Salisbury

en-proper noun

Salisbury (countable and uncountable, plural Salisburys)

From Middle English Sarisberie, from Old English Searesbyriġ, Searobyriġ, Searoburh, from searu (“armor”) via folk etymology + byriġ, burh (“stronghold”), partial translation of British Latin Sorviodūnum, Sorbiodōnum, from *sorwjo-, *sorbjo- of unknown Celtic origin, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”) (compare Proto-Celtic *srutom (“a stream”)) + Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold”).
Dissimilation of -r- to -l- is the result of influence from Salesbury in Lancashire, from sealh (“willow”) + burh (“stronghold”).
The naming of the village in New Brunswick is not entirely certain. It may be named after explorer John Salusbury (1707 - 1762) or after Salisbury in England.
The civil parish in New Brunswick is named after the village.
The former capital of Rhodesia was named after Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) who served three times as Prime Minister of Great Britain.

A cathedral city and civil parish with a city council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1430).

A former local government district in Wiltshire, abolished on 1 April 2009 and merged into the Wiltshire unitary authority.


Messing

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

A village in Messing-cum-Inworth parish, Colchester district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8918).


Albany

A suburb of Washington, City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2957).


Rede

From Old English Rēade (“the red one”), from read.

A river in Northumberland, England, which joins the River North Tyne at Redesmouth.


Wimbledon

From an Old English name (probably Wynnmann, or alternatively Wynebeald) + dūn (“hill”).

A suburban town and the principal business area in the borough of Merton, Greater London.


Forest of Dean

Unknown. Possibly related to Welsh din (“fort, stronghold”), or to Dane.

An area in Gloucestershire, between the rivers Severn and Wye, with a long history of mining.


Noah's Ark

A hamlet in Kemsing parish, Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5557).


Cromwell

From Old English crump (“crooked, bent”) + wella (“spring”), equivalent to crump + well.

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Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7961).


Stratford

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

The name of various cities, towns and boroughs in the USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. See the full list.

A town in the borough of Newham, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3884).

A market town in Stratford-upon-Avon parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, properly Stratford-upon-Avon.

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Str-Stt#Str

A hamlet in Sandy parish, Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1847).

A hamlet in Ripple parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, on the border with Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8838).


Newcastle upon Tyne

Use of the city's major river to distinguish it from other British places known as Newcastle; most notably Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Similar statements were made in Britain, where the growing white lead industry in Newcastle-upon-Tyne caused waves of illness and even death among women workers: Dr Charles T. Thackrah had early on denounced the serious intoxications linked to the use of lead in industry and described the main symptoms allowing the disease to be diagnosed and patients to be distanced from the source of poisoning (1831), as had Henry Burton, who stated that a greyish coloration of the gums was an unmistakable symptom of lead poisoning, then known as the "Burtonian line" (1840).

2021, Judith Rainhorn, The Colour of Controversy..., pp. 8–9

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

A large city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in northeastern England.


Gateshead

Bede
Gateshead
Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead

From Middle English Gatesheved (c. 1190), from Old English *Gāteshēafod, first mentioned by Bede in Latin in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People as ad caput caprae (at the goat's head), meaning a headland or hill frequented by (wild) goats. Both Latin and English names may be calques of a Brythonic predecessor formed from Proto-Brythonic *gaβr, from Proto-Celtic *gabros, and might have been the Romano-British fort of Gabrosentum.

Of this number, 64 belonged to the above district, including Newcastle, with the addition of Gateshead, which lies on the opposite bank of the Tyne, in the county of Durham; and these afforded 2.13 cases per annum, which, as the population was 213,000, gave one case for every 100,000 inhabitants.

1830, John Yelloly, Sequel to a Paper on the Tendency to Calculous Diseases, and on the Concretions to Which Such Diseases Give Rise, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 120

A town in Tyne and Wear, in north-east England. Found upon the southern bank of the Tyne.

A metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the town.


Tyne

From Old English Tīna or Tīne, attested as a component of the place name Tinanmuðe (“Tynemouth”), possibly from Proto-Celtic *tīn (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to flow”). As such, possibly a doublet of Teign and Tenna. Also compare Latin Tina.

A river in the counties of Northumberland and Tyne and Wear, in north east England. The city of Newcastle upon Tyne is found upon its northern bank and Gateshead is found upon its southern bank.


Crewe

en-proper noun

Crewe (countable and uncountable, plural Crewes)

Recorded as Creu in the Domesday Book, the town's name derive from Welsh criu (“weir; crossing”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7055).


