Wingfield

Wingfield (countable and uncountable, plural Wingfields)

A northern suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4095).

Port Adelaide Enfield
Port Adelaide Enfield#English

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia.


Kingsbury

en-proper noun

Kingsbury (countable and uncountable, plural Kingsburys)

Kingsburys (plural)
Kingsberry (alternative)

Originally from Old English Cingesberia, Chinesburie, &c., from cyninges (“king's”) + burh (“fort, manor, town”). Later derived from earlier places named Kingsbury and from people bearing the surname. Equivalent to king's -bury. Doublet of Kingsburg, Kingsburgh, and Conisbrough. Cf. Kingstown, Kingston, Kingsville, Coniston, Conington, and Queensbury.

doublet

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

A suburb in the borough of Brent, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1988).


Whitehouse

en-prop

Whitehouse (countable and uncountable, plural Whitehouses)

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A suburb in Halton borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5679).

A suburb and council ward in Ipswich borough, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1446).


Prendergast

en-proper noun

Prendergast (countable and uncountable, plural Prendergasts)

Prendergasts (plural)
Pendergast (alternative)
Penderghast (alternative)
Pendergraft (alternative)
Pendergrass (alternative)

From the Irish and Welsh surname, perhaps derived from a now lost settlement in Flanders called Brontegeest. This surname was then brought to England through the Norman Conquest.

A suburb of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9516).


Parkhurst

Parkhurst (countable and uncountable, plural Parkhursts)

A suburban area and prison in north-west Newport, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ4990).

A northern suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa.

A suburb of Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia.


Appleby

Appleby (countable and uncountable, plural Applebys)

Applebys (plural)
Applebee (alternative)

From Old English æppel (“apple”) and Old Norse býr (“farm, town”), from the root of the verb Old Norse búa (“to dwell”).

A suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.


Greenway

Greenway (countable and uncountable, plural Greenways)

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after Francis Greenway.

Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory#English

A suburban area in Bishops Lydeard parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England, previously in Taunton Deane district (OS grid ref ST1629).

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English


Forde

Forde (countable and uncountable, plural Fordes)

A northern suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after Frank Forde.


Elwood

en-prop

Elwood (countable and uncountable, plural Elwoods)

Elwoods (plural)
Allwood (alternative)
Ellwood (alternative)

From the Middle English personal name Elwald, Elwold, Alwold, which is composed of the Old English elements ælf (“elf”) and weald (“rule”).

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

An inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Woodford

en-proper noun

Woodford (countable and uncountable, plural Woodfords)

Woodfords (plural)
Wadforth (alternative)

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + ford (“ford”).

A suburb in the borough of Redbridge, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4091).


Pearsall

Western Australia
Western Australia#English


Barnwell

A suburb of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4658).


Henshaw

Henshaw (countable and uncountable, plural Henshaws)

Henshaws (plural)
Henshall (alternative)
Hinshaw (alternative)

From the Old English personal name *Heþin + -s- + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Hen-Hh#Hen

A suburb of Yeadon, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2040).


Welton

Welton (countable and uncountable, plural Weltons)

From Old English wella (“well, spring, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

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

A suburb of Midsomer Norton, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6654).


Cathcart

en-proper noun

Cathcart (countable and uncountable, plural Cathcarts)

Cathcarts (plural)
Kithcart (alternative)

From Scottish Gaelic cath (“battle”) + the name of the River Cart.

A southern suburb of Glasgow, City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5860).


Dilworth

Dilworth (countable and uncountable, plural Dilworths)

A habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English dile (“dill, anise”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

A suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.


Rothwell

Rothwell (countable and uncountable, plural Rothwells)

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

A coastal suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.


Kells

A suburban area of Whitehaven, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NX9616).


Raby

Raby (countable and uncountable, plural Rabys)

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia.


Oxhey

From Middle English Oxehey, from Old English Oxanġehæġ, from Old English oxa (“ox”) + ġehæġ (“an enclosed piece of land, meadow, a hay”), equivalent to ox + hay.

A suburb of Watford borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TQ1195).


Versalhes

/vɛɾˈsa.ʎɨʃ/

/vɛɾˈsa.ʎɨʃ/

/bɛɾˈsa.ʎɨʃ/

o Palácio de Versalhes

Versailles (a city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France)


Blackford

Blackford (countable and uncountable, plural Blackfords)

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A suburb in City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2570).


Smedley

Smedley (countable and uncountable, plural Smedleys)

Perhaps from Old English smēþe (“smooth”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

An inner suburb of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, north of the city centre (OS grid ref SD8500).


Colston

Colston (countable and uncountable, plural Colstons)

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

der

A northern suburb of Glasgow, City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6069).


Welling

en-proper noun

Welling (countable and uncountable, plural Wellings)

A suburban area in the borough of Bexley, south-eastern Greater London, England, historically in Kent (OS grid ref TQ4676).


Kirkham

Kirkham (countable and uncountable, plural Kirkhams)

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

A suburb of the council of Camden, south-west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Risley

Risley (countable and uncountable, plural Risleys)

From Old English hrīs (“twig, branch; brushwood”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to rice + -ley (“lea”). The circus term comes from the name of Richard Risley Carlisle (1814–1874), who developed this kind of act in the United States.

der

A suburban area in Warrington borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6592).


Steinbach

en-proper noun

Steinbach (countable and uncountable, plural Steinbachs)

Steinbachs (plural)
Stinebaugh (alternative)

A suburb of Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.


Bridgewater

From bridge + water.
The town in Nova Scotia is named for its location next to a bridge over the LaHave River.

/ˈbɹɪd͡ʒ.wɑ.təɹ/

A suburb of Hobart in Brighton council area, Tasmania, Australia.


Birchfield

Birchfield (countable and uncountable, plural Birchfields)

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0690).


Caulfield

Caulfield (countable and uncountable, plural Caulfields)

A suburb of Melbourne, south-east of the centre in the City of Glen Eira, Victoria, Australia, noted for its racecourse.


Mount Vernon

An outlying suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Southwick

Southwick (countable and uncountable, plural Southwicks)

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

(uncountable) A number of places in England:

A suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, on the north side of the River Wear (OS grid ref NZ3858).


Broadwater

Broadwater (countable and uncountable, plural Broadwaters)

A southern suburb in Stevenage borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2522).

An eastern suburb and ward in Worthing borough, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1404).

A suburb of the City of Busselton, Western Australia.


Cogan

Cogan (countable and uncountable, plural Cogans)

Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan#English

A suburb of Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1772).


Hirst

Hirst (countable and uncountable, plural Hirsts)

A suburban area and council ward in Ashington parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2887).


Broadbent

Broadbent (countable and uncountable, plural Broadbents)

From Old English brād (“broad”) + beonet (“bentgrass, rush, reed”).

A suburb of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9406).


Haughton

Haughton (countable and uncountable, plural Haughtons)

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, originally part of a township (OS grid ref SJ9395).

A suburb of Shifnal, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ7408).


Bankhead

Bankhead (countable and uncountable, plural Bankheads)

Habitational surname from various Scottish minor places, from bank + head.

A suburban area south of Denny, Falkirk council area (OS grid ref NS8080).

South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire#English

A suburb of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire council area (OS grid ref NS6161).


Elswick

Elswick (countable and uncountable, plural Elswicks)

Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne#English

A suburb and ward in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2263).


Hendon

Hendon (countable and uncountable, plural Hendons)

From Old English hēan, dative case of hēah (“high”), + dūn (“hill”).

A suburban area in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2288).

An eastern suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ4056).

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.


Belmont

Belmont (countable and uncountable, plural Belmonts)

From either French bel (“beautiful”) + mont (“mountain, mount”), or else Italian bel (a clipped form of bello (“beautiful”) + monte (“mountain”).

A suburb of the city of Durham and civil parish in County Durham (OS grid ref NZ3043).

A suburban area in the borough of Harrow, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1690).

A suburban area in the borough of Sutton, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2562).

A suburb of Wantage, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU3988).

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A suburb on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand.

A suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.

A suburb of Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.


Redfern

Redfern (countable and uncountable, plural Redferns)

The suburb is named after surgeon William Redfern (1774–1833).

named-after

An inner suburb of the City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Tingley

en-proper noun

Tingley (countable and uncountable, plural Tingleys)

A suburban area in West Ardsley, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2826).


Pelham

Pelham (countable and uncountable, plural Pelhams)

From the Old English personal name *Pēola + hām (“homestead”).

A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP108368).


Whitton

Whitton (countable and uncountable, plural Whittons)

Ultimately from the Old English personal name Hwīta, a byname from hwīt (“white”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Richmond upon Thames
Richmond upon Thames#English

(uncountable) A place in the United Kingdom:

A suburb of Twickenham, in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1473).

