, a pleasant trip; […]

1892, Sir George Giffard, Reminiscences of a Naval Officer, page 45:

Swanscombe and Greenhithe
Swanscombe and Greenhithe#English

A small town in Swanscombe and Greenhithe parish, Dartford borough, Kent, England.


Swanscombe

A small town in Swanscombe and Greenhithe parish, Dartford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6074).


Northfleet

A town within Gravesham borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6274).


Purfleet

A town beside the Thames in Thurrock borough, Essex, England, just outside Greater London (OS grid ref TQ5578).


Aveley

a small town in Thurrock, Essex, England.


Stanford-le-Hope

Situated on a small river named the Hope.

A town in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6882).


Needham Market

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0855).


Woodbridge

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM2749).


Halesowen

From Old English halas, plural of halh (“nook”) + Welsh personal name Owain (Owen).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England; previously in Worcestershire and historically an exclave of Shropshire (OS grid ref SO9683).


Oldbury

From old + -bury. Doublet of Aldborough, Aldbrough, and Aldeburgh. Compare Oldenburg.

doublet

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9889).


Leominster

Inherited from Middle English Lemynster, Lemyster, from Old English Lēomynster, from Lēon (a region name) + mynster (“monastery”).

af

A market town and civil parish with a town council in northern Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4958).


Redditch

A town and local government district with borough status in Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0467).


Droitwich

/ˈdɹɔɪtwɪt͡ʃ/

A town in Droitwich Spa parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8963).


Downham Market

King's Lynn and West Norfolk
King's Lynn and West Norfolk#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6103).


Filton

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A suburban town and civil parish with a town council just to the north of Bristol, in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6079).


Downham

The train carrying the body of King George VI from Wolferton to London approaching Downham, Norfolk, on February 11, headed by the standard class "7" 4-6-2 engine No. 70000, "Britannia"

1952 April, “The Passing of King George VI”, in Railway Magazine, page 234, image caption:

Ellipsis of Downham Market: a market town and civil parish with a town council in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England.


Malvern

From Old English Malferna, from an Old Welsh form equivalent to Modern Welsh moelfryn (“bald hill”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England. See also Great Malvern.


Brownhills

A town in Walsall borough, West Midlands, England, and formerly in Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0405).


Bloxwich

Evidence suggests that it was a small Mercian settlement named after the family of Bloc (earlier Blochescwic, meaning "Bloc's village").

A town in Walsall borough, West Midlands, England, historically in Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9902).


Consett

A town (unparished) in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1051).


Kingswood

en-proper noun

Kingswood (countable and uncountable, plural Kingswoods)

From Old English cyning (“king”) + -s- + wudu (“wood”).

A suburban town in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England, to the northeast of Bristol (OS grid ref ST6573).


Patchway

A suburban town and civil parish with a town council to the northwest of Bristol in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England, next to Filton (OS grid ref ST6081).


Whitchurch

Whitchurch (countable and uncountable, plural Whitchurches)

From Old English hwit + cirice (“white church”), presumably built from whitish stone.

der

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4648).

We lived then in Whitchurch, the Shropshire Whitchurch, which unlike all the half dozen other Whitchurches of England, is a place of no little railway interest.

1948 September and October, Canon Roger Lloyd, “The Art and Mystery of the Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 327:

Whitchurch Urban
Whitchurch Urban#English

A market town in Whitchurch Urban parish, north Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5441).


Yate

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7182).


Rickmansworth

A town, the administrative centre of Three Rivers district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TQ0594).


Sawbridgeworth

From Middle English Sabrigeworth, Sabriccheworth, Sabrichewurth, from Old English Sabrixteworde.

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England, which borders on Essex (OS grid ref TL4814).


Henley-on-Thames

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council, on the River Thames in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU7682).


Henley-in-Arden

A small town and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1566).


Chipping Sodbury

A market town in Sodbury parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England.


Thornbury

en-proper noun

Thornbury (countable and uncountable, plural Thornburys)

Thornburys (plural)
Thornberry (alternative)

From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

A market town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST6390).


Chorley

A market town and borough of Lancashire, England.


Wimborne Minster

A market town in Dorset, England, often known as just Wimborne.


Ashton-under-Lyne

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A market town in Tameside borough, Greater Manchester, England.


Grange-over-Sands

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district, and historically in Lancashire (OS grid ref SD4077).


West Kirby

A coastal town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ2186).


Heswall

Noted in the Domesday Book as Middle English Eswelle, from es (his) + welle (well).

A town in Wirral borough, Merseyside, England, formerly in Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ2781).


Carnforth

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4970).


Bootle

A town in Sefton borough, Merseyside, England, formerly in Lancashire.


Formby

A coastal town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD2907). Formerly in Lancashire.


Lyme Regis

Regis (from Latin regis) was added to the town's name in 1284.

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in south-west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY3492).


Seaton

Seaton (countable and uncountable, plural Seatons)

From Old English sǣ (“sea, lake”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A coastal town and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY2490).


Crewkerne

A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4409).


Somerton

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4828).


Honiton

A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST1600).


Ilminster

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3514).


Langport

A small town and civil parish with a town council in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4226).


Beaminster

A small town and civil parish with a town council in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST4701).


Sidmouth

At the mouth of the River Sid: Sid + mouth.

A coastal town and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY1287).


Cullompton

A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST0107).


Dawlish

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9676).


Newton Abbot

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8671).


Totnes

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8060).


Ivybridge

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6356).


Long Eaton

A town in Erewash borough, Derbyshire, England.


New Mills

A town and civil parish with a town council in High Peak district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9985).


New Milton

A market town and civil parish with a town council in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2495).


Ferndown

A town and civil parish in East Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU0700).


Darwen

Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Blackburn with Darwen borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6922).


Bacup

From Old English fūl (“muddy”) + bæchop (“ridge valley”).

A town in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8623).


Rawtenstall

A town in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8123).


Haslingden

A town in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England.


Rishton

A town in Hyndburn borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7230).


Padiham

A town and civil parish with a town council within Burnley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7933).


Todmorden

From Old English Totta (“Totta's”) + dene (“valley”); folk etymologies have related it to German Tod (“death”) +
French Mort (“death”) + Old English dene (“valley”); or otherwise deriving from Old English tod (“fox”) + mor (“moor”) + dene (“valley”).

compound

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England. Until 1889 it was in both Lancashire and Yorkshire.


