Willingham

en-proper noun

Willingham (countable and uncountable, plural Willinghams)

From the Old English personal name *Wifel + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish of South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL408707).


Goldstone

Goldstone (countable and uncountable, plural Goldstones)

A small village in Cheswardine parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7028).


Lichfield

en-prop

Lichfield (countable and uncountable, plural Lichfields)

From Old English Old English Liċetfeld, from Latin Letocetum, from a Proto-Brythonic place-name meaning "greywood" (c.f. Welsh llwyd + coed), with feld (“field”) added later.

A rural settlement in Waikato, New Zealand.


Farnborough

A small village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU4382).

A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP4349).

A coastal locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia.


Aylesbury

A village in the Rural Municipality of Craik, No. 222, Saskatchewan, Canada.

A rural locality in Canterbury, New Zealand.


Tilbury

en-proper noun

Tilbury (countable and uncountable, plural Tilburys)

From the Old English personal name Tila + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

A community, formerly a town, in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Bagshot

A large village in Windlesham parish, Surrey Heath borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9163).

A hamlet in Shalbourne parish, eastern Wiltshire, England, south-west of Hungerford, West Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3165).


Highbridge

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

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A hamlet in Dalston parish, Cumberland, (previously in Carlisle district, ) and Skelton parish, Westmorland and Furness, (previously in Eden district, ) Cumbria (OS grid ref NY3943).

A hamlet in Colden Common parish and Otterbourne parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4621).

A hamlet near Spean Bridge, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN1982).


Huntingdon

Huntingdon (countable and uncountable, plural Huntingdons)

From Old English Huntandūn, equivalent to hunta (“hunter”) + dūn (“hill, mountain”).

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A community in the city of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, located on the US border and named after Collis Potter Huntington.

A rural locality south of Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand.


Diss

Yellowhead County
Yellowhead County#English

A locality in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.


Westbury

Westbury (countable and uncountable, plural Westburys)

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

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6235).

A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3509).

A village in the town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, Long Island, New York, United States.

A hamlet in the towns of Victory, Cayuga County and Butler, Wayne County, New York.


Horsham

A hamlet in Martley parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7357).


Matlock

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

A community in the village of Dunnottar, Manitoba, Canada.

A rural locality in the Shire of Mansfield and Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia.


Byfleet

A large village within Woking borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0661).


Windermere

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

A rural locality in Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.

A rural locality north-east of Hinds, Canterbury, New Zealand.


Keswick

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

A coastal village in Bacton parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG3533).

Keswick and Intwood
Keswick and Intwood#English

A small village in Keswick and Intwood parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG2004).

A community in the town of Georgina, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.


Farnham

Farnham (countable and uncountable, plural Farnhams)

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

A village and civil parish in Dorset, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST9515).

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex (OS grid ref TL4724).

A village and civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3460).

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM3660).

A village in Erie County, New York, United States.


Petersfield

A community in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews, Manitoba, Canada.


Trimble

Trimble (countable and uncountable, plural Trimbles)

A number of places in the United States:


Tiptree

A large village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district, Essex, England, large enough to be called a town but the villagers rejected town status (OS grid ref TL8916).


Cromer

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A hamlet in Ardeley parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2928).

A village in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone, Manitoba, Canada.

A locality in Adelaide Hills council area and Barossa council area, South Australia.


Didcot

A rural locality in North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.


Blyth

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

A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6286).


Thetford

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

A hamlet in Baston parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF1114).


Stamford

An assimilated (labialised) variant of Stanford.

Shire of Flinders
Shire of Flinders#English

A town and locality in the Shire of Flinders, in northern Queensland, Australia.

A hamlet in Rennington parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2219)

A village in Harlan County, Nebraska, United States.

A town and village in Delaware County, New York, United States.


Stockton

Stockton (countable and uncountable, plural Stocktons)

From Old English stocc (“log; stump, tree trunk”) or stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). By surface analysis, stock + -ton. Doublet of Stoughton.

der

A township and village therein, in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.

Jo Daviess County
Jo Daviess County#English

A town and hamlet therein, in Chautauqua County, New York, named after Richard Stockton.

Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English

A small village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM3894).

A small village and civil parish in south-east Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7299).

A hamlet in Chirbury with Brompton parish, west Shropshire, on the border with Wales (OS grid ref SJ2601).

Chirbury with Brompton
Chirbury with Brompton#English

A hamlet in Chetwynd Aston and Woodcote parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ7716).

Chetwynd Aston and Woodcote
Chetwynd Aston and Woodcote#English

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP4363).

A village and civil parish south-east of Warminster, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9838).

A rural locality in Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.

A locality in the West Coast region, New Zealand.


Tiverton

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

Tilstone Fearnall
Tilstone Fearnall#English

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village in Tiverton and Tilstone Fearnall parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5560).

A village in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A village in Kincardine municipality, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.


Castleford

A community in Horton township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.


Southport

A community in Caplin Cove-Southport, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Caplin Cove-Southport
Caplin Cove-Southport#English

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A coastal village in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.

A rural locality, formerly the site of a town, in Litchfield municipality, Northern Territory.

Northern Territory
Northern Territory#English


Eccles

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

Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge and Malling#English

A village in Aylesford parish, Tonbridge and Malling district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7260).

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A village north-east of Kelso, Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT7641).


Leyland

en-proper noun

Leyland (countable and uncountable, plural Leylands)

A locality in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.


Selby

Selby (countable and uncountable, plural Selbys)

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

A village in the town of Greater Napanee, Ontario, Canada.


Burnley

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

A community in Alnwick/Haldimand township, Ontario, Canada.


Uttoxeter

A small village in Plympton-Wyoming, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.


Warminster

A community in Oro-Medonte township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Woodhouse

Various places in the United Kingdom and Canada.

A village and civil parish in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5415).

A suburban village and ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4284).


Datchet

Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead#English

A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9977).


Wraysbury

A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England, formerly in Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref TQ0074).


Colnbrook

From the Colne Brook, which flows through the village.

Colnbrook with Poyle
Colnbrook with Poyle#English

A village in Colnbrook with Poyle parish, Slough borough, Berkshire, England; formerly in Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref TQ0277).


St Ives

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

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

St Leonards and St Ives
St Leonards and St Ives#English

A village in St Leonards and St Ives parish, east Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU1204).


Grantham

Grantham (countable and uncountable, plural Granthams)

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

A locality in the municipal district of Taber, southern Alberta, Canada.


Wickford

A village in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States, named after the Essex town.


Walton-on-the-Hill

Walton-on-the-Hill, Staffordshire
Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey

Reigate and Banstead
Reigate and Banstead#English

A village in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2254).

A settlement in Berkswich parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9620).


West Drayton

A small village and civil parish (served by Gamston with West Drayton and Eaton Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7074).


Longfield

Longfield (countable and uncountable, plural Longfields)

From Old English lang (“long”) + feld (“field”).

Longfield and New Barn
Longfield and New Barn#English

A village in Longfield and New Barn parish, Dartford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ604688).


Swanley

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

A small settlement in Burland parish and Baddiley parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6152).


Farningham

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5466).


Chadwell St Mary

A large village and (non-civil) parish north of Tilbury, Thurrock, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6478).


Chadwell

A village in Scalford parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7824).

A hamlet in Sheriffhales parish, Shropshire, England, on the border with Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ7814).


South Ockendon

A large village and parish in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ5881).


Needham

Needham (countable and uncountable, plural Needhams)

Needhams (plural)
Neadham (alternative archaic)

From Old English nīed (“need, necessity”) + hām (“homestead”), i.e. a place that provided a poor living.

A small village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM2281).


Wickham Market

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England; previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3056).


Woodbridge

A hamlet in Farway parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY1895).

A hamlet in Holwell parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST7112).

A small settlement in Withington parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0314).

A settlement and inn (The Woodbridge) in North Newnton parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1357).

A suburban community in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, formerly a town.

A locality in Kingborough council area, southern Tasmania, Australia.


Beugen

First attested as boghene in 1294. Derived from a term cognate with buigen (“bend”) and boog (“bend, curve”). Compare Beegden and Beugt.

a village in Land van Cuijk, North Brabant, Netherlands


Oldbury

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

doublet

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A settlement and fortification in Ightham parish, Tonbridge and Malling district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ5856).

A village in Bridgnorth parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7192).

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A rural locality in the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Western Australia.


Sunningdale

Derived from the neighbouring village of Sunninghill in the 19th century, by substituting dale for hill.