A northern suburb of Ipswich, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1447).


Wetmore

Wetmore (countable and uncountable, plural Wetmores)

Burton upon Trent
Burton upon Trent#English

A suburb of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2524).


Elson

Elson (countable and uncountable, plural Elsons)

Possibly from Middle English elson, alternative spelling of elsen, elsyn, alsene (“an awl or some other pointed instrument or tool”), either from Middle Dutch elsene, alsene, from Old Dutch *elisna, *alasna, from Proto-West Germanic *alisnu, *alasnu, from Proto-Germanic *alasnō, or from an unrecorded Old English form.

A northern suburb of Gosport, Gosport borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6001).


Hocking

Hocking (countable and uncountable, plural Hockings)

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Wanneroo, Western Australia, named after landowner Herbert Hocking.


Newbridge

A suburb of Bath, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST7265).

A suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands.


Woodham

Woodham (countable and uncountable, plural Woodhams)

A northern suburb of Newton Aycliffe, Great Aycliffe parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ2826).


Hopwood

Hopwood (countable and uncountable, plural Hopwoods)

From Old English hop (“valley among hills”) + wudu (“wood”).

A suburb of Heywood, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD865095).


Summerfield

Summerfield (countable and uncountable, plural Summerfields)

A suburban area of Birmingham, West Midlands, west of the city centre (OS grid ref SP0487).


Silverton

An eastern suburb of Pretoria, South Africa.


Bickley

Bickley (countable and uncountable, plural Bickleys)

A suburban area in the borough of Bromley, Greater London, England, historically in Kent (OS grid ref TQ4268).

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Kalamunda, Western Australia.


Cadle

Cadle (countable and uncountable, plural Cadles)

A suburban area near Fforestfach, Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS6297).


Gayton

Gayton (countable and uncountable, plural Gaytons)

A village and suburb of Heswall, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ2780).


Godley

Godley (countable and uncountable, plural Godleys)

Godleys (plural)
Godlee (alternative)
Goodleigh (alternative)

From the Old English byname Gōda + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A suburb of Hyde, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9695).


Millwood

Millwood (countable and uncountable, plural Millwoods)

A suburb of Todmorden, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9424).


Boulton

Boulton (countable and uncountable, plural Boultons)

A suburb of Derby, Derbyshire, England, south-east of the city centre (OS grid ref SK3832).


Lawley

Lawley (countable and uncountable, plural Lawleys)

Lawley and Overdale
Lawley and Overdale#English

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A suburban area in Lawley and Overdale parish and Dawley Hamlets parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6608).


Hadfield

Hadfield (countable and uncountable, plural Hadfields)

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

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Mitcham

Mitcham (countable and uncountable, plural Mitchams)

A suburban area in the borough of Merton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2768).

A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, seat of the city of the same name.

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Whitehorse, Victoria, Australia.


Farrer

Farrer (countable and uncountable, plural Farrers)

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after William Farrer.


Kirkley

Kirkley (countable and uncountable, plural Kirkleys)

From Old Norse kirkja (“church”) + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to church + -ley (“lea”).

der

A southern suburb of Lowestoft, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM541916).


Roose

en-proper noun

Roose (countable and uncountable, plural Rooses)

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

An eastern suburb of Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD2269).


Alloway

Alloway (countable and uncountable, plural Alloways)

A village and suburb of Ayr, South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3318).


Tulloch

Tulloch (countable and uncountable, plural Tullochs)

From Scots, from a Scottish Gaelic word for "hillock" akin to Irish tulach, also found in the first element of French Toulon.

Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross#English

A suburb of Perth in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0925).


Haydon

Haydon (countable and uncountable, plural Haydons)

From either Old English hīeġ (“hay”) or ġehæġ (“enclosure”) + denu (“valley”).

A suburb in Haydon Wick parish, Swindon borough, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1288).


Hulme

Hulme (countable and uncountable, plural Hulmes)

A northern suburb of Warrington, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6091).


Lipson

Lipson (countable and uncountable, plural Lipsons)

A suburb and electoral ward in the City of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4955).


Greenhill

Greenhill (countable and uncountable, plural Greenhills)

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

An eastern suburb of Coalville, North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK4413).

A northern suburb of Midsomer Norton, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6655).

A southern suburb of Sheffield, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK3481).

A suburban area in Corsham parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8569).

A northern suburb of Evesham, Wychavon district, Worcestershire; the Battle of Evesham was fought here in 1265 (OS grid ref SP0444).

A suburb in north-east Kidderminster, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8477).

North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire#English

A suburb of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire council area (OS grid ref NS7366).

A suburb of Adelaide, Adelaide Hills council area, South Australia.


Hillhouse

Hillhouse (countable and uncountable, plural Hillhouses)

Hillhouses (plural)
Hillis (alternative)

From Old English hyll (“hill”) + hūs (“house”).

A suburb of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6955).


Darnall

Darnall (countable and uncountable, plural Darnalls)

From Old English dierne (“secret, hidden”) + healh (“nook, angle, recess”).

A suburb and ward of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3988).


Freehold

A suburb of Lancaster, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4861).


Macgregor

Macgregor (countable and uncountable, plural Macgregors)

Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory#English

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after William MacGregor.


密西沙加

ㄇㄧˋ ㄒㄧ ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧㄚ

ㄇㄧˋ ㄒㄧ ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧㄚ

/mi⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/

/mɐt̚² sɐi̯⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/

/mi⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/

/mɐt̚² sɐi̯⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/

(～市) Mississauga (a city in southern Ontario; a suburb of Toronto)


拉瓦勒

/lä⁵⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɤ⁵¹/

/lä⁵⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɤ⁵¹/

(～市) Laval (a large city in southwestern Quebec, Canada; a suburb of Montreal)


拉華爾

/lä⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lä⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


Brownsville

A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.


Netherton

Netherton (countable and uncountable, plural Nethertons)

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

A suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A suburb of Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5176).

A suburb of Maryport, Cumberland, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY0436).

A suburb of Bootle, Sefton borough, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ3599).

A suburb of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire council area (OS grid ref NS7854).

A suburb of Strathblane, Stirling council area (OS grid ref NS5579).


Wishart

Wishart (countable and uncountable, plural Wisharts)

Scottish surname derived from Anglo-Norman Wischard, from the Old French personal name Guiscard. Compare Modern French Guiscard.

Northern Territory
Northern Territory#English

A suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, indirectly named after John Wishart.

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, named after the Wishart early settler family.


Bamford

Bamford (countable and uncountable, plural Bamfords)

From Old English bēam (“tree, beam”) + ford (“ford”).

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD8613).


Reddish

Reddish (countable and uncountable, plural Reddishes)

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8993).


Crossens

A suburb in the north of Southport, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD3719).


Darley

Darley (countable and uncountable, plural Darleys)

A suburb of Bacchus Marsh, Shire of Moorabool, Victoria, Australia.


Bellevue

Bellevue (countable and uncountable, plural Bellevues)

Bellevues (plural)
Belle Vue (alternative)
Belle-Vue (alternative)
Belle-vue (alternative)
Belleview (alternative)
Bellvue (alternative)
Bellview (alternative)

Borrowed from French Bellevue and belle (“nice, fair”) + vue (“view”).

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A placename
A place in Australia.
A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

A placename
A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.


Westwood

Westwood (countable and uncountable, plural Westwoods)

A suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF1700).


Harton

Harton (countable and uncountable, plural Hartons)

From either Old English heorot (“hart, stag”) or hær (“rock”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

A suburb of South Shields, South Tyneside borough, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ3764).


Calderwood

Calderwood (countable and uncountable, plural Calderwoods)

Calderwoods (plural)
Catherwood (alternative)

From the river name Calder + Old English wudu (“wood”).

A suburban area of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS643375).

A suburb of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia.


里士滿

/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ män²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ män²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Richmond (an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria)


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”).

A suburb of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.


Werneth

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A suburban area of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9104).


Dysart

Dysart (countable and uncountable, plural Dysarts)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic dìseart (“hermit's cell, hermitage”), itself from Latin desertum (“desert, waste, solitary spot”).

der

A suburban area and former town and royal burgh (with a small harbour) in Fife council area, Scotland, which was merged with Kirkcaldy in 1930 (OS grid ref NT3093).


Haddon

en-proper noun

Haddon (countable and uncountable, plural Haddons)

# For the place in Cambridgeshire: 'Hædda's Hill', from Middle English Haddedune, from Old English personal name Headda + dūn (“hill”).
# For all other places in England (including derivative compounds): 'Heath Hill', from Old English hæþ (“heath”) + dūn (“hill”).

A suburb of Johannesburg in Gauteng province, South Africa.