Hebden Bridge

A market town in Hebden Royd parish, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9927).


Colne

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Pendle borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8940).


Northwich

/ˈnɔːθwɪt͡ʃ/

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6573).


Middlewich

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England. (OS grid ref SJ7066).


Sandbach

From sand (“sand”) + bæce (“valley-stream”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7560).


Winsford

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6566).


Newcastle-under-Lyme

From Newcastle + Proto-Celtic *limos (“elm”).

A market town and borough of Staffordshire, England.

Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme


Burton upon Trent

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A town in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England.


Swadlincote

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A town in an unparished area of South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2919).


Cheadle

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0143).


Poynton

Poynton with Worth
Poynton with Worth#English

A town in Poynton with Worth parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England, just outside Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ9283).


Marple

A town in Stockport borough, Greater Manchester, England. Originally in Cheshire.


Stalybridge

A town in Tameside borough, Greater Manchester, England, historically divided between Lancashire and Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ9698).


Thame

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, by the above river (OS grid ref SP7006).


Princes Risborough

A town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8003).


Berkhamsted

A town and civil parish with a town council in Dacorum borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9907).


Leighton Buzzard

Buzzard is from the surname de Busar (see Wikipedia), not from the bird of the same name.

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A town in Leighton-Linslade parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9225).


Barnard Castle

A market town and civil parish with a town council, as well as a medieval castle, in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ0516).


Melksham

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9063).


Chadderton

A town in Oldham borough, Greater Manchester, England. Originally in Lancashire.


Royton

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Originally in Lancashire.


Prestwich

en-proper noun

Prestwich (countable and uncountable, plural Prestwiches)

Prestwiches (plural)
Prestedge (alternative)
Prestidge (alternative)

From Old English prēost (“priest”) + wīċ (“settlement”).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8103).


Saltash

A town and civil parish with a town council in eastern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4258).


Liskeard

A market town and civil parish with a town council in east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2564).


Bodmin

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0667).


St Austell

A town and civil parish with a town council on the south coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0152).


Calne

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9970).


Malmesbury

A market town and civil parish with a town council in north-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9387).


Bradford-on-Avon

A town and civil parish with a town council in west Wiltshire, England, on the Wiltshire/Somerset/Bristol River Avon (OS grid ref ST8260).


Corsham

A town and civil parish with a town council in north-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8670).


Tetbury

A small town in Gloucestershire, England.


Wantage

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, originally in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3988).


Bishop's Castle

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3288).


Church Stretton

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO4593).


Craven Arms

Named after a hotel; "arms" refers to a coat of arms.

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO4382).


Tenbury Wells

A market town in Tenbury parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO5968).


Bewdley

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7875).


Stourport-on-Severn

A town and civil parish with a town council on the River Severn in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8171).


Skelmersdale

A town in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England.


Ilkley

A town and civil parish with a town council in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1147).


Holmfirth

A town in Holme Valley parish, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1408).


Mirfield

From Old English myrige (“pleasant, agreeable”) + feld (“pasture, open country”).

compound

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2020).


Brightlingsea

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0817).


Market Deeping

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1310).


Whittlesey

en-proper noun

Whittlesey (countable and uncountable, plural Whittleseys)

Whittleseys (plural)
Whittlesea (alternative)
Whitsey (alternative)

From the Old English personal name *Wittel + -s- + īeġ (“island”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2797).


Chatteris

/ˈt͡ʃætɛɹɪs/

Recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) in the Middle English forms Cetriz and Cateriz. Theories of its derivation include:
* a borrowing from an unattested Old Welsh intermediary of Middle Welsh cadeir (“hill-fort”) and Medieval Latin cathedra, akin to Catterick
* a derivation from Old English Ceatta (a personal name, as in St Ceatta) + rīc (kingdom, authority)
* a derivation from Proto-Brythonic *koɨd (“wood, forest”) + *rrɨd (“ford”)

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Chateriz (alternative obsolete)
Cheaterizt (alternative obsolete)

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3986).


Sheringham

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1543).


North Walsham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2830).


Aylsham

Attested in the 1086 Domesday Book under various names, including Helesham and Ailesham. From Old English *Æġleshām, a compound of *Æġel (“a personal name”) + hām (“home, farm”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1926).


Reepham

The east of the market place is dominated by the tall tower of St Michael's Church, which strangely is not the parish church of Reepham but of neighbouring Whitwell. At one time three churches stood in the churchyard; Reepham's Church of St Mary is joined by its choir vestry to St Michael's, and the third church belonged to Hackford, but has been a ruin since 1543.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 331, about Reepham, Norfolk:

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1023).


Purley

A town in the borough of Croydon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3161).


Mexborough

West Riding of Yorkshire
West Riding of Yorkshire#English

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, originally in the West Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4700).


Maltby

West Riding of Yorkshire
West Riding of Yorkshire

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Originally in the West Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5292).


Mablethorpe

From Old English personal name Malbert + þorp (“village, farm”).

Mablethorpe and Sutton
Mablethorpe and Sutton#English

A coastal town in Mablethorpe and Sutton parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF5085).


Cleethorpes

North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire#English

A seaside town in North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA3008).


Immingham

A town and civil parish with a town council in North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England. A port at Immingham Dock on the River Humber is nearby (OS grid ref TA1814).


Billingham

A town and civil parish with a town council in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4623).


Crook

* The English surname is derived from the noun crook (“bend, hook”).
* The places in Durham and Cumbria are of Brythonic origin, from crug (“hill, mound”).

A town (unparished) in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1635).


Middleton-in-Teesdale

A small market town and civil parish (served by Middleton-in-Teesdale and Newbiggin Parish Council) in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NY9425).


Nailsea

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4770).


Wincanton

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7128).


Sherborne

From Old English Sċīraburna, equivalent to scīr (“bright, clear”) + burna (“stream”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in northwestern Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST6316).


Shepton Mallet

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST6143).


Midsomer Norton

/ˈmɪdsʌməɹ ˈnɔːɹtən/

Bath and North East Somerset
Bath and North East Somerset#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6654).


Radstock

A town and civil parish with a town council in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6854).


Castle Cary

/ˌkɑːsəl ˈkɛəɹi/

Situated at the source of the River Cary.

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6432).


Bruton

A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, on the River Brue, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6834).


Ashburton

From Old English æsc (“ashtree”) + burna (“stream”) + tūn (“town”).

A small town and civil parish in Teignbridge district, on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7569).