A large village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England, which was also partly in Surrey until 1995 (OS grid ref SU9567).


Old Windsor

A village in Berkshire, England, near the town of Windsor.


Bishopston

A village and community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS5888).


Cheswick

en:Cheswick, Northumberland
en:Cheswick, South Gloucestershire

From Old English ċȳse + wīc; alternatively, cheese + -wick.

A small village in Ancroft parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0346).


Cotham

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7947).


Frenchay

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A village in Winterbourne parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, also partly a suburb of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST6377).


Downham

South Hanningfield
South Hanningfield#English

A small village in South Hanningfield parish, Chelmsford district, Essex (OS grid ref TQ7296).

A small village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD7844).


Malvern

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

A village in Saint Elizabeth parish, Jamaica.

A village in Brown Township, Carroll County, Ohio.


Waltham

en-proper noun

Waltham (countable and uncountable, plural Walthams)

From Old English weald (“forest”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“enclosed land”).

A village and municipality in the region of Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.

A village and civil parish in Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1048).

North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire#English

A large village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA2603).


Henbury

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8873).

Sturminster Marshall
Sturminster Marshall#English

A hamlet in Sturminster Marshall parish, Dorset (OS grid ref SY9598).


Kingswood

Kingswood (countable and uncountable, plural Kingswoods)

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

A village in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7491).

A village in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2455).

A hamlet in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1871).

Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross#English

A small settlement in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0638).


Knowle

A village in Wickham parish, Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5609).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1876).


Mangotsfield

Staple Hill and Mangotsfield
Staple Hill and Mangotsfield#English

A suburban village in Staple Hill and Mangotsfield parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England, north-east of Bristol (OS grid ref ST6576).


Stapleton

Stapleton (countable and uncountable, plural Stapletons)

Stapletons (plural)
Stapledon (alternative)

From Old English stapol (“post, pillar”) + tūn (“enclsoure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY5071).

A small village and civil parish in Herefordshire (OS grid ref S03265).

A village in Peckleton parish, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SP4398).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref NZ2612).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5019).

A village in Condover parish, central Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ4704).

A village, the county seat of Logan County, Nebraska.


Stockwood

Stockwood (countable and uncountable, plural Stockwoods)

A small village and civil parish (served by Chetnole and Stockwood Parish Council) in Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST5807).


Warmley

A suburban village in Siston parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England, between Bristol and Bath (OS grid ref ST6673).


Whitchurch

Whitchurch (countable and uncountable, plural Whitchurches)

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

der

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

A village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, and a southern suburb of Bristol, England, between Hartcliffe, Hengrove and Knowle (OS grid ref ST6167).

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8020).

A suburban village in Tavistock parish, West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4873).

A village and civil parish (served by Whitchurch and Ganarew Group Parish Council) in south Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5417).

A small village in Solva community, west Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM7925).


Thornbury

en-proper noun

Thornbury (countable and uncountable, plural Thornburys)

Thornburys (plural)
Thornberry (alternative)

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

A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS4008).

A village and civil parish (served by Thornbury Group Parish Council) in northern Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6259).

A community and former town in the town of Blue Mountains, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Chorleywood

A large village and civil parish in Three Rivers district, Hertfordshire, England, which borders onto Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref TQ0296).


Chorley

Farewell and Chorley
Farewell and Chorley#English

A village in Farewell and Chorley parish, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0711).


Wimborne

A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.


Heysham

In 1897, The Midland Railway began the construction of a harbour at Heysham, to replace Morecambe, a few miles to the north, as the port for its steamer services to Northern Ireland. […] Today, Heysham is one of the busiest of Lancashire's smaller ports, with a tidal basin of 36 acres, and a depth of 45½ ft. and 17 ft. at high and low water respectively on spring tides.

1954 October, “Fifty Years at Heysham”, in Railway Magazine, pages 663-664:

A large village and port in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4161).


Bootle

A village and civil parish in Cumberland UA, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough, historically in the county of Cumberland (OS grid ref SD1088).


Sefton

A village and civil parish (served by Sefton and Lunt Villages Parish Council) in Sefton borough, Merseyside, formerly in Lancashire (OS grid ref SD3501).


Seaton

Seaton (countable and uncountable, plural Seatons)

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

A coastal village in Deviock parish, Cornwall, on a river of the same name (OS grid ref SX304544).

A village and civil parish in Cumberland district, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale borough, and historically in the County of Cumberland (OS grid ref NY0130).

Seaton with Slingley
Seaton with Slingley#English

A village in Seaton with Slingley parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ399499).

A village and civil parish in Rutland (OS grid ref SP904982).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA163467).

A village in Mercer County, Illinois, United States.


Somerton

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4928).

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL8153).

A village in Tamworth regional council area, New South Wales, Australia.


Honiton

A locality on Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, apparently named after Honiton, Devon.


Germoe

A village and civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5829).


Sway

A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2798).


Corfe Castle

A village and civil parish (named after the ancient castle) in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY9681).


Corfe

A village in Taunton Deane district, Somerset, England.


Corfe Mullen

/ˌkɔəɹf ˈmʌlən/

From Old English corf (“cutting, pass”) and Old French molin.

A large suburban village and civil parish with a town council in east Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY9896).


Oswaldtwistle

A village in Hyndburn borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7327).


Colne

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3776).


Winsford

All roads into Winsford are well worth travelling. […] A handsome thatched inn, the Royal Oak, stands opposite a cobblestoned packhorse bridge over the River Winn ^([sic]) [Winn Brook], and there are seven more bridges and a ford in the village.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, pages 406-407:

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A small village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9034).


Stoke Mandeville

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8310).

Stoke Mandeville
Stoke Mandeville Hospital


Cheadle

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A suburban village in Stockport borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8688).

Wheatland County
Wheatland County#English

A hamlet in Wheatland County, Alberta, Canada.


Handforth

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England, just outside Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ8583).


Stokenchurch

A village and civil parish situated in the Chilterns in Buckinghamshire, England; previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU7696).


Littleborough

From Old English lȳtel (“little”) + burh (“borough”) or brōc (“brook”). Piecewise doublet of Littlebury and Luxembourg.

piecewise doublet

A large village in Rochdale borough, Greater Manchester, England. Originally in Lancashire.

Sturton le Steeple
Sturton le Steeple#English

A hamlet in Sturton le Steeple parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England, by the River Trent. (OS grid ref SK8282).


Knighton

en-proper noun

Knighton (countable and uncountable, plural Knightons)

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Kip-Kz#Kn

A settlement in Wembury parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX5249).

A hamlet in Beer Hackett parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST6111).

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole#English

A hamlet in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset (OS grid ref SZ0497).

A hamlet in Newchurch parish, on the Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ5686). The K is usually pronounced to distinguish it from Niton.

Compton Beauchamp
Compton Beauchamp#English

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A hamlet in Compton Beauchamp parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU2887).

A hamlet in Stogursey parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST1944).

A hamlet in Loggerheads parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme district, Staffordshire, on the Shropshire border (OS grid ref SJ7240).

A hamlet in Ramsbury parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU2971).

A hamlet in Inkberrow parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0356).


Ramsbury

A village and civil parish in north-east Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2771).


Compton Beauchamp

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, originally in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU2786).


Niton

Niton and Whitwell
Niton and Whitwell#English

A village in Niton and Whitwell parish, southern Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5076).

Yellowhead County
Yellowhead County#English

A locality in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.


Lazce

cs-proper noun

Lazce m inan pl (relational adjective lazecký)

lazecký (adjective relational)
Lazce (nominative plural)
Lazců (genitive plural)
Lazcům (dative plural)
Lazce (accusative plural)
Lazce (plural vocative)
Lazcích (locative plural)
Lazci (instrumental plural)

(generally): From Old Czech lazce, a plural form of lazec, which is a diminutive of Old Czech laz (“land acquired by forest burning”). Compare also other Czech toponyms Laz, Lazy, Lazníky or Lažany.
(quarter of Olomouc): The oldest written mention of the name of the place is from 1298, when the settlement was called in singular Lasecz. The singular was used solely until the end of the 14 century (in 1398 spelled Lazecz), later plural forms Lazky (the descendant of which was the German name of the place Laska) and today's Lazce occurred.
(village near Troubelice): Originally in the singular form Laz (1343), later plural form Lazy (1371 and 1492). The diminutive form Lazce appeared in 1545 for the first time. Some other later forms included Lasce, Lazy or Laze.