Bardsley

Bardsley (countable and uncountable, plural Bardsleys)

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, north of Ashton-under-Lyne in Tameside (OS grid ref SD9302).


Kennington

Kennington (countable and uncountable, plural Kenningtons)

# For the place in Kent: 'Royal manor', from Old English cyne- (“royal”) + -ing + tūn (“manor”).
# For the places in Oxfordshire & London: 'The estate of Cena', from Old English personal name Cēna + -ing + tūn (“estate”).

A suburb of London, in the borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3178).

A suburb and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0244).

A suburb of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.


Millhouses

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3383).


Highfield

Highfield (countable and uncountable, plural Highfields)

A suburb of Lydney, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO6403).

A suburb of Farnworth, Bolton borough, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7205).

A suburb near Pemberton, Wigan borough, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD5503).

A northern suburb of Southampton, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4214).

A northern suburb of Hemel Hempstead, Dacorum district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL0608).

A suburb of Bicester, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5723).

An inner suburb of Sheffield, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK3586).

A place name:
A suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe.

A suburb of Timaru, south Canterbury, New Zealand.


Highfields

A suburb of Newcastle, in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales.

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A suburb of North Wingfield, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4265).

A suburb in Dursley parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7697).

A suburb of Woodlands, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5406).

A suburban area in Hammerwich parish, south of Burntwood, Lichfield district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0407).

A southern suburb of Stafford, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9121)


Stepney

Stepney (countable and uncountable, plural Stepneys)

* From Old English Stybbanhythec (“Stybba's hithe”), from *Stybba (personal name) + hyþ (“harbour; landing-place; hithe”).
* (spare wheel): Originally a brand name, from the Stepney Spare Motor Wheel company.

inh

<i class="Latn mention" lang="ang">Stybbanhythec</i>

Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull#English

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A suburb of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0830).

Norwood Payneham and St Peters
Norwood Payneham and St Peters#English

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Norwood Payneham and St Peters, South Australia.


Seddon

en-proper noun

Seddon (countable and uncountable, plural Seddons)

Perhaps a habitational surname from an unidentified place in England.

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Tacoma

From earlier Takhoma (“the area south of Seattle”), borrowed from Lushootseed təˈkhoʊʔməʔ, təlˈkhoʊʔbəʔ, təloʊʔl (the area surrounding Mount Rainier), from təˡqʷuʔbəʔ (“mother of waters”) in a direct reference to Mount Rainier.

Tahoma (alternative)
Takoma (alternative)
Taquoma (alternative)

A suburb in the Central Coast region, New South Wales, Australia.


Burbage

Burbage (countable and uncountable, plural Burbages)

An outer suburb of Buxton, and large ward in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0472).


Manly

English and Irish surname, variant of Manley.

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Halton

Halton (countable and uncountable, plural Haltons)

* (Halton, Ontario, Canada): Named after William Mathew Halton, a British colonial bureaucrat in Upper Canada.

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3433).


Poulton

Poulton (countable and uncountable, plural Poultons)

A suburb of Bebington, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ3382).


Newhall

Newhall (countable and uncountable, plural Newhalls)

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A suburb of Swadlincote, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2820).


Lyneham

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Named after Sir William Lyne.


Kinross

A northern suburb of Perth, in the City of Joondalup, Western Australia.


Tweedmouth

A suburb of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, on the south side of the River Tweed near its mouth. It has always been in England, unlike Berwick (OS grid ref NT9952).


Menzies

From Early Scots Menȝies, from Scottish Gaelic Mèinnearach, from Anglo-Norman Mesnières.

A suburb of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia.


Harewood

Harewood (countable and uncountable, plural Harewoods)

From Old English hāra, definite form of hār (“grey”) + wudu (“wood, forest”).

A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, and the location of Christchurch Airport.


Bradway

Bradway (countable and uncountable, plural Bradways)

From Old English brād (“broad”) + weġ (“path, road, way”). Likely a vowel-shifted variant of the surname Broadway, which is derived from the same roots. The words "broad way" have been used in English to name wide roads and associated settlements for over a millennium.

A suburb in Dore and Totley ward, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3380).


Belgrave

Belgrave (countable and uncountable, plural Belgraves)

A suburb of Leicester, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5906).

A suburb of Tamworth, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2202).

An outer suburb of Melbourne in Yarra Ranges Shire, Victoria, Australia.


Musselburgh

/ˈmʌsəlbəɹə/

A suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, named after the Scottish town.


Lytton

Lytton (countable and uncountable, plural Lyttons)

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Northam

Northam (countable and uncountable, plural Northams)

A suburb of Southampton, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4312).


Evanston

A southern suburb of the Town of Gawler, South Australia.


Torrington

Torrington (countable and uncountable, plural Torringtons)

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

der

A suburb of the city of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.


Dallam

A suburb of Warrington, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5990)


Bradwell

en-proper noun

Bradwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bradwells)

A northern suburb of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8449).


Hawthorn

Hawthorn (countable and uncountable, plural Hawthorns)

An inner suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Boroondara, Victoria, Australia.

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Mitcham, South Australia.

Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rhondda Cynon Taf#English

A suburban area in Pontypridd community, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0987).


Wingrove

Wingrove (countable and uncountable, plural Wingroves)

Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne#English

A suburban area of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2365).


Woolston

Woolston (countable and uncountable, plural Woolstons)

A suburban area and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6489).

An eastern suburb of Southampton, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4310).

A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.


Wallsend

Hadrian's Wall
Wallsend (disambiguation)

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

A western suburb of the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.


Hockley

Hockley (countable and uncountable, plural Hockleys)

From either the Old English personal name Hocca or hocc (“mallow”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A southern suburb of Tamworth, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2200).


Trentham

Trentham (countable and uncountable, plural Trenthams)

Trenthams (plural)
Trantham (alternative)

From the name of the river Trent + Old English hām (“homestead”).

A suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8741).

A suburb of Upper Hutt, Wellington region, New Zealand.


Tremains

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Tr-Tre#Trea-Trem

A suburb in Brackla community and Bridgend community, Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9179).


Rodwell

Rodwell (countable and uncountable, plural Rodwells)

A suburb of Weymouth, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6778).


Crookston

Crookston (countable and uncountable, plural Crookstons)

A suburb in Renfrewshire council area and Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5163).


Beecroft

Beecroft (countable and uncountable, plural Beecrofts)

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Parramatta and Hornsby Shire, New South Wales, Australia.


Green Bay

A suburb and bay on Manukau Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand.


Maryville

An inner suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.


Holroyd

Holroyd (countable and uncountable, plural Holroyds)

Holroyds (plural)
Holroyde (alternative)

English habitational surname from any of various minor places named with Old English holh (“hollow”) + rod (“clearing”).

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Kingsland

Kingsland (countable and uncountable, plural Kingslands)

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A suburb in the borough of Hackney, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3384).

A suburb of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, south-west of the town centre (OS grif ref SJ4811).

A suburb of Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH2481).

An inner suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.


Attwood

Attwood (countable and uncountable, plural Attwoods)

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Hume, Victoria, Australia.


Belfield

Belfield (countable and uncountable, plural Belfields)

From the name of the River Beal + Old English feld (“field”); the river name possibly derives from Old English bēogol (“winding”).

A suburban area of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9113).

South West Sydney
South West Sydney#English

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in Canterbury-Bankstown, South West Sydney.


Northway

Northway (countable and uncountable, plural Northways)

A suburb of Oxford, Oxfordshire, north-east of the city centre (OS grid ref SP5308).


Didsbury

A suburban area in southern Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8491).


Withington

Withington (countable and uncountable, plural Withingtons)

Two main origins:
* The village in Gloucestershire is from the Old English personal name Widia + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The suburb of Manchester is from Old English wīþing (“willow copse”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A suburb in southern Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8492).


Rusholme

An inner suburb of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8595).


Mortlake

Richmond upon Thames
Richmond upon Thames#English

A suburban area of the borough of Richmond upon Thames, London, England (OS grid ref TQ2075).


Florey

Florey (countable and uncountable, plural Floreys)

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after Howard Florey.


Roath

Roath (countable and uncountable, plural Roaths)

A suburb of Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST1977).


Seaburn

A coastal resort and suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ4159).


Ramsden

Ramsden (countable and uncountable, plural Ramsdens)

Probably from Old English hramsa (“onion, garlic”) + dene (“valley”).

A suburb of Orpington, borough of Bromley, Greater London, formerly in Kent (OS grid ref TQ4766).


Jerseyville

A farming community and suburb of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.


Wakeley

Wakeley (countable and uncountable, plural Wakeleys)

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

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Summerhill

Summerhill (countable and uncountable, plural Summerhills)

A number of places in various countries:

A western suburb of Kidderminster, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8176).