Kingsbridge

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7344).


Buckfastleigh

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7366).


Torpoint

A town and civil parish with a town council in eastern Cornwall, England, opposite Plymouth and Devonport in Devon, to which it is linked by ferry (OS grid ref SX4355).


Camborne

From Cornish Kammbronn, meaning "crooked hill".

A town and civil parish with a town council in western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6440).


Redruth

From Old Cornish Rhyd-ruth, meaning "red ford". Compare Cornish Resrudh.

A town and civil parish with a town council in western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7042).


Penryn

From Cornish Pennrynn, meaning "promontory".

A town and civil parish with a town council in southern Cornwall, England, to the north of Falmouth (OS grid ref SW7834).


Fowey

A small town and port on the south coast of Cornwall, England.


Wadebridge

From wade + bridge. Originally named Wade, as the River Camel had to be waded here until a bridge was built in 1468.

A town and civil parish with a town council in northern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9972).


Camelford

A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX1083).


Marazion

A small seaside town and civil parish with a town council to the east of Penzance, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5130).


Dereham

From Old English Dēorhām, equivalent to dēor (“wild animal”) + hām (“home”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Breckland district, Norfolk, England. Also called East Dereham (OS grid ref TF9913).


Wells-next-the-Sea

A small coastal town, port, and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9143).


Fakenham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9230).


Hunstanton

King's Lynn and West Norfolk
King's Lynn and West Norfolk#English

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6740).


Holbeach

A market town and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3625).


Sleaford

From Old English Sliowaford, from sliow (uncertain definition) + ford (ford).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0645).


Bourne

The placename and English surname are derived from Old English burna (“stream”), whence also the common noun bourne (“stream”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0920).


Newark-on-Trent

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A market town in Newark parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7953).


East Retford

alternative and official name for the town of Retford.


Southwell

A town (with a racecourse) and civil parish with a town council in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6953).


Alfreton

A town and civil parish with a town council in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4155).


Sutton-in-Ashfield

A market town in Ashfield district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4959).


Romsey

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3521).


New Alresford

New Alresford is constantly mispronounced, T-shaped, honeycombed with cellars, packed with antique shops, riddled with woodworm, surrounded by watercress. The name - which means 'ford by the alders' - is pronounced 'Allsford'; and no one ever uses 'New', though they do call the adjoining village Old Alresford.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 144:

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5832).


Ilfracombe

A seaside town and civil parish with a town council in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5147).


Lynton

Lynton and Lynmouth
Lynton and Lynmouth#English

A small clifftop town in Lynton and Lynmouth parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7149).


Okehampton

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5995).


Crediton

From Old English, recorded as Cridiantune in 930, Chritetona in 1086 (DB), farmstead or estate on the River Creedy, equivalent to Creedy + -ton.

A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS8300).


Kingsteignton

A town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8773).


Bampton

en-proper noun

Bampton (countable and uncountable, plural Bamptons)

From Old English bēam (“beam, tree”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A small town and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9522)


Ambleside

A small town in Lakes parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England, originally in Westmorland (OS grid ref NY3704).


Amesbury

A town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1541).


Ross-on-Wye

A market town and civil parish with a town council in southeastern Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO6024).


Tidworth

A garrison town and civil parish with a town council in east Wiltshire, England. It was partly in Hampshire until 1992 (OS grid ref SU2349).


Barton upon Humber

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council, on the Humber estuary in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0322).


Hornsea

From Old English hornes (“horn's”) + ēa (“river”).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA2047).


Withernsea

A coastal town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.


Market Weighton

A market town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8741).


Pocklington

A market town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8048).


Haverhill

From either Old English *hæfera (“oats”) or hæfer (“billy (goat)”) + hyll (“hill”).

A market town and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district, on the border with Essex (OS grid ref TL6745).


Loughton

Loughton (countable and uncountable, plural Loughtons)

From the Old English personal name Luhha + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A town and civil parish in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ4396).


Holsworthy

A small market town in Torridge district, Devon, England.


Skelton

Skelton (countable and uncountable, plural Skeltons)

From Old English scylfe (“deck, shelf”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Shelton. The alteration of /ʃ/ to /sk/ is down to Old Norse influence.

Skelton and Brotton
Skelton and Brotton#English

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

A town, otherwise known as Skelton-in-Cleveland, in Skelton and Brotton parish, Redcar and Cleveland district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref NZ6619).


Stow-on-the-Wold

A market town in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England.


Witney

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3510).


Stratton

Stratton (countable and uncountable, plural Strattons)

From Old English strǣt (“street, paved high-way”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A market town in Bude-Stratton parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SS2306).


Shepperton

From Old English Scepertūn (“shepherd's town”), equivalent to shepherd + -ton.

inh

A town in Spelthorne borough, Surrey, England, historically in the county of Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ0867).


Featherstone

en-proper noun

Featherstone (countable and uncountable, plural Featherstones)

From Middle English featherston, fetherstane, from Old English feoþerstān, fiþerstān (literally “four-stone”), from Old English fiþer- (“four”) + stān (“stone”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4220).


Oakham

A town and civil parish (with a town council) in and the county town of Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8508).


Chilton

Chilton (countable and uncountable, plural Chiltons)

Chilton
Chilton, Oxfordshire
Domesday Book
Medieval Latin

From Old English ċilda tūn, a compound of ċilda (genitive plural of ċild (“child”)) + tūn (“town”). The name of Chilton, Oxfordshire is attested under various spellings in Medieval Latin texts of the 11th and 12th centuries: Cilda tun, Childatun, Chiltune, Chiltuna, Ciltone, Cilletone (in the Domesday Book), and Childestuna.

A small town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham (OS grid ref NZ2829).


Blandford Forum

From Old English blǣġena (“gudgeon”, gen. pl.) + ford. The addition of Latin forum dates to the 18th century.

inh

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Dorset, England, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST8806).


Sturminster Newton

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7814).