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Lazce (a village in the Olomouc District, Czech Republic, near Troubelice)

Lazce (a village, an administrative part in the town of Horšovský Týn, Domažlice District, Plzeň, Czech Republic)

Mokré Lazce, Lazce (a village in the Opava District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic)


Appley Bridge

A village in Wrightington parish, West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5209).


Ilkley

A rural locality in Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.


Foulridge

/ˈfoʊlɹɪd͡ʒ/

A village in Pendle borough, Lancashire, England.


Yarrow

* The river is believed to be of Celtic/Brythonic origin and related to Welsh garw (“rough”).
* English and Scottish surname derived from the river, though likely influenced by the noun yarrow.

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A hamlet and parish in the Yarrow Valley, Scottish Borders council area (OS grid ref NT3527).

A hamlet in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England.

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A small community in British Columbia, Canada.


Castalia

la-proper noun

Castalia f sg (genitive Castaliae); first declension

Castaliae (genitive)
Castalia (nominative singular)
Castaliae (genitive singular)
Castaliae (dative singular)
Castaliam (accusative singular)
Castaliā (ablative singular)
Castalia (singular vocative)

Translingual: Castalia

a settlement in Cilicia, in modern Turkey


Welland

en-proper noun

Welland (countable and uncountable, plural Wellands)

No definite suggestion can be made about the origin of the placename in Worcestershire; perhaps from the Old English unattested personal name *Wēna + land (“land”).

A village and civil parish (served by Little Malvern and Welland Parish Council) in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7940).


South Walsham

A village in Broadland district, Norfolk, England.


Reepham

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0373).


Wroxham

A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3017).


Aylesham

A village in Dover district, Kent, England.


Horning

A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3417).


Reedham

A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG4202).

A small locality in Purley, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3160).


Maltby

Raithby cum Maltby
Raithby cum Maltby#English

A hamlet in Raithby cum Maltby parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3184).

A village and civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4613).


Cuckfield

From either the Old English personal name Cuca, cwiċe (“couch-grass”) or Middle English cokkou (“cuckoo”) + Old English feld (“field”).

A village and civil parish in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3024).


Crook

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

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A village and civil parish (served by Crook and Winster Parish Council) in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD4695).


Yatton

A village and civil parish in North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4365).


Orton

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY6208).

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A small village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, previously in Kettering borough (OS grid ref SP8079).

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English

A hamlet in Wombourne parish, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SO8695).

A hamlet in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ3152).

A community in East Garafraxa, Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada.


Sherborne

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

A village and civil parish with a brook of the same name in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1714).

A hamlet in Litton parish, Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5855).


Litton

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village and civil parish near Tideswell, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1675).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD9074).

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5954).


Tideswell

Tideswell (countable and uncountable, plural Tideswells)

Tideswells (plural)
Tidwell (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Tidi + -s- + wielle (“well, spring”).

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1575).


Derwent

From Middle English Derwent, Derwente, Derwynd, from a Brythonic word such as *dwr-gent (“clear water”).

Darwent (alternative)
Darwen (alternative)
Darwin (alternative)
Darran (alternative)
Durrans (alternative)
Durant (alternative)

A hamlet and former village in Alberta, Canada.

A community in Thames Centre, Ontario, Canada.


Norton Fitzwarren

The manorial affix is from lands held by the Fitzwarren family.

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A village and civil parish near Taunton, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST1925).


Paulton

From Old English peall (“ledge”) + tun (“homestead, village”).

compound

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

A large village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6556).


Batheaston

A village in Somerset, England, to the east of the city of Bath.


Bathampton

/ˌbɑːθˈæmptən/

A village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England, to the east of the city of Bath (OS grid ref ST7766).


Bathford

A village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England, to the east of the city of Bath (OS grid ref ST7966).


Ilchester

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district; in the past a Roman town and market town (OS grid ref ST5222).


Yeovilton

Yeovilton and District
Yeovilton and District#English

A village and former civil parish, now in Yeovilton and District parish, Somerset, England, and previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST5423).


Zeals

Inherited from Middle English Seles, from Old English sēalas, plural of sealh (“willow”).

A village and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England, close to the border with both Dorset and Somerset (OS grid ref ST7831).


Kingswear

A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England, across the River Dart from Dartmouth (OS grid ref SX8851).


Kingsbridge

A hamlet in Luxborough parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref SS9837).

A village in Llwchwr community, to the west of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS5897).


Camborne

From Cornish Kammbronn, meaning "crooked hill".

A ghost town and locality in British Columbia, Canada.

Northumberland County
Northumberland County#English

A community in Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.


Mousehole

A village and fishing port in Penzance parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4726).


Sutton Bridge

A village and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England, with a swing bridge across the River Nene (OS grid ref TF4721).


Southwell

A village in Portland parish, on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6870).

A settlement in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.


Ashfield

A small village in Romsey Extra parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3619).

A hamlet in Stirling council area, Scotland.


Alresford

* (Essex) From a personal name, Ægel, or Old English ǣl + ford, recorded as Ælesford c.1000, Eilesforda 1086 (DB).
* (Hampshire) From Old English alor (genitive alres) + ford, recorded as Alresforda 701, Alresforde 1086 (DB).

der

A village and civil parish in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0621).


Old Alresford

A small village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5834).


Old Basing

Named after the Basingas, an Anglo-Saxon tribe. Renamed from Basing by 1986.

Old Basing and Lychpit
Old Basing and Lychpit#English

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A village in Old Basing and Lychpit parish, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England, to the east of Basingstoke (OS grid ref SU6652).


Ambergate

(In England) From Amber (“river”) + gate; it was originally named Toadmoor, and renamed after a turnpike tollgate (Amber Gate) after the railway station with this name opened in 1840. The etymology of the Australian place name is unclear.

A village in Ripley parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England, at the confluence of the Amber and Derwent rivers (OS grid ref SK3451).


樓蘭

/loʊ̯³⁵ län³⁵/

/lɐu̯²¹ laːn²¹/

/loʊ̯³⁵ län³⁵/

/lɐu̯²¹ laːn²¹/

From a name in the native language of the kingdom, possibly of the shape *Kro-ran. Compare Modern Uyghur كروران (kroran, “Loulan”), Russian Крорайна (Krorajna).
First attested in the Records of the Grand Historian.

(～社區) Loulan (a residential community in Ruoqiang, Ruoqiang, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China)


Lauderdale

A locality in Allen Parish, Louisiana, United States.

St. James Parish
St. James Parish#English

A locality in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Walworth

en-proper noun

Walworth (countable and uncountable, plural Walworths)

From Old English wealh (“Briton”) + worþ (“enclosure”). Compare Walsworth.

A scattered village in Darlington borough, County Durham, England.

A town and village in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States.


Lynton

A locality in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada.


Lynmouth

Lynton and Lynmouth
Lynton and Lynmouth#English

A harbour village in Lynton and Lynmouth parish, North Devon district, Devon, England, at the mouth of the two Lyn rivers, the East Lyn and West Lyn (OS grid ref SS7249).


Bampton

Bampton (countable and uncountable, plural Bamptons)

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

A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5118).

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3103).


Amesbury

A small hamlet in Timsbury parish, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6558).

Athabasca County
Athabasca County#English

A community in Athabasca County, Alberta, Canada.


Little River

The name of many rivers and other places in several countries, including:

A community in the Comox Valley region, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island#English

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A community in the District of Digby, Digby County, Nova Scotia.

District of Digby
District of Digby#English

A number of places in the United States:

A settlement in the city of Little River-Academy, Bell County, Texas.

Little River-Academy
Little River-Academy#English

A settlement on Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand.

A rural locality in Snowy Valleys council area, New South Wales, Australia.


Downton

A hamlet in Milford-on-Sea parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2693).

A hamlet in Upton Magna parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5412).

A village and civil parish in southern Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1821).

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A hamlet in New Radnor community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO2360).


Latham

Latham (countable and uncountable, plural Lathams)

Habitational surname from any of various places in northern England, from the dative plural form of Old Norse hlaða (“storehouse, barn”).

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A village in Logan County, Illinois, United States.

A hamlet in Albany County, New York, United States.


Ashmore

Ashmore (countable and uncountable, plural Ashmores)

Ashmores (plural)
Ashmoor (alternative obsolete)

From Old English æsċ (“ash-tree”) + mere (“pond, pool, lake”).

A village and civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST9117).