A western suburb of Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9006).

A western suburb of Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX9576).

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

A suburb in Beechwood community, City of Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST3288).


Manton

Manton (countable and uncountable, plural Mantons)

Various origins:
* In general, from Old English ġemǣne (“common, shared”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).
* In the case of the village in Lincolnshire, from Old English mealm (“sand, chalk”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).
* The surname can also be an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Manntáin (“descendant of Manntán”), a nickname derived from a diminutive of mantach (“toothless”).

der

An outer rural locality and suburb of Darwin, in Litchfield Municipality, Northern Territory, Australia.

A former mining village, a suburb southeast of the town of Worksop, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5978).

A village and suburb of the town of Marlborough, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1768).


Fulwood

en-proper noun

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'.

An outer suburb in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3085).


Coombe

Coombe (countable and uncountable, plural Coombes)

A suburb of Teignmouth, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX9374).

Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames#English

A suburban area of New Malden, borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2070).


Flemington

A locality and suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

An inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, famous for its racecourse.

South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire#English

A suburban area in the town of Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6559).


Stonehouse

Stonehouse (countable and uncountable, plural Stonehouses)

A suburb of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4654).


Northwood

A suburb on the North Shore, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

A suburb of the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ0991).

A suburb of Ramsgate, Kent (OS grid ref TR3767).

A suburb of Kirkby, Knowsley borough, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ4299).


Danville

Most likely from various people named Dan + -ville.


Montello

A suburb of the city of Burnie, Tasmania, Australia.


Mosman

Mosman (countable and uncountable, plural Mosmans)

A suburb and local government area (Mosman Council) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Hornby

Hornby (countable and uncountable, plural Hornbys)

A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.


Bardon

Bardon (countable and uncountable, plural Bardons)

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Melling

Melling (countable and uncountable, plural Mellings)

A suburb across the Hutt River from Lower Hutt, Wellington region, New Zealand, named after a William Melling.


Allington

Allington (countable and uncountable, plural Allingtons)

* Kent, near Lenham: Recorded as Alnoitone in 1086 (DB), Eilnothinton in 1242, from Old English Æþelnōþ (male personal name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“homestead”).
* Kent, near Maidstone: Recorded as Elentun in 1086 (DB), from Old English Ælla or Ælle (male personal names) + -ing (“belonging to”) tūn (“homestead”).
* Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire (east of Devizes): Recorded in 1086 (DB) as Adelingetone (Lincolnshire), Adelingtone (Wiltshire), from Old English æþeling (“prince”) + tūn (“farmstead”).
* Wiltshire, near Amesbury: From Middle English Aldintona (recorded 1178), from Old English Ealda (male personal name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“homestead”).
* Other places: (in Dorset, Hampshire, and near Chippenham, Wiltshire) of unknown origin.
* The surname is derived from any of the place names.

compound

A former civil parish (abolished 2024) and adjacent suburb of Bridport, Dorset (OS grid ref SY4693).


Rosedale

From either Old Norse personal name Rossi, genitive case Rossa, or from Old Norse hross (“horse”), genitive plural hrossa + dalr (“valley, dale”).

A suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.


トッテナム

Tottenham (a suburban area in northern London)


Johnsonville

A large suburb in northern Wellington, Wellington region, New Zealand.


Griffithstown

From Griffiths + town, after the name of its first stationmaster.

A suburb of Pontypool, Torfaen borough county borough, Wales.


Westbury-on-Trym

A suburb in the north of Bristol, England, named after the River Trym.


寶活

(Cantonese, local) Burwood (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


艾士菲

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/

/ŋaːi̯²² siː²² fei̯⁵⁵/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/

/ŋaːi̯²² siː²² fei̯⁵⁵/

Ashfield (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


好市圍

/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/

/hou̯³⁵ siː¹³ wɐi̯²¹/

/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/

/hou̯³⁵ siː¹³ wɐi̯²¹/

Hurstville (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


車士活

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/

/t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ siː²² wuːt̚²/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/

/t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ siː²² wuːt̚²/

Chatswood (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


伯靈頓

ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

/pu̯ɔ³⁵ liŋ³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/

/paːk̚³ lɪŋ²¹ tɵn²²/

/pu̯ɔ³⁵ liŋ³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/

/paːk̚³ lɪŋ²¹ tɵn²²/

Burlington (a city in Burlington County, New Jersey; a suburb of Philadelphia; named for Bridlington, Yorkshire)

Burlington County
Burlington County#English


विले पार्ले

hi-proper noun

विले पार्ले • (vile pārle) ? (Urdu spelling وِلے پارْلے)

vile pārle (romanization)
وِلے پارْلے (Urdu)

वि ले पार्ले

वि ले पार् ले

Borrowed from Marathi विले पार्ले (vile pārle).

bor+

Vile Parle (a suburb of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)


विले पार्ले

head

विले पार्ले • (vile pārle) ?

mr-proper noun

विले पार्ले • (vile pārle) ?

→ English: Vile Parle

→ Gujarati: વિલે પાર્લે (vile pārle)

→ Hindustani: vile pārle

desc

Hindi: विले पार्ले

Hindi: विले पार्ले

Urdu: وِلے پارْلے

Urdu: وِلے پارْلے

→ Malayalam: വിലെ പാർലെ (vile pāṟle)

वि ले पार्ले

वि ले पार् ले

Blend of विलेश्वर (vileśvar) + पार्लेश्वर (pārleśvar).


McKinnon

French: McKinnon

From Scottish Gaelic MhicFhionghain, from Fhionghain (“Fingon”).

Mckinnon (alternative)
Mc Kinnon (alternative)
M'kinnon (alternative)
M'Kinnon (alternative)
Mkinnon (alternative)
MKinnon (alternative)
Makinnon (alternative)
MacKinnon (alternative)
Mackinnon (alternative)
Mac Kinnon (alternative)
Kinion (alternative)
Kinnon (alternative)
Fingon (alternative)

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of the city centre.


लिवरपूल

hi-proper noun

लिवरपूल • (livarpūl) m (Urdu spelling لیورپول)

livarpūl (romanization)
لیورپول (Urdu)
लिवरपूल (direct singular)
लिवरपूल (oblique singular)
लिवरपूल (singular vocative)

Liverpool (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Richmond Hill

A suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3133).

A suburb of Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia.


Teddington

A suburb of the borough of Richmond upon Thames, in south-west Greater London, historically in Middlesex on the north side of the River Thames (but actually west of it) (OS grid ref TQ1671).


Chesterton

en-proper noun

Chesterton (countable and uncountable, plural Chestertons)

A suburb of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4660).

A suburb of Cirencester, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0100).

A northern suburb of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8349).


Knotty Ash

An eastern suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4091)


Dearborn Heights

A city in Wayne County, Michigan, United States, a suburb of Detroit.


Rosetta

Likely borrowed from Arabic رَشِيد (rašīd) eventually.

A suburb of Hobart, in the City of Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia.


Hindmarsh

Hindmarsh (countable and uncountable, plural Hindmarshes)

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a marsh, from Old English hindan (“behind”) + mersċ (“marsh”).
Australian places were named after John Hindmarsh.

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.


Osterley

Osterley (countable and uncountable, plural Osterleys)

From Old English eowestre (“sheep barn”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

An affluent suburb in the historic parish of Isleworth in borough of Hounslow, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1577).


Tolland

A suburb of the city of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.


Smithfield

A suburb of western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

A suburb of Cairns, Queensland, Australia.


リヴァプール

ja:リヴァプール (曖昧さ回避)


Wasco

An unincorporated suburb of Chicago, Kane County, Illinois, United States.


Queen's Park

A western suburb of Bedford, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0349).

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A southern suburb of Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4165).

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Q#Qu

A park and northern suburb of Billericay, Basildon borough, Essex (OS grid ref TQ6796).

An eastern suburb of Blackburn, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD6927).

A northern suburb of Northampton, Northamptonshire (OS grid ref SP7562).


Robina

en-proper-noun

Robina (countable and uncountable, plural Robinas)

A suburb of Gold Coast, Brisbane region, Queensland, Australia.


Lillington

A suburb of Leamington Spa, Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3267).


Mount Pleasant

A hilly suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

City of Melville
City of Melville#English

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A suburb of Perth, City of Melville, Western Australia.

A suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

A hilly suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

A suburb of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4420).

A suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8844).

A suburban area of Troedyrhiw, Merthyr Tydfil borough county borough (OS grid ref SO0702).

A suburb of Neath, Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS7596).

Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot#English

An inner suburb of Swansea, South Wales (OS grid ref SS6593).

A residential suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe.


White River

A suburb of the city of Honiara, Solomon Islands.


Kotara

A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.