伯恩茅斯

/pu̯ɔ³⁵ ˀən⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/

/pu̯ɔ³⁵ ˀən⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/


伯恩利

/pu̯ɔ³⁵ ˀən⁵⁵ li⁵¹/

/pu̯ɔ³⁵ ˀən⁵⁵ li⁵¹/


米德爾斯堡

ㄇㄧˇ ㄉㄜˊ ㄦˇ ㄙ ㄅㄠˇ

ㄇㄧˇ ㄉㄜˊ ㄦˇ ㄙ ㄅㄠˇ

/mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɐi̯¹³ tɐk̚⁵ jiː¹³ siː⁵⁵ pou̯³⁵/

/mɐi̯¹³ tɐk̚⁵ jiː¹³ siː⁵⁵ pou̯³⁵/


西布羅米奇

ㄒㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧˇ ㄑㄧˊ

ㄒㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧˇ ㄑㄧˊ

/ɕi⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ lu̯ɔ³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ pou̯³³ lɔː²¹ mɐi̯¹³ kʰei̯²¹/

/ɕi⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ lu̯ɔ³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ pou̯³³ lɔː²¹ mɐi̯¹³ kʰei̯²¹/


西布羅姆維奇

ㄒㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄨˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧˊ

ㄒㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄨˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧˊ

Сибуломувэйци

/ɕi⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ lu̯ɔ³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ pou̯³³ lɔː²¹ mou̯¹³ wɐi̯²¹ kʰei̯²¹/


紐卡素

ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄚˇ ㄙㄨˋ

ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄚˇ ㄙㄨˋ

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ su⁵¹/

/nɐu̯¹³ kʰaː⁵⁵ sou̯³³/

/nɐu̯³⁵ kʰaː⁵⁵ sou̯³³/

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ su⁵¹/

/nɐu̯¹³ kʰaː⁵⁵ sou̯³³/

/nɐu̯³⁵ kʰaː⁵⁵ sou̯³³/

Newcastle (a large market town in Staffordshire, England)


紐卡斯爾

ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄚˇ ㄙ ㄦˇ

ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄚˇ ㄙ ㄦˇ

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/nɐu̯¹³ kʰaː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ jiː¹³/

/nɐu̯¹³ kʰaː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ jiː¹³/


Marlow

en-proper noun

Marlow (countable and uncountable, plural Marlows)

From Old English mere (“lake, pool”) + hlǣw (“mountain, hill”).

A town and civil parish with a town council on the River Thames in southern Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU8586).


Earley

Earley (countable and uncountable, plural Earleys)

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England, near Reading (OS grid SU7571).


Colburn

Colburn (countable and uncountable, plural Colburns)

From Old English cōl (“cool”) + burna (“stream”).

(uncountable) A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE2098).


Halstead

Halstead (countable and uncountable, plural Halsteads)

A town and civil parish with a town council in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8130).


Bushey

Bushey (countable and uncountable, plural Busheys)

From Old English bysċe (“bush, thicket”), with possible influence from Old French boisseie (“woodland”).

A town in Hertsmere district, Hertfordshire, England, close to the border with Greater London.


雷丁

/leɪ̯³⁵ tiŋ⁵⁵/

/leɪ̯³⁵ tiŋ⁵⁵/


Burford

Burford (countable and uncountable, plural Burfords)

From Old English Beorgford, equivalent to beorg (“mountain”) + ford (“ford”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2512).


Rothwell

Rothwell (countable and uncountable, plural Rothwells)

From Old English *roþa, the genitive plural of *roþ (“forest clearing”) + wielle (“spring”).

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering borough (OS grid ref SP8181).

A market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3428).


Witham

Witham (countable and uncountable, plural Withams)

Withams (plural)
Whittome (alternative)
Withem (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Wit or wiht (“bend”) + hām (“homestead”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8214).


Hinckley

Hinckley (countable and uncountable, plural Hinckleys)

Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth#English

A town in Hinckley and Bosworth borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4293).


Kirkham

Kirkham (countable and uncountable, plural Kirkhams)

From a Scandinvianized form of Old English ċiriċe (“church”) + hām (“homestead”).

A town and civil parish in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4232).


Southwick

Southwick (countable and uncountable, plural Southwicks)

From Old English sūþ (“south”) + wīċ (“village, specialized farm”).

(uncountable) A number of places in England:

A town in Adur district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ2405).


Brough

Brough (countable and uncountable, plural Broughs)

From Old English burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of borough, burgh, and Bury.

A town on the Humber estuary in Elloughton-cum-Brough parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9426).


Southall

Southall (countable and uncountable, plural Southalls)

From Old English suþ (“south”) + halh (“hollow, nook”).

A suburban town in the borough of Ealing, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1280).


St Just

A town in the area of Penwith, Cornwall, England, not far from Land's End.


Blandford

Blandford (countable and uncountable, plural Blandfords)

Ellipsis of Blandford Forum: a market town and civil parish with a town council in Dorset, England, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST8806).


Hadfield

Hadfield (countable and uncountable, plural Hadfields)

From Old English hǣþ (“heath”) + feld (“field”).

A town in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0296).


Worsley

Worsley (countable and uncountable, plural Worsleys)

From either Old English personal name *Weorc, in the genitive case *Weorces + Proto-Brythonic *cę̃d (“a wood”) + lēah (“wood clearing, glade”), or else from the feminine personal name *Worcgȳth, genitive singular *Weorcgȳthe + lēah. Also suggested is derivation from Proto-Brythonic *gwor- (“over-, above”) + celli (“grove”), with late Cumbric devoicing being evident in early forms.

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9400).


哈利法克斯

ㄏㄚ ㄌㄧˋ ㄈㄚˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄙ

ㄏㄚ ㄌㄧˋ ㄈㄚˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄙ

/xä⁵⁵ li⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/

/xä⁵⁵ li⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/

Halifax (an industrial town in West Yorkshire, England, 20km south-west of Leeds)


朗賽斯頓

ㄌㄤˇ ㄙㄞˋ ㄙ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

ㄌㄤˇ ㄙㄞˋ ㄙ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

Лансайсыдунь

/lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ saɪ̯⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/

/lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ saɪ̯⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/

Launceston (a town and civil parish with a town council in eastern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX3384))


Netherton

Netherton (countable and uncountable, plural Nethertons)

"The lower settlement", from Old English niþera (“lower”) + tūn (“settlement”).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9488).


里士滿

/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ män²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ män²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Richmond upon Thames
Richmond upon Thames#English

Richmond (a town in south-west Greater London; in full, Richmond upon Thames)

Richmond (a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district)


Watlington

Watlington (countable and uncountable, plural Watlingtons)

Watlingtons (plural)
Wadlington (alternative)

From an unattested Old English personal name + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A market town and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6894).


Wallingford

Wallingford (countable and uncountable, plural Wallingfords)

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6089).