A village and township in Coles County, Illinois, United States.


Gurley

A village in Cheyenne County, Nebraska, United States.


Broadwell

Broadwell (countable and uncountable, plural Broadwells)

From Old English brād (“broad”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP2027).

A village in Coleford parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO5811).

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2503).

Leamington Hastings
Leamington Hastings#English

A village in Leamington Hastings parish, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4565).


Holcombe

Holcombe (countable and uncountable, plural Holcombes)

From Old English holh (“hollow”) + cumb (“combe, narrow valley”).

A hamlet in Uplyme parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY3193).

A village in Dawlish parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX9574).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7816).

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST6749).


Crabtree

Crabtree (countable and uncountable, plural Crabtrees)

A hamlet in Lower Beeding parish, Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ2225).

A rural locality in Huon Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.


Doherty

Daugherty (alternative)
Dougherty (alternative)

A locality in Temagami municipality, Nipissing District, north-eastern Ontario, Canada.


Ramsdell

Wootton St Lawrence with Ramsdell#English

A village in Wootton St Lawrence with Ramsdell parish, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5857).


Bow

A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7201).

A hamlet in Ashprington parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8156).

Stanford in the Vale
Stanford in the Vale#English

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A hamlet in Stanford in the Vale parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3494).


Probus

From its church dedicated to Saint Probus.

A village and civil parish east of Truro, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8947).


Melbourn

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A large village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3844).


Crider

A community in Caldwell County, Kentucky, United States.

A community in Howell County, Missouri, United States.


Wylie

Laurentian Hills
Laurentian Hills#English

A community in Laurentian Hills municipality, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.


Zelen

First attested as Zeelen in 1803-1820. Etymology unknown. Perhaps related to Middle Dutch sille (“type of land division”).

unk

unknown

cog

a hamlet in Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands


Duxford

From Old English personal name *Ducc, in the genitive singular *Ducces + worþ (“enclosure”), thus "Duxwurth". The worth element was later reanalysed as forth, leading to "Duxforth". This later became the ford of its present form.

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4745).

A hamlet in Hinton Waldrist parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, originally in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3699).


Debden

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5533).

A village in the Rural Municipality of Canwood No. 494, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Loughton

en-proper noun

Loughton (countable and uncountable, plural Loughtons)

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

Loughton and Great Holm
Loughton and Great Holm#English

A village in Loughton and Great Holm parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8337).

A small village in Wheathill parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO6183).


Zandvoort

A village, municipality, and beach resort in North Holland, The Netherlands.

Zandvoort

Zandvoort, Haarlem, Randstad, North Holland, Netherlands


Zandvoort

→ English: Zandvoort

Compound of zand (“sand”) + voort, by-form of voorde (“ford, crossing”). Compare Sandford. Doublet of Santfort and Zandfort.
* (North Holland): First attested as Middle Dutch santfort in 1105-1120; also attested in Middle Dutch as Sandevoerde.
* (Utrecht): Named after a former hamlet.

Meronym: Bentveld

Zandvoort (a village, municipality, and beach resort in North Holland, Netherlands)

a hamlet in Lingewaard, Gelderland, Netherlands


Kidlington

A large village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4914).


Elmbridge

From Old English elm (“elm”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).


Claygate

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

A hamlet in Collier Street parish, Maidstone district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7144).

Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge and Malling#English

A hamlet in Shipbourne parish, Tonbridge and Malling district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ6051).

A village and civil parish in Elmbridge borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1563).

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

A hamlet in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY3979).


Thames Ditton

A village in Elmbridge borough, Surrey, England, bordering onto the River Thames and Greater London.


Lauder

A small community in Otago, New Zealand, named after the Scottish town.


Melrose

Melrose (countable and uncountable, plural Melroses)

From Scottish Gaelic maol (“bare, barren”) + ros (“promontory, headland”).

A rural community of the City of Devonport and Kentish council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.

A community in Hastings County, Ontario.

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A community in Middlesex County, Ontario.

A number of places in Canada:
A small community in Nova Scotia.

Westmorland County
Westmorland County#English

A settlement in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.

A number of places in the United States:

A small community in Monroe County, Iowa.

Rensselaer County
Rensselaer County#English

A hamlet in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York.

A village and town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.


Rensselaer

/ɹɛnsəˈlɪəɹ/

A village in Ralls County, Missouri, United States, named after the nearby Rensselaer Academy.


Paulding

A village, the county seat of Paulding County, Ohio, United States.


Clovelly

A small harbour village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS3124).


Bree

Potentially derived from Proto-Germanic *brida (“plank, board”) suffixed with the locative suffix *-ja-. Compare Dutch Bree and Maasbree.

a village and former municipality of Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands


Magee

Magee (countable and uncountable, plural Magees)

A hamlet in the town of Tyre, Seneca County, New York, United States.


Busby

Busby (countable and uncountable, plural Busbys)

From Old Norse buskr (“bush”) + býr (“homestead, village”).

East Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire#English

A suburban village in East Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5756).

A hamlet in Westlock County, Alberta, Canada.


Templeton

A hamlet in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS8814).

A hamlet near Gatehead, East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3934).

A village in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1111).


Arrington

Arrington (countable and uncountable, plural Arringtons)

Arringtons (plural)
Arington (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Earna, a byname from earn (“eagle”), + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3250).


Brereton

Brereton (countable and uncountable, plural Breretons)

From Old English brǣr (“briar”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Brereton and Ravenhill
Brereton and Ravenhill#English

A village in Brereton and Ravenhill parish, Cannock Chase district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK053164).

A village in Saint Philip parish, Barbados.


Cheney

en-prop

Cheney (countable and uncountable, plural Cheneys)

A community in the city of Clarence-Rockland, eastern Ontario, Canada.


Kilburn

en-proper noun

Kilburn (countable and uncountable, plural Kilburns)

Kilburns (plural)
Kilborn (alternative)
Kilbourn (alternative)
Kilbourne (alternative)

From either the unattested Old English personal name *Cylla or cyline (“kiln”) + burna (“stream, brook”).

A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK385455).

Kilburn High and Low
Kilburn High and Low#English

A village in Kilburn High and Low parish, previously in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England, divided into High Kilburn and Low Kilburn (OS grid ref SE512797).


Lupu

a village in Cergău, Alba County, Romania


McRae

McRae (countable and uncountable, plural McRaes)

McRaes (plural)
McCrae (alternative)
McCree (alternative)
McRay (alternative)
McRee (alternative)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Raith (“son of grace”), from mac + rath. Compare the Irish form McGrath.

der

A community in the County of St. Paul, Alberta, Canada.


Mendiola

Mendiola (absolutive indefinite)
Mendiolak (ergative indefinite)
Mendiolari (dative indefinite)
Mendiolaren (genitive indefinite)
Mendiolarekin (comitative indefinite)
Mendiolarengatik (causative indefinite)
Mendiolarentzat (benefactive indefinite)
Mendiolaz (indefinite instrumental)
Mendiolarengan (indefinite inessive)
Mendiolan (indefinite inessive)
Mendiolako (indefinite locative)
Mendiolarengana (allative indefinite)
Mendiolara (allative indefinite)
Mendiolarenganaino (indefinite terminative)
Mendiolaraino (indefinite terminative)
Mendiolarenganantz (directive indefinite)
Mendiolarantz (directive indefinite)
Mendiolarenganako (destinative indefinite)
Mendiolarako (destinative indefinite)
Mendiolarengandik (ablative indefinite)
Mendiolatik (ablative indefinite)
Mendiolarik (indefinite partitive)
Mendiolatzat (indefinite prolative)

desctree

→ Spanish: Mendiola
→ English: Mendiola
→ Tagalog: Mendiola

From mendi (“mountain”) + ola (“hut, cottage”).

af

a hamlet in Vitoria, Álava, Basque Country, Spain


Quarles

en-proper noun

Quarles (countable and uncountable, plural Quarleses)

From Old English hwerflas, plural form of hwerfel (“circle”), perhaps referred to an ancient circle of stones.

A hamlet in Holkham parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF883387).


Ridgeway

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A village in Eckington parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4081).

A hamlet on the boundary of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8853).

An unincorporated village in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.

A number of places in the United States:

A village in Hardin County and Logan County, Ohio.

A village and town in Iowa County, Wisconsin.


Seabrook

Seabrook (countable and uncountable, plural Seabrooks)

From either the Old English personal name Sǣga or sǣge (“slowly moving”) + brōc (“brook, stream”).