Hillsdale

A suburb of south-eastern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Montmorency

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Rockdale

A suburb in southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Dee Why

From the letters "DY" written on an early map in the location of the present suburb. The original meaning and reason of the letters is unknown.

Northern Beaches
Northern Beaches#English

A suburb of Sydney in Northern Beaches council area, New South Wales, Australia.


Sylvania

From sylvan (“silva, forest”) + -ia.
Compare with sylvan.


Kingsville

Typically from King's + -ville after the model of Kingstown, Kingston, &c. but principally derived from the names of various people surnamed King rather than the noun king. Cf. Kingsburg, Queensville, and Princeville.


Camberwell

An inner suburb of the borough of Southwark, London, England.


Burwood

A suburb and local government area (the Municipality of Burwood) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

An eastern suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Monash and City of Whitehorse, Victoria, Australia.

A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, north-east of the city centre.


Edgware

/ˈɛd͡ʒwɛə(ɹ)/

A large suburb in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1992).


Highgate

en-prop

Highgate (countable and uncountable, plural Highgates)

Highgates (plural)
Heygate (alternative)

From Old English hēah (“high”) + ġeat (“gate”).

A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

A suburb of Perth, Western Australia, Australia.


Chiswick

en-proper noun

Chiswick (countable and uncountable, plural Chiswicks)

From Old English ċīese (“cheese”) + wīc (“village”); equivalent to cheese + -wick.

A suburban area of London, in the borough of Hounslow, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2078).

A suburb in the City of Canada Bay, Inner West area, Sydney, Australia.


Finchley

Probably from Old English finċ (“finch”) + lēah (“woodland”), equivalent to finch + -ley (“lea”). Doublet of Finkley.

A suburban area in the borough of Barnet, Greater London.


Herne Bay

From Herne, a neighbouring village in Kent.

A suburb on Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand.


Tilehurst

A suburb in Reading borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU6673).


Γαργηττός

head

Γαργηττός • (Gargittós) m

el-noun-proper

Γαργηττός • (Gargittós) m

Gargittós (romanization)
Γαργηττός (nominative singular)
Γαργηττού (genitive singular)
Γαργηττό (accusative singular)
Γαργηττέ (singular vocative)

The Ancient Greek Γαργηττός (Gargēttós).


Kanata

National Capital Region
National Capital Region

Kanata, a suburb of Ottawa, in the Ottawa-Gatineau National Capital Region, Ontario, Canada.


Morinville

After Father Morin, a French-speaking oblate missionary who brought French settlers into the area.

A town in Alberta, Canada; a suburb of Edmonton.


Wersal

pl-proper noun

Wersal m inan (related adjective wersalski)

wersalski (adjective)
Wersal (nominative singular)
Wersalu (genitive singular)
Wersalowi (dative singular)
Wersal (accusative singular)
Wersalem (instrumental singular)
Wersalu (locative singular)
Wersalu (singular vocative)

Versailles (a city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France)


Yeading

A suburban area of Greater London, England, between Hayes and Northolt, mostly in the borough of Hillingdon, partly in the borough of Ealing (OS grid ref TQ1182).


Northolt

From Old English norþ (“north”) + halh (“hollow, nook”). The name is unrelated to holt.

A suburban area in the borough of Ealing, Greater London, England. RAF Northolt is in the neighbouring Borough of Hillingdon.


Speke

* As an English surname, variant of Speak, itself a variant of Speake, all related to the placename below.
* The placename is either from Old English spec (“brushwood”) or the obsolete noun speight (“woodpecker”).

A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4383).


Isleworth

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


Surbiton

A suburb (with a town centre) in the borough of Kingston upon Thames, south-west Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1867).


Deptford

Inherited from Middle English Depeford, from Old English *Dēopaford, from dēop(a) (“deep”) + ford (“ford”).

An urban suburb of London, in the borough of Lewisham, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3777).

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Deo-Dn#Deo-Dew

An industrial suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, located on the River Wear (OS grid ref NZ3857).


Greenford

A large suburban area of London, in the borough of Ealing, Greater London.


Hornsey

From Old English Hareng (“a personal name”) + hege (“enclosure”). Doublet of Haringey and Harringay.

A suburban area of London, in the borough of Haringey, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3089).


Cricklewood

A suburban area of London in Brent borough, Barnet borough and Camden borough, Greater London.


Willesden

A suburban area in the borough of Brent, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2284).


Neasden

A suburban area in the borough of Brent, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2185).


Harlesden

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


Ruislip

From Old English rysċ (“rush”) + hlȳp (“leap”).

A suburban area in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London.


Streatham

A suburban area in the borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3071).


Carshalton

/kɑːˈʃɔːltən/

/kɑːˈʃɒltən/

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


Belvedere

A suburban area in the borough of Bexley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4978).


Battersea

A suburban area in the borough of Wandsworth, London (OS grid ref TQ2776).


Roehampton

en-proper noun

Roehampton (countable and uncountable, plural Roehamptons)

From Old English hrōc (“rook”) + Hampton.

A suburban area of London in borough of Wandsworth, Greater London.


New Malden

From New + Malden, attested as early as 12 June 1850. The suburb of Malden just south of New Malden later became Old Malden.

A suburban area of Greater London, mainly in the Borough of Kingston upon Thames.


Nunhead

A suburban area of London, in the borough of Southwark, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3575).


Sydenham

Sydenham (countable and uncountable, plural Sydenhams)

From Old English sīdan, dative of sīd (“large, spacious, wide”) + hamm (“water meadow”).

A suburban area of Greater London, in the borough of Lewisham, borough of Bromley and borough of Southwark.

A suburb of Bridgwater, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3137).

A suburb of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3364).

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

(uncountable) A placename:
A suburb of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

(uncountable) A placename:
A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.

(uncountable) A placename:
A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.

A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

(uncountable) A placename:
A suburb of Durban, South Africa.

(uncountable) A placename:
A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.


Raynes Park

A suburban area in the borough of Merton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2369).


Dulwich

His client, Thurston, lived in a gold-brick semi on a quiet Dulwich street lined with sticky lime trees.

2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 56:

A suburban area of Greater London, in the borough of Southwark and borough of Lambeth.


Eltham

'Elta's homestead', from Old English personal name *Elta + hām (“homestead”).

A suburban area of London in Greenwich borough.


Hoole

Hoole (countable and uncountable, plural Hooles)

A suburb of Chester, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4267).


Sidcup

A suburban area of the borough of Bexley, Greater London.


Chislehurst

A suburban area in the borough of Bromley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4470).


Plaistow

A suburban area in the borough of Bromley, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4070).

A suburban area in the borough of Newham, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4083).


Blackheath

A suburban area of London, in the borough of Lewisham and borough of Greenwich, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3976).


Golders Green

/ɡəʊldəz ɡɹiːn/

A suburban area in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2587).


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 suburb of Winchester, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4628).

A suburb of Sydney in Inner West council area, New South Wales, Australia.


Homerton

A suburban area of London, in the borough of Hackney, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3685).


Leyton

Leyton (countable and uncountable, plural Leytons)

From the name of the River Lea + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Luton.

der

A suburban area in the borough of Waltham Forest, Greater London.


Wanstead

en-proper noun

Wanstead (countable and uncountable, plural Wansteads)

Probably from Old English wenn (“wen, cyst”) + stede (“place”), because the place is on rising ground above the River Roding.

A suburban area of the borough of Redbridge, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4088).


Finsbury Park

A park and suburban area (named after the park) in the borough of Islington, borough of Haringey and borough of Hackney, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3187).


Mill Hill

A hill with a windmill; Mill Hill in London recorded as Myllehill in 1547.

A suburban area in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, historically in Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ2192).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A suburb of Bolton, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7209).

A suburb of Deal, Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR3651).

Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen#English

A suburb of Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD6626).


Addiscombe

A suburban area in the borough of Croydon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3466).


Crouch End

A suburban area and ward in the borough of Haringey, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3088).


Totteridge

A northern suburb of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SU8794).


Abbey Wood

A suburban area in the borough of Greenwich and borough of Bexley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4779).


Beckton

A suburban area in the borough of Newham, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4381).


Seven Kings

First recorded as Sevekyngg or Sevekyngges in 1285

A suburban area in the borough of Redbridge, Greater London.


Hadley Wood

A suburb of the borough of Enfield, on the edge of Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2698).


Worcester Park

Named after Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester

A suburban area in both borough of Sutton, Greater London and Epsom and Ewell borough, Surrey. Part of the postcode area, KT4, is also in Kingston upon Thames.


Chessington

/t͡ʃɛsɪŋtən/

A southern suburb of the borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England, historically in Surrey (OS grid ref TQ1863).