Rochford

Rochford (countable and uncountable, plural Rochfords)

From Middle English Rochford, from two sources in Old English, both of which eventually converged into the modern form:
# 'The rook ford' or 'Rook's ford', from Old English hrōc (“rook”), genitive plural hrōca + ford, or else from Old English personal name Hrōc, genitive singular Hrōces + ford (respectively).
# 'Ford of the hunting dogs', from Old English ræċċ (“hunting dog”), genitive singular ræċċes (the vowel later assimilated to that of Old French roche (“rock, cliff”)) + ford.

A town and civil parish in Rochford district, in southeastern Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8790).


Poulton

Poulton (countable and uncountable, plural Poultons)

Ellipsis of Poulton-le-Fylde: a market town in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3439).


Partington

Partington (countable and uncountable, plural Partingtons)

A town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7191).


Chipping Norton

A market town and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3127).


Stretford

From Old English strǽt (“road”) + ford (“ford”). Doublet of Stratford.

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.


Northam

Northam (countable and uncountable, plural Northams)

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4528).


Torrington

Torrington (countable and uncountable, plural Torringtons)

From Torridge (“a river in Devon”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

Great Torrington
Great Torrington#English

Ellipsis of Great Torrington: a market town and civil parish with a town council in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4919).


Wallsend

Hadrian's Wall
Wallsend (disambiguation)

From (in England) wall + end, after its historical position at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall.

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3066).


Littlehampton

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0202).


Midhurst

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8821).


Feltham

en-proper noun

Feltham (countable and uncountable, plural Felthams)

Two main origins:
* The town in Greater London is from either Old English feld (“field”) or felte (“mullein”) + hām (“homestead”).
* The hamlet in Somerset is from Old English fileþe (“hay”) + hām (“homestead”).

A suburban town in the borough of Hounslow, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1073).


Urmston

Urmston (countable and uncountable, plural Urmstons)

From the Old English personal name *Wyrm + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7594).


Dukinfield

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9498).


Mossley

From Old English mos (“moss, bog”) + lēah (“meadow”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9702).


Milnrow

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9212).


Tyldesley

Tyldesley (countable and uncountable, plural Tyldesleys)

Tyldesleys (plural)
Tildersley (alternative)
Tildesley (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Tilwald + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7001).


Wilmslow

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8481).


Letchworth

Letchworth (countable and uncountable, plural Letchworths)

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

A town in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2132).


Seaham

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4249).


Baldock

Baldock (countable and uncountable, plural Baldocks)

A town in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2433).


Howden

Howden (countable and uncountable, plural Howdens)

A small town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7428).


Blaydon

Blaydon (countable and uncountable, plural Blaydons)

Perhaps from Old English blāw (“blue”) + dūn (“hill”).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which is also known as Blaydon-on-Tyne (OS grid ref NZ1863).


Winterton

Winterton (countable and uncountable, plural Wintertons)

From the Old English personal name Winter or Wintra + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9218).


Olney

Olney (countable and uncountable, plural Olneys)

From the dative form of the Old English personal name *Olla + īeġ (“island”).

A market town and civil parish in the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8851).


Fulwood

Fulwood (countable and uncountable, plural Fulwoods)

From Middle English Fulewde, from Old English fūl (“dirty, foul”), definite form fūla + wudu (“wood”), 'the dirty wood'. The first element could possibly otherwise come from fugol (“bird, fowl”), thus 'wood where fowling takes place'.

A town in the north of the City of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5332).


Litherland

Litherland (countable and uncountable, plural Litherlands)

Litherlands (plural)
Leatherland (alternative)
Letherland (alternative)

From Old Norse hliðar, genitive of hlið (“slope”), + Old English land (“land”).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3397).


Walmer

Walmer (countable and uncountable, plural Walmers)

From Old English wealh (“Welshman”), genitive plural weala + mere (“lake, sea”).

A town and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3750).


Wetherby

Wetherby (countable and uncountable, plural Wetherbys)

Wetherbys (plural)
Weatherbee (alternative)
Weatherby (alternative)
Weathersby (alternative)
Wetherbee (alternative)
Witherbee (alternative)

From Old Norse veðr (“wether (sheep)”) + býr (“farmstead”).

A market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4048).


Stonehouse

Stonehouse (countable and uncountable, plural Stonehouses)

A town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8005).


Lymington

Lymington and Pennington
Lymington and Pennington#English

A town in Lymington and Pennington parish, and ferry port in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ3295)


Coalville

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

A town in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SK4213).


Thirsk

Thirsk (countable and uncountable, plural Thirsks)

From a metathesized form of Old Norse þresk (“fen; lake”), of imitative origin, similar to Swedish träsk (“marsh”).

onomatopoeic

imitative

A town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE429820).


Atherstone

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

A town and civil parish in and the administrative centre of North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3097).


Wigton

en-proper noun

Wigton (countable and uncountable, plural Wigtons)

From the Old English personal name Wicga, a byname from wicga (“earwig”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A market town and civil parish in Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale district (OS grid ref NY255481).


Coggeshall

A town in Essex, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref TL8522).


Smethwick

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0287).


Venta

la-proper noun

Venta f (genitive Ventae); first declension

Ventae (genitive)
Venta (nominative singular)
Ventae (nominative plural)
Ventae (genitive singular)
Ventārum (genitive plural)
Ventae (dative singular)
Ventīs (dative plural)
Ventam (accusative singular)
Ventās (accusative plural)
Ventā (ablative singular)
Ventīs (ablative plural)
Venta (singular vocative)
Ventae (plural vocative)

Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *wentā (“town, place”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wen- (“place (?)”).

der

the name of several towns of Britannia, modern England


Clausentum

la-proper noun

Clausentum n sg (genitive Clausentī); second declension

Clausentī (genitive)
Clausentum (nominative singular)
Clausentī (genitive singular)
Clausentō (dative singular)
Clausentum (accusative singular)
Clausentō (ablative singular)
Clausentum (singular vocative)
Clausentī (locative singular)

a town in Britannia, now Bitterne Manor, Southampton, Hampshire, situated near Venta Belgarum


Mudeford

A town in Christchurch borough, Dorset, in southern England, lying at the entrance to Christchurch Harbour.