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

A suburban coastal village in Hythe parish, Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1835).


Shenton

Shenton (countable and uncountable, plural Shentons)

From the name of the River Sence, which is from Old English sċenċ (“drinking cup”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A hamlet in Sutton Cheney parish, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK3800).


Skelton

Skelton (countable and uncountable, plural Skeltons)

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

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4335).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A linear village on the River Ouse in Kilpin parish, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE7625).

A village and civil parish in city of York district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5756).


Westfield

en-prop

Westfield (countable and uncountable, plural Westfields)

From Old English west (“west”) + feld (“field”), equivalent to west + field. Doublet of Westerveld.
The former village in New Brunswick may be named after Westfield, Massachusetts. The civil parish is named after the village.

Region of Queens Municipality
Region of Queens Municipality#English

A community in Region of Queens Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England.

With regard to the station at Notgrove, it was finally decided that this should be situated beside the old Bourton-Cheltenham Road near the hamlet of Westfield.

1955 August, J. Spencer Gilks, “The Banbury & Cheltenham Direct Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 524:

A hamlet in Hawling parish, Tewkesbury district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0821).

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

A suburban village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6754).

A village in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland.

A small village in Torphichen parish, West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9372).

A township and village therein, in Clark County, Illinois.

Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English

A town and village in Chautauqua County, New York.

Marquette County
Marquette County#English

A small town and village in Marquette County, Wisconsin.


Burlingham

en-proper noun

Burlingham (countable and uncountable, plural Burlinghams)

From the Old English personal name *Bærla or *Byrla + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

Lingwood and Burlingham
Lingwood and Burlingham#English

Three villages in Lingwood and Burlingham civil parish, Norfolk, England: Burlingham Green, North Burlingham and South Burlingham.


Doig

Doig (countable and uncountable, plural Doigs)

Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Doig.

Clear Hills County
Clear Hills County#English

A community in Clear Hills County, northern Alberta, Canada, named after the Doig River.


Medley

Medley (countable and uncountable, plural Medleys)

A community in the city of Cold Lake, Municipal District of Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada.


Pulley

A hamlet in Bayston Hill parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4809).


Peebles

* The town in Scotland is from Scots Peebles, from Scottish Gaelic Na Pùballan, of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *pėbɨll (“tent, temporary settlement”), from Vulgar Latin păpiliō, from Latin pāpiliō.
* The surname is Scottish and derived from the town.

der

A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Chester No. 125, Saskatchewan, Canada.

A village in Adams County, Ohio, United States.

A locality north-west of Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand.


Roxburgh

en-proper noun

Roxburgh (countable and uncountable, plural Roxburghs)

Roxburghs (plural)
Rosborough (alternative)
Roseberry (alternative)
Rosebery (alternative)
Roseboro (alternative)
Roseburrow (alternative)
Roxborough (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Hrōc, a byname from hrōc (“rook, kind of crow”), + -s- + burg (“fortified place”).

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT7030).


Kappel

A village in Lenzkirch, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.


Manley

Manley (countable and uncountable, plural Manleys)

* As an English surname, from Old English mæne (“common, shared”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to mean + -ley (“lea”).
* Also as an English surname, from the adjective manly (“brave, manly”).
* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Máinle; see Malley.
* Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Maonghaile (“descendant of Maonghal”), from maoin (“wealth”) + gal (“valor, fury”).

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5171).

A village in Cass County, Nebraska, United States.


Charlton Kings

A large suburban village and civil parish in Cheltenham borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9620).


Stratton

Stratton (countable and uncountable, plural Strattons)

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

der

A village and civil parish in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6593).

A village in Cirencester parish, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP015900).

A village in Franklin County, Maine, United States.

Hitchcock County
Hitchcock County#English

A village in Hitchcock County, Nebraska, United States.

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.


Tolbert

First attested as oldebert in 1479. Compound of Old Frisian ald (“old”) and bert (“settlement”). The initial T- is the result of the preposition te (“at”) being contracted into the toponym. The element ald was added to distinguish the settlement from Niebert. Compare Taarlo, Tinallinge and Tubbergen.

a village in Westerkwartier, Groningen, Netherlands


Weir

en-proper noun

Weir (countable and uncountable, plural Weirs)

A village in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8725).

An unincorporated village in Montcalm, Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Charing Cross

/ˌtʃæɹɪŋ ˈkɹɒs/

A community in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Whitehill

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A village on the west side of Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2551).

A village and civil parish with a town council in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England; the civil parish includes Bordon (OS grid ref SU7934).

A hamlet in Ospringe parish, Swale district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0059).

A village east of Dalkeith, Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3566).


Winton

Winton (usually uncountable, plural Wintons)

From either the Old English personal name Wine, which is a byname from wine (“friend”), or winn (“pasture”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY7810).

A hamlet in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4096).


Bagby

Bagby (countable and uncountable, plural Bagbys)

From the Old Norse personal name Baggi + býr (“farmstead”); compare Begbie, which shares the same etymology.

A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4680).


Featherstone

Featherstone (countable and uncountable, plural Featherstones)

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

A village and civil parish in south-west Northumberland, England.

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English

A village and civil parish (served by Featherstone and Brinsford Parish Council) in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9306).


Gretna

An unincorporated urban community in Manitoba, Canada, on the border with North Dakota, USA.


Edge

English topographic surname, derived from the noun edge. Compare Eck.

A village in Painswick parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8409).

A hamlet in Pontesbury parish, south of Yockleton, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3908).


Richland

Kalamazoo County
Kalamazoo County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A village in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.


Neda

Attested as Nedda, Nebda and Nepta in Medieval Latin local deeds and charters; from a substrate language, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”).

a village in Arxemil parish, O Corgo, Lugo, Galicia

Vilariño de Neda
Vilariño de Neda#English

Vilariño de Neda (a village in Augasantas parish, Rois, A Coruña, Galicia)


Scriven

Scriven (countable and uncountable, plural Scrivens)

Two possible origins for the surname:
* English occupational surname for a scribe copyist or clerk, from Middle English scrivein (“scribe”), itself from Old French escrivain.
* English habitational surname from the village in North Yorkshire, which is named with Old English scræfen (“hollow place with caves or pits”).

der

A village and civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3458).


Colfax

From coal + fox, describing a fox with black marks.

A village in McLean County, Illinois; named for Schuyler Colfax.

A town and village in Dunn County, Wisconsin; named for Schuyler Colfax.

A community in Saskatchewan, Canada; named for the city in Iowa.


Oswego

From a Mohawk name meaning "flowing out", referring to the river.

A large village in Kendall County, Illinois, United States.


Corbett

en-proper noun

Corbett (countable and uncountable, plural Corbetts)

From Anglo-Norman corbet (“little crow; carrion crow”), probably a nickname for someone with dark hair or complexion.

der

A hamlet in Delaware County, New York, United States.


Darrington

en-proper noun

Darrington (countable and uncountable, plural Darringtons)

From the Old English personal name Deornōþ + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

A village and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England.


Hollingsworth

Hollingsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Hollingsworths)

Hampstead Norreys
Hampstead Norreys#English

A hamlet in Hampstead Norreys parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5276).


Plumley

Plumley (countable and uncountable, plural Plumleys)

From Old English plūme (“plum”) + lēah (“woodland; clearing”). Equivalent to plum + -ley (“lea”).

A village and civil parish (served by Plumley with Toft and Bexton Parish Council) in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7175).


Woodside

Woodside (countable and uncountable, plural Woodsides)

Bracknell Forest
Bracknell Forest#English

A number of places in the United Kingdom, including:

A hamlet in Winkfield parish, Bracknell Forest district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9371).

Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross#English

A village next to Burrelton, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2037).

A locality near Greytown, Dunedin territorial authority, Otago, North Island, New Zealand.


New London

A number of places in the United States:

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

A rural community of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


河溝

/xɤ³⁵ koʊ̯⁵⁵/

/hɔː²¹ kʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

/ho²⁴⁻²² kau³³/

/ho¹³⁻²² kau⁴⁴/

/ho²⁴⁻²² kau⁴⁴/

/xɤ³⁵ koʊ̯⁵⁵/

/hɔː²¹ kʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

/ho²⁴⁻²² kau³³/

/ho¹³⁻²² kau⁴⁴/

/ho²⁴⁻²² kau⁴⁴/

(～村) Hegou (a village in Dongsong, Luoning, Luoyang, Henan, China)


Bowling Green

A hamlet in Callington parish, eastern Cornwall (OS grid ref SX3670).