Tolworth

A suburban area of Kingston upon Thames borough, Greater London.


Fulwell

Inherited from Old English fūl (“dirty”), definite form fūla + wella (“spring”).

Richmond upon Thames
Richmond upon Thames#English

A small suburban area in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1472).


Hanworth

A suburb of Bracknell, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8666).

A suburban area in the borough of Hounslow, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1272).


Bedfont

A suburban area of the borough of Hounslow, on the edge of Greater London.


Norwood Green

Norwood Green
Norwood Green, West Yorkshire

A suburban area of Southall, borough of Ealing, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1378).


Hanwell

A suburb of London, in the borough of Ealing, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1580).


Sudbury

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

A suburb and ward in the borough of Brent, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1685).


Queensbury

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Queen's Rangers
United Empire Loyalist

From queen's + -bury. In particular, the New York town is named for the British queen consort Charlotte. The New Brunswick parish is named for the Queen's Rangers, a Loyalist unit during the American Revolution similarly named for Queen Charlotte. The West Yorkshire village derives from earlier Queenshead, both named in honor of a local pub. Cf. Kingsbury.

A suburban area in the borough of Brent and borough of Harrow, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1889).


Winchmore Hill

Winchmore Hill
Winchmore Hill, Buckinghamshire

A suburban area of the borough of Enfield, Greater London.


Palmers Green

A suburban area in the borough of Enfield, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3193).


Kensal Green

A suburban area of Greater London, mainly in the borough of Brent (OS grid ref TQ2382).


Alperton

In Alperton, two miles from her old home, she could descend into waterside avenues of calm, unpeopled in comparison to the streets thick with noise through which she’d travelled to arrive there.

2017, Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire, Bloomsbury (2018), page 20:

A suburban area and ward in the borough of Brent, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1883).


Perivale

A suburban area in the borough of Ealing, Greater London, England.


Maida Vale

A main road in the same area which forms part of the A5.

City of Westminster
City of Westminster#English

An inner suburb of the borough of the City of Westminster, London (postcode W9, OS grid ref TQ2582).


Notting Hill

Likely from the Saxon personal name Cnotta + Old English ing (“belonging to”) + hyll (“hill”).

Notting Gate
Notting Hill
Notting Hill, Victoria

Kensington and Chelsea
Kensington and Chelsea#English

A suburb of London, in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2480).

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Shepherd's Bush

Hammersmith and Fulham
Hammersmith and Fulham#English

A suburban area in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2380).


Bayswater

An inner suburb of London, in the City of Westminster, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2680).


North Kensington

A suburban area of London in borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, separated by Notting Hill from Kensington itself.


Eastcote

From Old English ēast (“east”) + cot (“cottage, hut”). Doublet of Ascot and Ascott.

A suburban area in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1187).


Ickenham

A suburban area in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ0786).


Yiewsley

A suburban area of the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London.


Harrow Weald

A suburban area of the borough of Harrow, Greater London.


Leytonstone

A suburban area in the borough of Waltham Forest, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3987).


Old Ford

Named after a former ford across the River Lea.

A suburban area of the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London.


Mile End

In London, first recorded as La Mile ende in 1288, from Middle English mile ende, representing the distance from Aldgate (actually closer to two miles by today's measurement).

An inner suburb of London in the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3682).

A western suburb of Newton Abbot, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8472).

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of West Torrens, South Australia, named after Mile End in London.


Canning Town

Thought to be named after Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning

A suburb of London in Newham borough, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3981).


Plumstead

Plumstead (countable and uncountable, plural Plumsteads)

From Old English plūme (“plum”) + stede (“place”).

A suburban area in Greenwich borough, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4477).

A suburb of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.


Grove Park

/ɡɹəʊv pɑːk/

A suburban area of London in Lewisham borough, Greater London.

A small suburban area of London in Chiswick district, borough of Hounslow, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2077).


Chelsfield

A suburb and separate village in the borough of Bromley on the outskirts of Greater London, England (OS grid refs TQ4664 (suburb), TQ4864 (village)).


St Mary Cray

A suburban area and former market town in the borough of Bromley, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4768).


Harefield

A suburb of Southampton, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4613).


Sanderstead

A suburban area in the borough of Croydon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3361).


Selsdon

A suburban area in the borough of Croydon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3562).


Charnwood

Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory#English

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.


Cornubia

A southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

A suburb under construction near Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.


Gladesville

From Glade + -s- + -ville; named after John Glade, an emancipist.

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Sandhurst

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Leagrave

From the rare Old English personal name Lihtla + grāf (“grove”).

A suburb and former village in Luton, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0523).


Garscadden

A suburban area of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5268).


Helensburgh

A suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.


Willington

A suburb of Maidstone, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7853).


Chaddesden

A suburb of Derby in Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3737).


Newton Heath

A suburb of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8700)


Farringdon

A suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3653).


Westbourne

From Old English west + burna (“bourne”).

A suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0791).

A suburb of Ipswich, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1445).


Ongar

An outer western suburb of Dublin, Ireland.


Birkdale

A suburb of Southport, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD3315).

A suburb on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand.


Fratton

A suburb of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6500).


Elderslie

A suburb in Camden council area, south-west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Kirkdale

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3493).


Hunt's Cross

A suburb and village in the City of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4385).


Ebbw Vale

A suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.


Aberdare

A suburb of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia.


Craigentinny

A north-eastern suburb in City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2974).


Cultra

A suburban area near Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland.


Moston

A suburb of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8702).


Moorgate

A southern suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4490).


Coryton

From the surname Cory + -ton (in Cardiff and Essex).

A northern suburb of Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST1481).


Heaton Park

A park in the city of Manchester and adjacent suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8203).


Toddington

A suburb of Littlehampton, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0303).


Howdon

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3267).


Gosforth

Gosforth
Gosforth, Cumbria
Gosforth, New South Wales

A rural suburb of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.


Foleshill

A suburb of Coventry, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP3582).


Boreham

Boreham (countable and uncountable, plural Borehams)

From Old English bor (“elevated place; hill”) + hām (“village, hamlet”).

der

A former hamlet, now a suburb of Warminster, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8844).


Dalkeith

From Cumbric *dol (“meadow”) + *cêd (“wood, forest”).


Newsham

A suburb of Blyth, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ3080).


Palmersville

A suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2970).


Varennes

en-proper-noun

Varennes (countable and uncountable, plural Varenneses or Varennes)

A city, a suburb of Greater Montreal Area, Quebec; founded by René Gaultier, sieur de Varennes.


Varennes

English: Varennes

a city, a suburb of Greater Montreal Area, Quebec; founded by René Gaultier, sieur de Varennes


Birnam

A suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.


Springburn

An inner suburb of the city of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6067).


Gidea Park

A suburb of Romford, in the borough of Havering, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ5289).


Tisbury

From Old English personal name *Tyssi, genitive case *Tysses + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”).

A suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.


Cranbrook

A suburb of Ilford, borough of Redbridge, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4387).

A place in Australia:
A suburb of Townsville, Queensland.


Meriden

A suburb of Watford borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TQ1299).


Blacktown

A suburb and local government area, the City of Blacktown, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Bla-Blac#Bla-Blac

A suburb in Marshfield community, City of Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST2681).


Halfway

An outer suburb of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4381).

South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire#English

A suburb of Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6559).

A suburb of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire (OS grid ref SN5200).


Southbourne

A suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ1491).


Warblington

A suburb of Havant, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7206).


East Didsbury

A suburban area of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8590).


Margam

A one-time village, now a suburb, community and industrial area in Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS7887).


Werrington

A suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF1603).

An outer suburb of Sydney, in the City of Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.


Edge Hill

A suburb of Cairns, Queensland, Australia.


Edgehill

A suburb of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0386).


Perry Barr

A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0691).


Oulton Broad

A suburb of Lowestoft, Suffolk to the south of the broad (OS grid ref TM5292)


Besses o' th' Barn

A suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8105).


Denmark Hill

A suburb and thoroughfare of London, in the borough of Southwark and borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3276).


Attleborough

A suburb of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3790).


St Mellons

A suburb in the city and county of Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST2381).


Lakenham

A suburb of Norwich, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2307).


Bounds Green

A suburb in the borough of Haringey, in northern Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2991).


Bessacarr

An outer suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6101).


Grasmere

From Old English græs (“grass”) + mere (“lake”); "the lake with grassy shores".

A suburb in the Macarthur Region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

A suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.


Royal Oak

/ˈɹɔɪəl.əʊk/


Willenhall

A suburb of Coventry, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP3676).


Greenfaulds

North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire#English

A suburb of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7573).


Whifflet

A suburb of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7364).


Llandudno

A seaside suburb of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.


Kidbrooke

Named after the Kyd Brook, a minor watercourse.