Morton

From Old English mōr (“moor, marsh”) + tūn (“settlement”).

Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.

A western suburb of Carlisle, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY3854).

A hamlet in Hesket parish and Skelton parish, near Calthwaite, Eden district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY4539).

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A village and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4160).

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A suburb of Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST6491).

A suburban area in Brading parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ6086).

A hamlet in Swinderby parish, near Morton Hall, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8863).

Morton and Hanthorpe
Morton and Hanthorpe#English

A village in Morton and Hanthorpe parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF0924).

A village and civil parish by Gainsborough, West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (not actually named "Morton by Gainsborough"; OS grid ref SK8091).

Morton on the Hill
Morton on the Hill#English

A hamlet in Morton on the Hill parish, Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG1217).

A hamlet in Babworth parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK6780).

Fiskerton cum Morton
Fiskerton cum Morton#English

A village in Fiskerton cum Morton parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7251).

A hamlet in Oswestry Rural parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ2924).


Chelsea

From Old English Celchyth, from cealc (“chalk”) + hȳþ (“landing place”).

Kensington and Chelsea
Kensington and Chelsea#English

An urban area in west London, on the north bank of the river Thames, in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London.


Warwick

From Middle English Warwyk, from Old English Wǣringwīċ (literally “dwelling by the weir”), from wer (“weir”) + -ing (“of the”, used with masculine nouns) + wīċ (“dwelling place, village”).

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A town and civil parish with a town council in Warwick district, and the county town of Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2865).

A local government district in Warwickshire formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Leamington Spa.


Bedford

Bedford (disambiguation)
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford

From Middle English Bedforde, Bedeford, from Old English Bedaford, Bedanford, equivalent to Bede's + ford.
The civil parish is named after John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1710 - 1771). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

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A town, the county town of Bedfordshire, England.

A unitary authority with borough status in Bedfordshire, England.

A suburb of Leigh, Wigan borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ6799).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English


North Shields

/ˌnɔːθ ˈʃiːldz/

From Old English schele (“small fishermen's dwelling”).

A town in Tyne and Wear, England, on the north bank of the Tyne.


Brooke

Audio (US)

A topographic surname for someone who lived near a brook.

A village and civil parish (without a council) in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8405).


Shelley

From Old English, meaning "clearing on a bank".

A village in Ongar parish, Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5404).

A small village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0338).

A village in Kirkburton parish, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2011).


Eton

en-proper noun

Eton (countable and uncountable, plural Etons)

From Old English Eatun, from ea (“river”) + tun (“town”). See also the doublet Eaton.

Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead#English

A town and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU965775).


Carlisle

From Middle English Carlele, from Old English Carleol, Carleul, from Cumbric [Term?] (compare Caer Ligualid in the Historia Brittonum, Middle Welsh Caer Liwelydd, Welsh Caerliwelydd, all suffixed with -ydd), composed of Proto-Brythonic *kaɨr (“fort”) + Proto-Brythonic [Term?] (> Latin Luguvalium), from Proto-Celtic *Luguwalos (personal name, literally “strength of Lugus”), from *Lugus + *walos (“strength”).
The absence of a suffix comparable to Welsh -ydd in the underlying Cumbric form is unexplained; see w:Cumbric/Absence of -ydd.

der

A city in and the county town of Cumbria, and formerly of the county of Cumberland, and in Cumberland unitary authority since 2023, northwestern England (OS grid ref NY3955).

A former local government district in Cumbria in and around the city, created 1974 and abolished 2023, becoming part of Cumberland unitary authority.


Boyd

From Scottish Gaelic, either buidhe (“blond, yellow, fair”), or a habitational surname from the Isle of Bute in Scotland.

The River Boyd, a short river in Gloucestershire, England, which joins the Bristol Avon near Bitton.


Bassett

A northern suburb of the City of Southampton, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4216). Related term: Bassett Green.


Middlesbrough

/ˈmɪdəlzˌbʌɹə/

From Old English middel (“middle”) + Old English burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Middleburg and Middlebury. Cf. also Middelburg.

A town and unitary authority with borough status in North Yorkshire, England, situated on the River Tees.


Wolverhampton

From Old English *Wulfrūnehēantūn named after Lady Wulfruna, who founded the town.

A city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.