A hamlet near Bugle, Treverbyn parish, north of St Austell, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX0258).

Lymington and Pennington
Lymington and Pennington#English

A hamlet in Lymington and Pennington parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SZ2996).

A hamlet north of Peplow, Hodnet parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6225).

A village in Powick parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8151).


Steuben

At least in Maine and New York, named after Prussian army officer Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), who participated in the American Revolution. The name is also of German origin.

named-after

A village in Crawford County, Wisconsin.


德陽

/tɤ³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/

/tɐk̚⁵ jœːŋ²¹/

/tɤ³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/

/tɐk̚⁵ jœːŋ²¹/

(～村) Deyang (a rural village in Jiaoxi, Yilan County, Taiwan)


Ashland

From Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + land. Many places in the United States are named after Ashland, Henry Clay's estate.

A community in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Places in the United States:
A village in Cass County, Illinois.

Natchitoches Parish
Natchitoches Parish#English

A village in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.


Allegany

Cattaraugus County
Cattaraugus County#English

A town and village in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States.


Port Sanilac

Probably from Sanilac, a Wyandotte chief.


St. Charles

Saint Charles (alternative)
Saint-Charles (alternative)
St-Charles (alternative)
St.-Charles (alternative)
St Charles (alternative)

A planned community in Charles County, Maryland, United States.

A village in Saginaw County, Michigan, United States.


Heckington

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

A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1444).


長灘

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ tʰän⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ tʰän⁵⁵/

(～社區) Changtan (a residential community in Changtan, Zhongxiang, Jingmen, Hubei, China)


Cattaraugus

A village in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States.


Saginaw

/ˈsæɡ.ɪ.nɔː/

From Ojibwe Zaagiinaang (“at-the-outlet”).

A village in Newton County, Missouri, United States.


Chilton

en-proper noun

Chilton (countable and uncountable, plural Chiltons)

Chilton
Chilton, Oxfordshire
Domesday Book
Medieval Latin

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

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6811).

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU4885).

A civil parish and settlement in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8842).


Yetminster

A village and civil parish (served by the group Parish Council of Yetminster and Ryme Intrinseca) in West Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST5910).


Maiden Newton

A village and civil parish in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY5997).


Shillingstone

/ˈʃɪlɪŋstən/

A village and civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST8210).


Bere Regis

/ˈbɪəɹ ˈɹiːdʒɪs/

The Bere is a small river, Regis is from Latin regis.

A village in Purbeck district, Dorset, England.


Clarksville

A village in Clinton County, Ohio; named for Sarah Clark Hadley, an early settler.

A hamlet in New Scotland, New York; named for early settler Adam A. Clark.


Sciota

McDonough County
McDonough County#English

A village in McDonough County, Illinois.


九里

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɐu̯³⁵ lei̯¹³/

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɐu̯³⁵ lei̯¹³/

(～村) Jiuli (a village in Maoping, Zigui, Yichang, Hubei, China)


Guevara

→ English: Guevara

→ Russian: Гева́ра (Gevára)

→ Tagalog: Guevara

desc

→ Chinese: 格瓦拉 (Géwǎlā) (transliteration)


Chamberlain

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Chamberlain.wav

A village in the Rural Municipality of Sarnia No. 221, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Tacuarembó Department
w:Tacuarembó Department

A village in Tacuarembó Department, Uruguay.


Kenney

en-proper noun

Kenney (countable and uncountable, plural Kenneys)

A village in DeWitt County, Illinois, United States, named after founder Moses Kenney.


Covington

en-prop

Covington (countable and uncountable, plural Covingtons)

From Old English Cofingtun, from Cofa (a masculine given name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + -tun (“settlement”, literally “Cofa's town”).

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL0570).

South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire#English

A hamlet in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9739).

A locale in the United States.
A village in Ohio.

Putnam Township, Pennsylvania
w:Putnam Township, Pennsylvania

A village coterminous with Putnam Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.


Bowling

en-proper noun

Bowling (countable and uncountable, plural Bowlings)

Bowling (disambiguation)#Places
Bowling (surname)

West Dunbartonshire
West Dunbartonshire#English

A village on the Clyde in West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4473).


Harden

Harden (countable and uncountable, plural Hardens)

A village and civil parish (with a village council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0838).


Curran

Curran (countable and uncountable, plural Currans)

Currans (plural)
Corran (alternative)
Corrin (alternative)
Currams (alternative)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Corraidhín (“descendant of Corraidhín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of corradh (“spear”).

der

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A township and village therein, in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States.


Hoskins

en-proper noun

Hoskins (countable and uncountable, plural Hoskinses)

A village in Wayne County, Nebraska, United States.

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English

A locality in New Britain, Papua New Guinea.


Whaley

Whaley (countable and uncountable, plural Whaleys)

From Old English wielle (“well, spring”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to well + -ley (“lea”).

A village in Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK5171).


Milligan

Milligan (countable and uncountable, plural Milligans)

Milligans (plural)
Millikan (alternative)
Milliken (alternative)
Millikin (alternative)

From Irish Ó Maolagáin (“descendant of Maolagán”).

der

A place in the United States:
A village in Fillmore County, Nebraska.


Fortescue

en-proper noun

Fortescue (countable and uncountable, plural Fortescues)

From Anglo-Norman Fortescu, from Norman Fort-Escu, from Old French fort+escut. Literally, “strong shield”.

A hamlet in Nether Exe parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9299).

A small village in Holt County, Missouri, United States.

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A community in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States.


Vickers

Vickers (countable and uncountable, plural Vickerses)

A community in West Grey municipality, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Coulter

en-prop

Coulter (countable and uncountable, plural Coulters)

Coulters (plural)
Coulters (alternative Pennsylvania)

→ Translingual: coulteri

A small village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0233).


Hilliard

en-proper noun

Hilliard (countable and uncountable, plural Hilliards)

A hamlet in Lamont County, central Alberta, Canada.


Washburn

Washburn (countable and uncountable, plural Washburns)

A number of places in the United States:


Smiley

Smiley (countable and uncountable, plural Smileys)

Smileys (plural)
Smellie (alternative)
Smylie (alternative)
Smyly (alternative)
Smilie (alternative)

a placename
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Gamboa

Ullíbarri-Gamboa (a village in Álava, Spain)


Wiseman

Wiseman (countable and uncountable, plural Wisemans)


Saavedra

/saːˈβɛðɾa̝/

Attested in the 12th century as Salavetera and Saavetra. From Saa + vedra: Saa from Proto-Germanic *salą (“hall, house”), and vedra from Latin vetera (“old”).

a village in Dadín, O Irixo, Ourense, Galicia


Smallwood

Smallwood (countable and uncountable, plural Smallwoods)

A civil parish and small village in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8060).

census-designated place
census-designated place

A hamlet and census-designated place in Bethel, Sullivan County, New York, United States.


Hawley

en-prop

Hawley (countable and uncountable, plural Hawleys)

Two main origins:
* The village in Hampshire is from Old English heall (“hall, dwelling, house”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hall + -ley (“lea”).
* The village in Kent is from Old English hāliġ (“holy, sacred”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to holy + -ley (“lea”).

der

Blackwater and Hawley
Blackwater and Hawley#English

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

Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley
Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley#English

A village in Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley parish, Dartford district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5471).


Rahman

Borrowed from Turkish Rahman (“merciful”), from Arabic رَحْمَٰن (raḥmān).

bor+

a village in Tulcea County, Dobruja, in eastern Romania


Corley

en-proper noun

Corley (countable and uncountable, plural Corleys)

From Old English *corn (“crane”), genitive plural, *corna + lēah (“woodland clearing”), 'the cranes' wood or clearing'.

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3085).


Calvert

Calvert (countable and uncountable, plural Calverts)

From Middle English calfhirde, equivalent to modern calf + herd.

Calvert, a sleepy village in rural Buckinghamshire, is where the former 'Varsity line' from Oxford to Cambridge crossed the old Great Central London extension.

2024 February 7, Paul Bigland, “Rail routes reinstated... at the double”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 48:

A hamlet in Charndon parish and Steeple Claydon parish, Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP6824).

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A community in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Whittington

Whittington (countable and uncountable, plural Whittingtons)

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0120).

A village and civil parish in City of Lancaster district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD6076).

A village and civil parish in Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ3231).