A suburb in the borough of Greenwich, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4176).


Stechford

A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1387).


Levenshulme

The second part, 'hulme', likely shares an etymological connection with the placename Hulme.

A suburb of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, south-east of the city centre (OS grid ref SJ8794).


Altens

A suburb of Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9502).


Cove Bay

A suburb in City of Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref SJ9501).


Kings Norton

A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0478).


Fishwick

A suburb of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5629).


Canonbury

From canon + -bury, recorded as Canonesbury 1373, from Middle English canoun + Old English burh, byrig.

A suburb of London, in the borough of Islington, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3284).


Plumpton

en-proper noun

Plumpton (countable and uncountable, plural Plumptons)

Plumptons (plural)
Plimpton (alternative)

From Old English plūme (“plum”) + tūn (“settlement, town”). Doublet of Plympton.

A western suburb of Sydney, in the City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.

A northwestern suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Melton, Victoria, Australia.


Seaforth

en-prop

Seaforth (countable and uncountable, plural Seaforths)

A suburb in northern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Garston

A suburb of Watford borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1100).

A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4084).


Moorswater

An industrial suburb of Liskeard, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2364).


Inchicore

A suburb of Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 1133).


Beeston

en-proper noun

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 suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2830).


Parkhead

An inner suburb in the City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6264).


Robroyston

Presumably named after Rob Roy MacGregor + -ton.

An outer suburb in the City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6368).


Hamworthy

A suburb of Poole, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY9991).


St Leonards

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

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

An eastern suburb of the city of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

A suburb of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

A suburb on Otago Harbour, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

A suburb of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6554).


Hither Green

A suburb in the borough of Lewisham, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3974).


Saltney

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A suburb of Chester, Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England, which adjoins the town in Wales and is known as Higher or Top Saltney.


Normanton

An inner suburb and ward of Derby, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3433).


Witton

A suburb of Blackburn, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD6627).

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Wir-Wood#Wit

A suburb of Droitwich Spa, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8962).


Grimesthorpe

A suburb of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3790).


Mullingar

/ˌmʌlɪnˈɡɑː(ɹ)/

From Irish Muileann gCearr (literally “crooked mill”).

der

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A locality, a suburb of Kalgoorlie, in the Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.


Rose Grove

A suburban area in Burnley, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8132).


Micklefield

From Old English miċel (“big”) + feld (“field”).

A ward and suburban area in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SU8892).


Cross Gates

An outer suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3634).


Farnley

en-proper noun

Farnley (countable and uncountable, plural Farnleys)

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to fern + -ley (“lea”) and doublet of Farley.

A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2532).


Lea Green

A suburb of St Helens, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5092).


Millbrook

Millbrook (countable and uncountable, plural Millbrooks)

From Old English mylen (“mill”) + brōc (“brook, stream”).

A suburb of Axminster, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY3098).

A suburb and former civil parish in Southampton, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3913).


Spondon

A suburb and ward in the city of Derby, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4035).


Longwood

A village and suburb of Huddersfield, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1016).


Chapeltown

A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3135).


Edgbaston

A suburban area in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, historically in Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP0584).


Arnos Grove

A suburban area in the borough of Enfield, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2992).


Petts Wood

The wood (wooded area) of the Pett family.

A suburb in the borough of Bromley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4467).


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 suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

City of Onkaparinga
w:City of Onkaparinga

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Onkaparinga, South Australia.


Swaythling

A suburb of Southampton, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4415).


Holywell

From holy + well, in Eastbourne possibly from holly + well.

A suburb in Watford borough, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TQ0995)


Tulse Hill

A suburban area of London, in the borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3173).


Boxmoor

A suburban area in Hemel Hempstead, Dacorum borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0406).


Kings Langley

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.


Bushbury

A suburban area of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SJ9202).


Walcot

A suburb of Bath, Somerset (OS grid ref ST7565).

A suburb of Swindon, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1684).


Landore

A suburb and community in Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS6595).


Coton Hill

A suburb of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4813).


Coton

A suburb of Tamworth, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK1805).


Mossley Hill

A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3887).


Hillmorton

A suburb and ward in Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP5374).


Hatch End

A suburb in the borough of Harrow, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1391).


Sighthill

A suburban area in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1971).


Castlemilk

A suburban area in the City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6059).


Croftfoot

A suburban area in the City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6060).


Horncastle

A suburb of Reading, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU6772).


Newton-on-Ayr

A suburb of Ayr, South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3423).


Nunthorpe

From Old English nunne (“nun”) + Old Norse þorp (“village, settlement”).

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

An outer suburb and civil parish in Middlesbrough borough, North Yorkshire, England; the suburb extends into Redcar and Cleveland (OS grid ref NZ5315).


Earlswood

Reigate and Banstead
Reigate and Banstead#English

A suburb of Redhill in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2749).


Slateford

A suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2271).


Colinton

A suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2269).


Redhill

A suburb of Arnold, Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire, England; there is also a hamlet named Red Hill just north of Arnold (OS grid ref SK5846).


New Southgate

A suburb of Greater London, England, in the borough of Barnet and borough of Enfield (OS grid ref TQ2892).


Lamington

A suburb of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.


Kings Heath

A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0781).

A suburb of Northampton, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP7362).


Otford

A town, a suburb of Sydney, in the City of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.


Craigendoran

A suburb of Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3181).


Cadder

East Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire#English

A suburban area in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6172).


Deepdene

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

A suburb of the town of Dorking, Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1749).


Monktonhall

An outer suburb of Musselburgh, East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3371).


Mount Florida

A suburban area of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5861).


Bedhampton

A suburb of Havant in Havant borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7006).


Cosham

A northern suburb of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6605).


Parkgate

A suburb of Rawmarsh, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4395).


Langwith Junction

A suburb of Shirebrook, Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England, named after a railway junction and former station (OS grid ref SK5268).


Cadoxton

Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan#English

A suburb of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1269).


Stockbridge

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Sto-St Q#Stoa–Stoc

A suburb of Bentley, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5706).

A suburb of Chichester, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8503).

A suburb in Keighley parish, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0742).

A suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2474).


Low Fell

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2560).


Dringhouses

A suburb of York, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5849).


Cliffe

en-prop

Cliffe (countable and uncountable, plural Cliffes)

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Cl-Cn#Cli

A suburb of Great Harwood, Hyndburn district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD7332).


Herne Hill

A suburb of London, in the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3274).

A suburb of Geelong, in the City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Swan, Western Australia.


Southend

South End (alternative)
South-End (alternative)
South-end (alternative)

Ellipsis of Southend-on-Sea: a unitary authority with borough status in Essex.

A small suburban area in the borough of Lewisham, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3871).


Goodmayes

A suburb of Ilford, borough of Redbridge, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4686).


Riccarton

An outer suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1769).

A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.


Petone

A suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington region, New Zealand.


Waikiwi

A suburb in the north of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.


Caversham

A suburb of Reading, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU7175).

A suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.


Woodend

A suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.


Onehunga

A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, and a small port on Manukau Harbour.


New Brighton

A suburb of Morley, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2628).

A suburb of Wakefield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3220).

A suburb of Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

A seaside suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.


Alum Rock

An inner suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1287).


Mornington

The likely original source is Irish Baile Uí Mhornáin, 'Ó Mornán's town'. Another source is from the Earl of Mornington in the Irish Peerage, e.g. in Victoria.

A suburb of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia.

A suburb of the City of Clarence, near Hobart, Tasmania.

A suburb of Wellington, Wellington region, New Zealand.


Whenuapai

A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, and an RNZAF base.


Ellerslie

Most places were named after Elderslie in Scotland, the reason for the spelling variation is unclear.


Meadowbank

A suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2874).

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Papakura

/pɑːpəˈkuːɹə/

An outer suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.


Corstorphine

en-proper noun

Corstorphine (countable and uncountable, plural Corstorphines)

Corstorphines (plural)
Carstarphen (alternative)

Perhaps from Scottish Gaelic cros (“cross”) + Torfin, a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Þorfinnr.

A suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2073).


St Clair

An abbreviation of Saint Clair, variant of Saint Clare under influence from French Claire, a calque of Latin Sancta Clara (“holy Clara”), chiefly in reference to Italian Chiara Offreduccio, St. Clare of Assisi. The placenames listed below are typically spelt St Clair—abbreviated without punctuation—following Commonwealth practice.

St. Clair (alternative)
Saint Clair (alternative)
Saint-Clair (alternative)
St-Clair (alternative)
St.-Clair (alternative)

A seaside suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

An outer suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Papanui

A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.


Duntroon

Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory#English

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, and the location of the Royal Military College, Duntroon.


Castle Hill

A northern suburb of Ipswich, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1547).