क्राइस्टचर्च

hi-proper noun

क्राइस्टचर्च • (krāisṭcarc) ? (Urdu spelling کرائسٹ چرچ)

krāisṭcarc (romanization)
کرائسٹ چرچ (Urdu)

/kɾɑː.ɪsʈ.t͡ʃəɾt͡ʃ/

[kɾäː.ɪsʈ.t͡ʃɐɾt͡ʃ]

Borrowed from English Christchurch, from Christ + church.

hi:क्राइस्टचर्च

Christchurch (a town in Dorset, England)


ब्रैंपटन

ब्रैंपटन • (braimpṭan) ? (Urdu spelling برامپٹن)

braimpṭan (romanization)
برامپٹن (Urdu)
ब्रांपटन (alternative)

[bɾɛ̃ːmp.ʈɐ̃n]


Blackwater

Blackwater and Hawley
Blackwater and Hawley#English

A town in Blackwater and Hawley parish, Hart district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU8559).


Rychemund

English: Richmond

From a name cognate to French Richemont (“town in Normandy”). Equivalent to riche + mund.

Rychemond (alternative)
Richemonde (alternative)


Clun

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO2980). The council has the curious title of "Clun Town Council with Chapel Lawn".


Penbedw

Penbedw
Benbedw (soft)
Mhenbedw
Phenbedw

Birkenhead, a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England


Caerwysg

Caerwysg
Gaerwysg (soft)
Nghaerwysg
Chaerwysg

/kaɨ̯ˈruːɨ̯sɡ/

/kaɨ̯rˈwɨ̯ːsɡ/

From caer (“fort, castle”) + Wysg (“Exe”).

Exeter (a city and local government district, the county town of Devon, in south-west England)


Edenbridge

/ˈiːdənbɹɪd͡ʒ/

From Old English Eadhelms brycg (literally “Eadhelm's bridge”). The name of the River Eden which flows through the town is a back-formation of this.

der

A town and civil parish with a town council in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ4446).


विंडसर

hi-proper noun

विंडसर • (viṇḍsar) m (Urdu spelling ونڈسر)

viṇḍsar (romanization)
ونڈسر (Urdu)
विंडसर (direct singular)
विंडसर (oblique singular)
विंडसर (singular vocative)

hi:विंड्सर, बर्कशायर


Hailsham

From Old Saxon Haegels Ham (“settlement of Haegel/Hella”).

der

A civil parish and town, the largest of the five towns in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5809).


Herne Bay

From Herne, a neighbouring village in Kent.

A coastal town in Canterbury district, northern Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1768).


Benfleet

A town, properly known as South Benfleet, in Castle Point borough, Essex, England.


South Benfleet

A town in Castle Point borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ7887).


Isleworth

A large suburban area and small town in the borough of Hounslow, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1676).


Molesey

Elmbridge Borough
Elmbridge Borough#English

A town in Elmbridge Borough, Surrey, England, on the opposite side of the River Thames from Hampton Court. Divided into East and West Molesey.

a river flowing into the Thames at East Molesey


Romford

en-proper noun

Romford (countable and uncountable, plural Romfords)

Romfords (plural)
Rumfitt (alternative)
Rumford (alternative)

From Old English rūm (“broad, spacious”) + ford (“ford”).

A large town in the borough of Havering, Greater London; historically a market town in Essex (OS grid ref TQ5188).


Harlesden

A town and suburb in the borough of Brent, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2183).


Carshalton

/kɑːˈʃɔːltən/

/kɑːˈʃɒltən/

A town and suburb in the borough of Sutton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2764).


Erith

A riverside town in the borough of Bexley, Greater London.


Crayford

From Old English Creċġanford, Creċġan ford, Creċċan ford, equivalent to Cray (River) + ford.

A town in the borough of Bexley, on the edge of Greater London.


Coulsdon

A town mainly in the borough of Croydon, on the edge of Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2959).


Catford

Catford (countable and uncountable, plural Catfords)

‘My grandma lived in Catford. I spent a lot of time there growing up.’

2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water, Viking, page 40:

A suburban town in the borough of Lewisham, Greater London, England.


Beckenham

A suburban town in the borough of Bromley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3769).


Blackheath

A town in Sandwell borough, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9786).


Stanmore

Stanmore (countable and uncountable, plural Stanmores)

Recorded as Stanmere in the Domesday Book, the placename is named with Old English stān (“stone”) + mere (“pool”).

A suburban town in the borough of Harrow, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1691).


Hornchurch

/hɔːnt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ/

A suburban town in the borough of Havering, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ5386).


Wallington

Wallington (countable and uncountable, plural Wallingtons)

From Old English wealh (“foreigner; Briton, Welshman”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A suburban town in the borough of Sutton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ294645).


Bexleyheath

A suburban town in the borough of Bexley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4975).


Sudbury

From Old English suþ (“south”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Southbury.

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8741).


Broxbourne

A town in Broxbourne borough, south-east Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL3607).


Oxted

Appears in the Domesday Book as Acstede, "place where oaks grew"

A town and civil parish in and the administrative centre of Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ3952).


Bedworth

Nuneaton and Bedworth
Nuneaton and Bedworth#English

A market town in Nuneaton and Bedworth borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3586).


Market Bosworth

A small market town and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4003).


Wigston

Oadby and Wigston
Oadby and Wigston#English

A town in Oadby and Wigston borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP6098).


Oadby

A town in Oadby and Wigston borough, Leicestershire, England.


Coleford

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO5710).


West Bridgford

A town in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England, just across the River Trent from Nottingham.


Haywards Heath

Recorded as Heyworth in 1261, from Old English hege + worð (“enclosure with a hedge”), and as Haywards Hoth in 1544.

A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3323).


Shoreham-by-Sea

A coastal town and port in Adur district, West Sussex, England.


Sandhurst

Bracknell Forest
Bracknell Forest#English

A town and military academy in Bracknell Forest borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8361)


Hessle

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0326).


Biggleswade

From the Old English personal name *Biccel + -s- + wæd (“ford”).

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A market town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1944).


Ollerton

Ollerton and Boughton
Ollerton and Boughton#English

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A small town in Ollerton and Boughton parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6567)


Castle Donington

A village, small market town, and civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid reference SK4427).


Lostwithiel

From Cornish, the exact origin is unknown; possibly Old Cornish lost gwydhyel (“tail-end of the woodland”), for the second element see Breton gwez. More at Lostwithiel.

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX1059).


Upton-on-Severn

Upton upon Severn (alternative)
Upton-upon-Severn (alternative)

A small town and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8540).