A village and civil parish (served by Whittington and Fisherwick Parish Council) in Lichfield district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK1608).


Heredia

Heredia (countable and uncountable, plural Heredias)

Borrowed from Spanish Heredia, itself of Basque origin.

A village in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain.


Waldron

Waldron (countable and uncountable, plural Waldrons)

Heathfield and Waldron
Heathfield and Waldron#English

A village in Heathfield and Waldron parish, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5419).


Crowell

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish (without a council) near Chinnor, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU7499).


Woodson

Woodson (countable and uncountable, plural Woodsons)

A number of places in the United States:


Moseley

Moseley (countable and uncountable, plural Moseleys)

A hamlet in Grimley parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8159).

A locality in Kimba district council area, South Australia.


Arellano

Arellano (absolutive indefinite)
Arellanok (ergative indefinite)
Arellanori (dative indefinite)
Arellanoren (genitive indefinite)
Arellanorekin (comitative indefinite)
Arellanorengatik (causative indefinite)
Arellanorentzat (benefactive indefinite)
Arellanoz (indefinite instrumental)
Arellanorengan (indefinite inessive)
Arellanon (indefinite inessive)
Arellanoko (indefinite locative)
Arellanorengana (allative indefinite)
Arellanora (allative indefinite)
Arellanorenganaino (indefinite terminative)
Arellanoraino (indefinite terminative)
Arellanorenganantz (directive indefinite)
Arellanorantz (directive indefinite)
Arellanorenganako (destinative indefinite)
Arellanorako (destinative indefinite)
Arellanorengandik (ablative indefinite)
Arellanotik (ablative indefinite)
Arellanorik (indefinite partitive)
Arellanotzat (indefinite prolative)

(inanimate) Arellano (a village in Navarre, Spain)


Ransom

Ransom (countable and uncountable, plural Ransoms)

A village in Allen Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, named after Thomas E. G. Ransom.

Lackawanna County
Lackawanna County#English

A township and village therein, in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, named after Samuel Ransom.


Haskins

Haskins (countable and uncountable, plural Haskinses)

A village in Wood County, Ohio, United States.


Kohler

Kohler (countable and uncountable, plural Kohlers)

South German surname, from Köhler (“charcoal burner”).

Sheboygan County
Sheboygan County#English

A village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States.


Perdue

Perdue (countable and uncountable, plural Perdues)

A village within the rural municipality in Saskatchewan.


Rincon

Borrowed from Spanish Rincon, derived from rincón (“corner”). The village is located in a secluded corner along the first road of the island.


Whiting

Whiting (countable and uncountable, plural Whitings)


Woodall

Woodall (countable and uncountable, plural Woodalls)

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + heall (“hall, dwelling, house”).

A hamlet in Harthill with Woodall parish, Rotherham borough, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4880).

Harthill with Woodall
Harthill with Woodall#English


Felton

en-prop

Felton (countable and uncountable, plural Feltons)

From Old English feld (“field”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5748).

A village in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1800).

A village in Winford parish, North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5265).


Parham

en-proper noun

Parham (countable and uncountable, plural Parhams)

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3060).

A community in Central Frontenac township, eastern Ontario, Canada.

Central Frontenac
Central Frontenac#English


Tilley

Tilley (countable and uncountable, plural Tilleys)

A small village in Wem Rural parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5027).

County of Newell
County of Newell#English

A hamlet in the County of Newell, Alberta, Canada.

A community in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Wray

Wray (countable and uncountable, plural Wrays)

From Old Norse vrá (“nook, corner, recess”).

A village in Wray-with-Botton parish, City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6067).


Whitmore

Whitmore (countable and uncountable, plural Whitmores)

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + mōr (“moor”).

A small village and civil parish in Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8140).


Pyle

Pyle (countable and uncountable, plural Pyles)

A village and community in Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS8282).


Dent

Dent (countable and uncountable, plural Dents)

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD7086).


Parish

Parish (countable and uncountable, plural Parishes)

A town and village therein, in Oswego County, New York, United States.


Creech

Creech (countable and uncountable, plural Creeches)

Steeple with Tyneham
Steeple with Tyneham#English

A small settlement in Church Knowle parish and Steeple with Tyneham parish, Dorset, England, previously in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY9182).


Kilpatrick

Kilpatrick (countable and uncountable, plural Kilpatricks)

A small settlement on the Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NR9027).


Humphreys

Humphreys (countable and uncountable, plural Humphreyses)

From Humphrey + the patronymic suffix -s.

A village in Sullivan County, Missouri, United States.


Ellsworth

A village in Banks Township, Antrim County, Michigan.

A township and community therein, in Lake County, Michigan.

A village, the county seat of Pierce County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the town.


Minton

Minton (countable and uncountable, plural Mintons)


Briscoe

Briscoe (countable and uncountable, plural Briscoes)

From Old Norse bretar (“Britons”) or birki (“birch”) + skógr (“wood”).

A hamlet in Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY022114).


Newberry

From Old English nīewe (“new”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“stronghold”).

A village, the county seat of Luce County, Michigan.


Hook

Hook (countable and uncountable, plural Hooks)

* As an English surname, from the noun hook.
* As a Swedish surname, from hök (“hawk”).
* As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Hoek; compare Vanhook.

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A hamlet in Wimblington parish, Fenland district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TF4293).

A hamlet in Chardstock parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST3005).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village and civil parish near Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7625).

A large village and civil parish in Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7254).

A hamlet in Fareham borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5005).

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

A hamlet in Timsbury parish, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6758).

A village in Lydiard Tregoze parish, near Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0784).

A village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9711).

A rural locality in South Canterbury, Canterbury, New Zealand, on the Hook River.


Slack

Slack (countable and uncountable, plural Slacks)

* As an English and Dutch surname, from the adjective slack.
* Also as an English surname, from the noun slack (“shallow valley”).
* Possibly also a Slovene surname Americanized from slak (“bindweed”), from Proto-Slavic *sъvolkъ.
* The name of the software is an acronym of Searchable Log of All Conversation and Knowledge.

acronym

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

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A hamlet in Ashover parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3362).

A hamlet in Heptonstall parish, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SD9828).

A hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, near Outlane, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0817).


Nesbitt

en-proper noun

Nesbitt (countable and uncountable, plural Nesbitts)

Nesbitts (plural)
Nesbit (alternative)
Nisbet (alternative)
Nisbett (alternative)

From Old English nosu (“nose”) + bita (“bit, fragment, morsel”) or byht (“bight, bend, angle”).

A community in the Municipality of Oakland – Wawanesa, Manitoba, Canada.


Seaman

Seaman (countable and uncountable, plural Seamans)

A village in Scott Township, Adams County, Ohio, United States, named after the Seaman family.


Marlow

Marlow (countable and uncountable, plural Marlows)

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

A village in Leintwardine parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO399765).


Tong

Tong (countable and uncountable, plural Tongs)

For the surname: Borrowed from Cantonese 湯／汤 (tong1), Cantonese 唐 (tong4), Mandarin 佟 (Tóng), Mandarin 童 (Tóng), etc.

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A hamlet in Headcorn parish, Maidstone district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8346).

A village and civil parish in eastern Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7907).

A small village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2230).

A village north of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB4436).


Minster

A large village in Minster-on-Sea parish, on the Isle of Sheppey, Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9573).

A village and civil parish in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3164).


Catane

a village in Lunca Corbului, Argeș County, Romania

a village in Catane, Dolj County, Romania


Ulloa

From Latin Uliola, a diminutive, ancient name of the river Pambre, a tributary of the Ulla river.

a village in Curbián parish, Palas de Rei, Lugo, Galicia

Vilar de Ulloa (a village in Meixide parish, Palas de Rei, Lugo, Galicia)

a village in San Breixo parish, Palas de Rei, Lugo, Galicia

a village in Oroso parish, Oroso, A Coruña, Galicia


Willey

Willey (countable and uncountable, plural Willeys)

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

A village in Barrow parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO672991).

A village and civil parish in Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP495848).


Burden

Burden (countable and uncountable, plural Burdens)

A village in Erpeldange commune, Luxembourg (French spelling).


Radford

Radford (countable and uncountable, plural Radfords)

From Old English rēad (“red”) + ford (“ford”).

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A hamlet in Enstone parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4023).

A hamlet mostly in Timsbury parish, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6757).

A hamlet in Rous Lench parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0055).


Millard

Millard (countable and uncountable, plural Millards)

A village in Pettis Township, Adair County, Missouri.