Whitehawk

Whitehawk (countable and uncountable, plural Whitehawks)

Whitehawks (plural)
White Hawk (alternative)

From white + hawk and white hawk
* (surname): Calque from various Amerind languages

A suburb of Brighton, England, United Kingdom.


Woodborough

From Old English widu (“wood”) + beorg (“hill”), with the second element at some point being misanalyzed as burh, giving the modern form borough. Otherwise, the modern form of beorg would have been berry (“mound, hill”), giving something like *Woodberry.

A suburb of Winscombe, North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4257).


New Barnet

A suburb in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2696).


Oakdale

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole#English

A suburb of Poole in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0292).

A suburb in Wollondilly Shire, New South Wales, Australia.


Loxley

A village and suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3189).


Upperby

A suburb of Carlisle, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY4053).


Hall Green

A suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1081, postcode B28).


Frodingham

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A suburb of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE8911).


Longbridge

An outer suburb in Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0177).


Cheadle Heath

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8789).


Timperley

Timperley (countable and uncountable, plural Timperleys)

A suburb of Altrincham, Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7889).


Camp Hill

Nuneaton and Bedworth
Nuneaton and Bedworth#English

A western suburb of Nuneaton, Nuneaton and Bedworth district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3492).

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Donnington

Donnington and Muxton
Donnington and Muxton#English

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A suburb of Telford in Donnington and Muxton parish, Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ7013).


Handsworth Wood

A suburb in Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0590).


Stretton

From Old English strǣt + tūn (“settlement on a Roman road”).

der

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, named after a George Stretton.


Bransty

A suburb of Whitehaven, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NX9719).


Lawrence Hill

Lawrence Hill, Berkshire
Lawrence Hill, Bristol

A suburb of Bracknell, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8770).


Cottingley

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2730).


Foley Park

A small suburb of Maidstone, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7656).

A suburb of Kidderminster, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8275).


Norbiton

Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames#English

A suburb of Kingston upon Thames borough, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1969).


St Margarets

St Margarets, Herefordshire
St Margarets, London
Stanstead St Margarets

Richmond upon Thames
Richmond upon Thames#English

A suburb of Twickenham, borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1674).


West Ealing

A suburb in the borough of Ealing, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1680).


Southfields

A suburb of London, in the borough of Wandsworth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2573).

A suburb of Leicester, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5903).


Sinclairtown

A suburb of Kirkcaldy, Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2993).


South Gyle

An outer suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1872).


Rock Ferry

A suburb of Birkenhead, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3386).


Parkway

A suburb of Wainuiomata, Wellington region, New Zealand, presumably named after a road in the area.

A northern suburb (housing estate) in Haverhill, West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL6646).


Spittal

South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire#English

A small suburb of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6060).

A suburban area of Killearn, Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5186).


Eastfield

w:List of United Kingdom locations: East E-East L#East F

A northern suburb of Bristol (OS grid ref ST5777).

A suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL2099).

A suburb in Cramlington parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ2777).

A suburb of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire council area (OS grid ref NS6261).


Clachnaharry

According to Roddy Maclean, from Scottish Gaelic clach na h-Aithrigh (“stone of repentance”) (see aithríoch), despite the popular derivation from clach na faire (“watchman's stone”).

A suburb of Inverness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH6446).


Radyr

An outer suburb in the city and county of Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST1280).


Old Hill

A suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9586).


London Fields

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9390).


Cookridge

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2440).


Moorside

A suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9507).

A suburban area of Bramley, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2435).

A suburb of Drighlington, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2228).


Earlsfield

A suburb in borough of Wandsworth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2673).


Kings Park

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Unley, South Australia.

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

census-designated place
census-designated place

Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.#English

A census-designated place, a suburb of Washington, D.C. in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.


Portobello

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9597).

A coastal suburb in Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3073).


Heaton Norris

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8890).


Pinhoe

An outer suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9694).


Ashton Gate

A suburb in the city and county of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST5771).


Prittlewell

A suburb in Southend-on-Sea borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8787).


Castleton

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8810).


Penketh

A suburb and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5687).


Great Sankey

A suburb and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5788).


Newcourt

A recently developed suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9690).


Shortlands

A suburb in the borough of Bromley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3968).


High Brooms

Believed to be named for the prevalence of broom plants in the area.

A suburb of Tunbridge Wells in Southborough parish, Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5941)


Twerton

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

A suburb of Bath in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7264).


Brent Cross

A suburban area, shopping centre, and major road interchange in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2387).


Broughty Ferry

A suburb in the City of Dundee council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4631).


Forest Gate

From a gate erected in the late 17th century; see Wikipedia.

A suburb in the borough of Newham, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4085).


Currock

A suburb of Carlisle, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY4054).


Ditton

en-proper noun

Ditton (countable and uncountable, plural Dittons)

From Old English dīċ (“ditch, trench, moat”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”); compare the doublet Deighton.

A suburb of Widnes, Halton borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4885).

A suburb of Slough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9978).


Tettenhall

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SJ8800).


Binley

A suburb of Coventry, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP3777).


Otahuhu

A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, situated on a narrow isthmus.


Balham

From Belgeham (Domesday Book, 1086) and Bælgenham (957), from Old English bealg + hamm.

A suburb of London, in the borough of Wandsworth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2873).


Anniesland

Possible calque of Scottish Gaelic Fearann Anna, by means of Annie + -s- + -land.

A suburb in City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5468).


Maxwelltown

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

A suburb of Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, originally in Kirkcudbrightshire (until 1929) (OS grid ref NX9675).


Apsley

A suburb of Hemel Hempstead, Dacorum borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0505).


Upwey

An outer suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Pallion

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3757).


Waddon

A suburb in the borough of Croydon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3165).


Croxley Green

A suburb of Rickmansworth, Three Rivers district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TQ0795).


Silverdale

A suburb of Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.


Kingsknowe

A suburb in the City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2170).


Athlone

From Irish Áth Luain (literally “Luan’s ford”).


Manor Park

A suburb in the borough of Newham, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4285).

A suburb of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3886).

A suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington region, New Zealand.


Harold Wood

Named after King Harold Godwinson, who held the manor of Havering.

A suburb in the borough of Havering, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ5490).


Heaton Mersey

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8690).


Hasland

A suburb in Chesterfield borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3969).


Scotswood

Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne#English

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2063).


Winstanley

en-proper noun

Winstanley (countable and uncountable, plural Winstanleys)

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

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD5503).


Woodgate

Woodgate (countable and uncountable, plural Woodgates)

An outer suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9982).


Kirkstall

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2635).


Hurst Green

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Hu-Hz#Hur-Huy

A green and suburb in Brightlingsea, Tendring district, Essex (OS grid ref TM0916).

A suburb of Oxted, Tandridge district, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ3951).

A suburb of Halesowen, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9885).


South Hylton

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, on the south bank of the River Wear (OS grid ref NZ3556).


Ingrow

A suburb of Keighley, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0539).


Stirchley

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0580).


Locks Heath

A suburban area in Fareham borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5107)


Cradley

A suburb of Halesowen, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9484).


Heworth

A suburb in City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6152).


Doxford Park

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3752).


Borstal

A suburb, formerly a village, in Rochester, Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7366).


Pelaw

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2962).


Hartshill

A suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8645).


Shorncliffe

A suburb and army camp in Folkestone, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1935).

A coastal suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Knock

(Ireland, Scotland, Cumbria) from Irish cnoc and Scottish Gaelic cnoc

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A suburb and ward in Belfast, Northern Ireland.


Heathfield

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

A suburb of Fareham, Fareham district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU5506).


Cage Green

A suburb of Tonbridge, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5947).


Frizinghall

A suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1536).


Norbury

Norbury (countable and uncountable, plural Norburys)

From Old English norþ (“north”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”).

They drove to Norbury, a strange little area that was nestled between Streatham and Croydon, not taking any trait from either surrounding area but not really having any defining traits of its own.

2022, Candice Carty-Williams, People Person, Trapeze, page 12:

A suburb of London, in the borough of Croydon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3069).


Boscombe

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole#English

A suburb of Bournemouth in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ1191).


Acocks Green

After the Acock family of the 14th century.

A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1283).


Carbrook

A suburb in Logan City, Queensland, Australia; the name was anglicised from German Gramzow during WWI.


Attercliffe

An industrial suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3788).


Gleadless Townend

An outer suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3883).


Waterthorpe

An outer suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4382).


Netherthorpe

A suburban area in Staveley, Chesterfield borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4474)

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A suburb of Killamarsh, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4581).

An inner suburb of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3487).


Malin Bridge

A suburb of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3289).


Middlewood

An outer suburb of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3291).


Colliers Wood

A suburban area in the borough of Merton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2670).