Westerham

en-proper noun

Westerham (countable and uncountable, plural Westerhams)

Westerhams (plural)
Westrum (alternative)

From Old English westerne (“western”) + hām (“homestead”).

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ4454).


Chipping Ongar

A small market town in Ongar parish, Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5503).


Burscough

A small town and civil parish with a town council in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4411).


Millom

A town in Copeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD1780).


Newton Aycliffe

A new town (founded in 1947) in Great Aycliffe parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2724).


Warsop

A small town in Mansfield district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5667).


Totton

Totton and Eling
Totton and Eling#English

A town in Totton and Eling parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3613).


Saxmundham

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM3863).


Manningtree

From Old English manig (“many”) + treow (“tree”).

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM1031).


Brigg

From Middle English brigge, from Old English brycġ (“bridge”). Doublet of bridge and Bruges.

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A market town in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0007).


Failsworth

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8901).


Stainforth

A town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6411).


Brading

A small town and civil parish with a town council on the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ6086).


Southam

Southam (countable and uncountable, plural Southams)

From Old English sūþ (“south”) + hām (“homestead”).

A market town and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4161).


Cricklade

A small town and civil parish in northern Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1093).


Haltwhistle

A small town and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY7064).


Longtown

A small town in Arthuret parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in the City of Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY3868).


Bedlington

A town in West Bedlington parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2581).


Ashington

A town and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2787).


Cranbrook

Many more people join at intermediate stations, such as the newish station at Cranbrook, which serves a huge new housing estate; […].

2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55:

A new town and civil parish with a town council in East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY0095).

Cranbrook and Sissinghurst
Cranbrook and Sissinghurst#English

A small town in Cranbrook and Sissinghurst parish, Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7736).


Framlingham

/ˈfɹæmlɪŋəm/

A market town and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM2863).


Soham

Inherited from Old English Sǣgham, from a compound of *sǣġe and hām (“homestead”).

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

A town and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL5973).


Brighouse

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1423).


Conisbrough

From Old English Cyningesburg, from cyninges (“king's”) + burh (“fort; manor; town”). Doublet of Kingsbury, Kingsberry, Kingsburg, and Kingsburgh. Cf. also Kingstown, Kingston, Kingstone, Kingsville, Coniston, Coniston Cold, Coningsby, and Conington.

doublet

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK5198).


Shirebrook

A town and civil parish with a town council in Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK5267).


Kirkby Stephen

A small market town and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7708).


Kirkby

en-proper noun

Kirkby (countable and uncountable, plural Kirkbys)

From kirk + -by. From Old Scandinavian / Old Norse kirkja+býr, a village with a church.

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4198).


Wymondham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1101).


Knaresborough

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3557).


Higham Ferrers

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9668).


Attleborough

A market town and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM0495).


Appleby-in-Westmorland

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district, formerly named Appleby (OS grid ref NY6820).


Bowness-on-Windermere

Windermere and Bowness
Windermere and Bowness#English

A town on Lake Windermere, in Windermere and Bowness parish, Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD4096).


Topsham

A town in City of Exeter district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9688).


Willenhall

A market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9698).


Rushden

From Old English rysċ ("rush", the plant) + dene (“valley”); "valley where the rushes grow".

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9566).


St Blazey

Named after Saint Blaise; St Blaise is the spelling adopted by the civil parish and the town council.

A small town in St Blaise parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0654).


Golborne

Golborne (countable and uncountable, plural Golbornes)

Golbornes (plural)
Goulburn (alternative)

From Old English golde (“marigold”) + burna (“stream, bourn”).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ6097).


West Thurrock

A town in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ5877).


Bletchley

From Old English personal name, Blæcca + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

Bletchley and Fenny Stratford
Bletchley and Fenny Stratford#English

A town in Bletchley and Fenny Stratford parish and West Bletchley parish, Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8733).


Earlestown

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5795).


Beeston

Beeston (countable and uncountable, plural Beestons)

From Middle English Bestone, from Old English *Bēostūn, from *bēos (“bentgrass”) (from Proto-West Germanic *beusu (“rush”)) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A town in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5236).


Newton-le-Willows

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5895).


Horwich

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6411).


Much Wenlock

A town and civil parish with a town council in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO6299).


Ferryhill

A town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2932).


Steyning

A town and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1711).


St Leonards-on-Sea

A coastal resort town in Hastings borough, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ7909).


St Leonards

St. Leonard's (alternative)
St Leonard's (alternative)

St Leonards-on-Sea
St Leonards-on-Sea#English

Ellipsis of St Leonards-on-Sea: a coastal resort town in Hastings borough, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ7909).


Batley

Batley (countable and uncountable, plural Batleys)

From the Old English personal name Bata + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2424).


Ossett

From Old English Osleset (“the fold of a man named Osla”).

cog

A market town with some local industry in West Yorkshire, England, mostly within the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield (OS grid ref SE2720).


Normanton

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3822).


Sowerby Bridge

A market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0523).


Fairford

From Old English fæġer (“beautiful”) + ford.

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1501).


Cleckheaton

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD1825).


Garforth

The remains of 62 people were dug up at the previously unknown archaeological site near Garforth.

2023 March 13, Lianne Kolirin, “Skeletal remains of Roman aristocrat discovered in hidden lead coffin”, in CNN:

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4033).


Droylsden

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9098).


Ampthill

Mentioned as Ammetelle in the Domesday Book, this placename derives from Old English ǣmethyll (“anthill”), probably because this site was once infested by ants.

A town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0337).


Desborough

en-proper noun

Desborough (countable and uncountable, plural Desboroughs)

Desboroughs (plural)
Disbrow (alternative)
Disbrowe (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Deor + -s- + burg (“fortress, stronghold”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering borough (OS grid ref SP8083).


Syston

A town in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6211).


Heckmondwike

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2123).


Alsager

/ˈɔːlseɪd͡ʒə/

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7955).


Halesworth

A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Waveney district (OS grid ref TM3877).


Seaford

Seaford (countable and uncountable, plural Seafords)

Inherited from Middle English Seford, Sevord, from Old English *Sǣford, from Old English sǣ (“sea”) + ford (“ford”); equivalent to sea + ford.

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV4899).


Towcester

From Middle English Tofeceaster, the name of the Roman fort on the River Tove, from Tove + the Old English suffix ceaster (“town”).

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP6948).


Fenny Stratford

A town in Bletchley and Fenny Stratford parish, Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8834).