Lazo

a village in Alava, Ștefan Vodă Raion, Moldova

a village in Hăsnășenii Noi, Drochia Raion, Moldova


Huntley

Huntley (countable and uncountable, plural Huntleys)

A village and civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7219).


Geary

Geary (countable and uncountable, plural Gearys)

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Gadhra, from gadhar (“hound”)
* As an English surname, from gar (“spear”), as well as a nickname derived from Middle English gery (“unpredictable”)
* As a German surname, from Gehring and Gehrig.

A crofting community in the north of the Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG2661).

A rural community of Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Ralston

Ralston (countable and uncountable, plural Ralstons)

⇒ Translingual: Ralstonia

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

A village (called a Crown village) in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.


Birch

Birch (countable and uncountable, plural Birches)

A village and civil parish in Colchester borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL9419).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A small village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8507).


Moulton

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Moulton (countable and uncountable, plural Moultons)

Moultons (plural)
Muleton (alternative)
Multon (alternative)

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

A village and civil parish of Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ656696).

A village in The Moultons parish, South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF306240).

A village and civil parish of Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ236038).

A village and civil parish of Daventry district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP784663).

A village and civil parish of Forest Heath district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL699643).

Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan#English

A hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, South Glamorgan, Wales (OS grid ref ST072457).


Applegate

en-proper noun

Applegate (countable and uncountable, plural Applegates)

A village in Sanilac County, Michigan, United States.


Smalley

Smalley (countable and uncountable, plural Smalleys)

From Old English smæl (“narrow”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4044).


Patten

Patten (countable and uncountable, plural Pattens)

census-designated place
census-designated place

Penobscot County
Penobscot County#English

A town, village, and census-designated place therein, in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.


Whatley

Whatley (countable and uncountable, plural Whatleys)

From Old English hwǣte (“wheat”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wheat + -ley (“lea”). Identical to Wheatley.

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST7347).

A hamlet in Winsham parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3606).


Ellington

Ellington (countable and uncountable, plural Ellingtons)

From either the Old English personal name Ella or ǣl (“eel”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1571).

Ellington and Linton
Ellington and Linton#English

A village in Ellington and Linton parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2791).


Whiteside

Whiteside (countable and uncountable, plural Whitesides)

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + sīde (“side; slope of a hill”).

A village near Bathgate, West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS967966).

A community in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A village in Lincoln County, Missouri, United States.


Harwood

Harwood (countable and uncountable, plural Harwoods)

From Old English hara (“hare”) or hār (“hoar, grey”) + wudu (“wood”).

A village in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NY828093).

A village in Vernon County, Missouri, United States.


Seeley

Seeley (countable and uncountable, plural Seeleys)

From Middle English seely (“happy”). As a German surname, from Seele (“soul”).

A community in the town of Lenroot, Sawyer County, Wisconsin.


Hamel

Hamel (countable and uncountable, plural Hamels)

A village in Madison County, Illinois, United States.


Morey

Morey (countable and uncountable, plural Moreys)

A village and commune in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.


Hardwick

Hardwick (countable and uncountable, plural Hardwicks)

From Old English heord (“herd”) + wīċ (“village”). Compare Hardwicke, which shares the same etymology.

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP805192).

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A hamlet in Buckden parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1968).

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL373587).

A locality and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8675).

Shelton and Hardwick
Shelton and Hardwick#English

A village in Shelton and Hardwick parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM223900).

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish (without a council) in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, previously in Wellingborough district (OS grid ref SP8569).

Hardwick with Tusmore
Hardwick with Tusmore#English

A village in Hardwick with Tusmore parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5729).

A village in Hardwick-with-Yelford parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3705).

Aston cum Aughton
Aston cum Aughton#English

A hamlet in Todwick parish and Aston cum Aughton parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4886).


Dunning

Dunning (countable and uncountable, plural Dunnings)

Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross#English

A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0214).

A village in Blaine County, Nebraska, United States.


Beaulieu

Beaulieu (countable and uncountable, plural Beaulieus)

From Old French beau (“beautiful”) + lieu (“place”), French Beaulieu.

A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3802).


Maxey

Maxey (countable and uncountable, plural Maxeys)

From the genitive case of the personal name Mack + Old English eġ (“island; low-lying land”).

der

A village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF125085).


Gandy

en-proper noun

Gandy (countable and uncountable, plural Gandys)

A village in Logan County, Nebraska, United States.


Griswold

Griswolds (plural)
Griswood (alternative)
Griswald (alternative)

unincorporated community
unincorporated community

An unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada.


Windham

Windham (countable and uncountable, plural Windhams)

Windhams (plural)
Windon (alternative)
Wyndham (alternative)

From Wymondham, from personal name Wigmund's + hām (“home”).

A town, hamlet, and census-designated place in Greene County, New York, United States.

A village in Portage County, Ohio, United States.


Venables

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Venables (countable and uncountable, plural Venableses)

Probably derived from Latin venabulum (“hunting spear”), in the sense of "hunting ground". The surname arrived in England through Norman.

A village in Eure department, Normandy, France.


Lindley

en-proper noun

Lindley (countable and uncountable, plural Lindleys)

Two possible origins:
* The places in North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire are named with Old English līn (“flax”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), with epenthetic -d-. Equivalent to line + -ley (“lea”).
* The deserted medieval village in Leicestershire is named with Old English lind (“lime tree”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to lind + -ley (“lea”).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate district (OS grid ref SE229764).

A locality in West Rand district municipality, Gauteng province, South Africa.

A locality in Mid Murray council area, Mid North region, South Australia, Australia.


Broome

Broome (countable and uncountable, plural Broomes)

A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM3491).

A small village in Hopesay parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4080).

A hamlet in Cardington parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO5298).

A village and civil parish in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO9078).


Eggleston

Eggleston (countable and uncountable, plural Egglestons)

Egglestons (plural)
Egleston (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Eċġwulf, which is composed of the elements eċġ (“edge”) and wulf (“wolf”), + -s- + tūn (“settlement”).

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NY984227).


Sanborn

Sanborn (countable and uncountable, plural Sanborns)

A number of places in the United States:

A hamlet and census-designated place in Niagara County, New York.


Abney

Abney (countable and uncountable, plural Abneys)

From the genitive form of the Old English personal name Abba + īeġ (“island”).

Abney and Abney Grange
Abney and Abney Grange#English

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village in Abney and Abney Grange parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK194792).


Littleton

Littleton (countable and uncountable, plural Littletons)

From Old English lȳtel (“small, little”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4466).

Blandford St Mary
Blandford St Mary#English

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A hamlet in Blandford St Mary parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST8904).

Littleton and Harestock
Littleton and Harestock#English

A village in Littleton and Harestock parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4532).

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

A hamlet in Chew Magna parish, Bath and North East Somerset council area, Somerset (OS grid ref ST5563).

A hamlet in Compton Dundon parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4930).

A hamlet in Artington parish, Guildford borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU9847).

A village near Shepperton, Spelthorne borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0768).

A hamlet in Semington parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9060).

United States of America
United States of America

Places in the United States of America:
A village in Schuyler County, Illinois.


Upchurch

Upchurch (countable and uncountable, plural Upchurches)

From Old English upp (“up”) + ċiriċe (“church”).

A village and civil parish in Swale district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8467).


Handley

Handley (countable and uncountable, plural Handleys)

A small village and civil parish (served by Handley and District Parish Council) in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4657).

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A hamlet in Stretton parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3761).


Fulmer

From Old English fugol (“wild fowl”) + mere (“pond”).


Saxton

Saxton (countable and uncountable, plural Saxtons)

From Old English Seaxe (“Saxons”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Saxton with Scarthingwell
Saxton with Scarthingwell#English

A village in Saxton with Scarthingwell parish, Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4736).


Glynn

Glynn (countable and uncountable, plural Glynns)

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A village near Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands#English

A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.


Cosgrove

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Cosgrove (countable and uncountable, plural Cosgroves)

Cosgroves (plural)
Cosgrave (alternative)
Cosgray (alternative)
Cosgriff (alternative)
Crossgrove (alternative)

Two main origins:
* English habitational surname from the village in Northamptonshire, which is named with the Old English personal name *Cōf + -s- + grāf (“grove, thicket”); recorded as Covesgrave in 1086 (DB).
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Coscraigh (“descendant of Coscrach”), a byname from coscrach (“victorious, triumphant”).

der

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP790426).