Penistone

en-prop

Penistone (countable and uncountable, plural Penistones)

Penistones (plural)
Peniston (alternative)

Perhaps from Proto-Brythonic *penn (“head”) + Old English -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). No relation to penis.

A market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2403).


Garstang

en-proper noun

Garstang (countable and uncountable, plural Garstangs)

/ˈɡɑː(ɹ)stəŋ/

From Old Norse geirr (“spear, lance”) + stǫng (“staff, pole”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4945).


Finedon

A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Wellingborough district (OS grid ref SP9171).


Horncastle

A market town and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2669).


Bredbury

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9291).


Thornaby-on-Tees

A town in Thornaby parish, Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4517).


Thornaby

Ellipsis of Thornaby-on-Tees: a town in Thornaby parish, Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4517).


Saltburn-by-the-Sea

Saltburn, Marske and New Marske
Saltburn, Marske and New Marske#English

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

A seaside town in Saltburn, Marske and New Marske parish, Redcar and Cleveland district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ6621).


Saltburn

From Old English sealt (“salt”) + burna (“stream”), in reference to the alum found in the area.

Ellipsis of Saltburn-by-the-Sea: A seaside town in Saltburn, Marske and New Marske parish, Redcar and Cleveland district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ6621).


Merstham

Reigate and Banstead
Reigate and Banstead#English

A town in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2953).


Kidsgrove

A town and civil parish with a town council in Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8354).


Langley Mill

Aldercar and Langley Mill
Aldercar and Langley Mill#English

A small town in Aldercar and Langley Mill parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4447).


Sedgefield

A town and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3528).


Redhill

A town in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2750).


Wednesbury

From Middle English Wadnesberie, from Old English divinity Wōden, genitive case Wōdnes + byriġ, from burg (“fort”), meaning "Woden's stronghold".

A market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9894).


Brierley Hill

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9187).


Stapleford

First recorded as Stapelford, from an unknown language .

A town and civil parish with a town council in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK4937).


Moreton

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ2690).


Moreton-in-Marsh

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP2032).


Dulverton

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9127).


Wiveliscombe

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST0827).


Potters Bar

The origin of Potters is uncertain but is generally thought to be either a reference to a Roman pottery, believed to have been sited locally, or alternatively to the Pottere family who lived in neighbouring South Mimms parish.
Bar is thought to refer to the gates leading from the South Mimms parish and into the Enfield Chase parish, or possibly from a toll on the Great North Road, said to have been by what is now the disused Green Man pub, or at the current entrance to Morven House.

A town in Hertsmere borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2501).


Shildon

A town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2326).


Lutterworth

A market town and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5484).


Wath

Wath upon Dearne
Wath upon Dearne#English

Ellipsis of Wath upon Dearne: a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4300).


Wath upon Dearne

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4300).


Silloth

From Old Norse sær (“sea”) + hlaða (“barn”).

A small town and port in Silloth-on-Solway parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY1053).


Pudsey

A market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2233).


Guisborough

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Redcar and Cleveland borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ6015).


Stockbridge

A small town and civil parish in Test Valley borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3635).


Horbury

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2918).


Carterton

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A town in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2706). Named after William Carter.


Thatcham

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5167).


Long Sutton

A market town and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4323).


Arlesey

From the Old English personal name Ælfric + -s- + īeġ (“island; well-watered land”).

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A small town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1935).


St Neots

Named after Neot, a Cornish monk and saint.

A town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1860).


Bilston

Recorded in the Domesday Book as Billestune, from earlier 10th century Bilsetnatun, Bilsatena.

A market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9596).


Budleigh Salterton

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY0682).


Frodsham

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5277).


Neston

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ2977).


East Grinstead

A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3938).


Wesham

A small town in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4132).


Eastfield

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref TA0484).


Hoylake

A seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ2189).


Rowley Regis

Regis (from Latin regis) was added around 1140; an earlier spelling of Rowley is Roelea (recorded 1173).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9787).


Haxby

A town and civil parish with a town council in the City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6057).


Wirksworth

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2853).


Stowmarket

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0458).


Prescot

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4692).


New Romney

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

A small town and civil parish with a town council on the edge of Romney Marsh in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0624).


Brackley

The community in Prince Edward Island is named after settler Arthur Brackley (d. 1776).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP5837).


Chipping Campden

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1539).


Cockermouth

From Cocker + mouth, where the River Cocker joins the Derwent.

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY1230).


Buntingford

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3629).


Knottingley

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4923).


Lydney

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6303).


Bromyard

Bromyard and Winslow
Bromyard and Winslow#English

A small market town in Bromyard and Winslow parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO6554).


Kirkby-in-Ashfield

A market town in Ashfield district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5056).


Burscough Bridge

A small town in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4412).


Whitley Bay

A coastal town in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3572).


Oakengates

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7010).


Blackrod

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A small town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6110).


Tenterden

A town and civil parish with a town council in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8833).


High Bentham

A small town in Bentham civil parish, Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD6669).


Alnwick

From the name of the river Aln + Old English wīċ (“dairy farm”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in and the county town of Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1813).


Staveley

Staveley (countable and uncountable, plural Staveleys)

Staveleys (plural)
Stavely (alternative)

From Old English stæf (“stave”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to stave + -ley (“lea”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Chesterfield borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4374).


Rothbury

From Middle English Rothebyr, probably from Old Norse rauðr (“red”) + Old English byriġ, dative singular of burh (“fort”), since the bedrock in the area is red. However, the first element could alternatively come from Old English personal name *Hroþa, thus 'Hrotha's fort'.

A small town and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0501).


Masham

A small market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE2280).


Wivenhoe

A town and civil parish in Colchester borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0422).


Birtley

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2756).


Heathfield

From Old English hǣþ (“heath”) + feld (“field”), equivalent to heath + field. Doublet of Hothfield.

Heathfield and Waldron
Heathfield and Waldron#English

A market town in Heathfield and Waldron parish, Wealden district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ5820).


Ledbury

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO7137).


Meltham

From Middle English Meltham, perhaps from Old English *melt (“smelting”) or mealt (“malt”) + Old English hām (“-ham”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1010).


Mildenhall

Mildenhall (countable and uncountable, plural Mildenhalls)

From either an Old English personal name *Milda or middel (“middle”) + healh (“nook, corner, angle”).

A small market town and civil parish (Mildenhall High Town Council) in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL7175).


Northstowe

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A new town and civil parish with a town council in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, still under development in 2024 (OS grid ref TL4067).