Berwick

→ Welsh: Berwig

For places in England and Scotland (e.g North Berwick), from Old English bere (“barley”) + Old English wīc (“settlement”). For the Scottish name, there is the possibility that the second element instead derives from a different word, for which see -wick.
Places outside England and Scotland are generally named, possibly indirectly, after places in England, including Berwick-upon-Tweed.
The town in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Maine. The name was chosen by a local resident who had travelled through the community in Maine and was impressed by its neatness.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Berwick.

Short for Berwick-upon-Tweed, a town in Northumberland, England.

A village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5105).

A hamlet in Almondsbury parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST5580).


South Shields

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, in the Northeast of England.


Kendal

From Old English Cent + dæl = "valley of the river Kent".

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD5192).


Dartmouth

English port: from Dart + mouth, since it lies at the mouth of the River Dart.

A town, civil parish, and port in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8751).


Sheffield

en-proper noun

Sheffield (countable and uncountable, plural Sheffields)

From the name of the River Sheaf, which is from Old English scēaþ (“boundary”), + Old English feld (“field, open land”).

A city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

A hamlet in Penzance parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4526).


Mansfield

From Old English Mammesfeld, from a Brythonic word mamm, meaning "mother" or "breast" + feld (“field”).

Mansfield District, a local government district in Nottinghamshire with its headquarters in the town.


Dunkirk

From Dutch Duinkerke, from duin (“dune”) + kerk (“church”).

A hamlet in Hawkesbury parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7886).


Arundel

From Old English hārhūne (“horehound”) + dell (“small valley”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0107).


Northampton

From Old English Norþhāmtūn. The earliest reference to Northampton in writing occurred in 914 under the name Ham tune. The Domesday Book (1086) records the town as Northantone: the prefix “North” was added later to distinguish it from other towns called “Hampton”, most prominently Southampton.

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A large town, the county town of Northamptonshire, now in West Northamptonshire, England.


Elton

From a number of sources, including:
# For the places in Cheshire, County Durham, and Derbyshire, England: from Old English ēl (“eel”) + tūn (“farm, village”) since the village is situated above a small stream. Less likely, from Old English personal name Ella + tūn.
# For the place in Cambridgeshire, England: from Middle English Adelintune, from Old English æþeling (“prince”) + tūn (“estate”).
# For the place in Gloucestershire, England: from Middle English Elwinton, from Old English personal name Ælfwine, feminine genitive singular Ælfwynne + tūn (“estate”).
# For the place in Herefordshire, England: from Middle English Elintona, from Old English *æling (“eel fishery”) + tūn (“estate”), in reference to nearby Wigmore Lake.
# For the place in Nottinghamshire, England, see Elton on the Hill.

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, on the boundary with Northamptonshire (OS grid ref TL0893).

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4575).

A village and civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ4017).

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2260).

A suburb of Bury, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7910).

A village and civil parish in north Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4570).


Hereford

Hereford (countable and uncountable, plural Herefords)

From Middle English Hereford, from Old English Hereford, from Old English here (“army”) + ford (“ford”). Compare Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia.

A city and civil parish (with a city council) in and the county town of Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5140).


Waterloo

/ˌwɔːtəˈluː/

From Middle Dutch, composed of water (“water”) + loo (“sacred wood, forest”). More at water, lea. cf. German Loh. Most places in English-speaking countries are named for the battle.

compound

The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world.

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A district and large railway terminus in central London, England (OS grid ref TQ3180).

A hamlet in Blisland parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX1072).

A northern suburb of Poole, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0094).

Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen#English

A small suburb in Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6625).

A suburb of Crosby, Sefton borough, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3198).

A small village in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2219).

A small village in South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM1479).

A hamlet in Whixall parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4933).

An eastern suburb of Huddersfield, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1716).


Newark

Probably from Old English nīewe (“new”) + weorc (“work”). In this case, a perhaps more accurate sense of "work" would be that of a building, as an example of a work of labor. It appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Newerche.

A civil parish and town with a town council in Nottinghamshire, England.

A suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, formerly a hamlet in the parish of Saint Mary the Virgin in the Soke of Peterborough (OS grid ref TF2100).

Soke of Peterborough
Soke of Peterborough#English


Crawley

From Old English crāwe (“crow”), genitive plural, crāwan + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

A large town and borough in West Sussex, England.


Humber

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A large tidal estuary forming part of the boundary between the East Riding of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, England.

A hamlet in Bishopsteignton parish, Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9075).

Ford and Stoke Prior
Ford and Stoke Prior

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Humber, Ford and Stoke Prior Parish Council) south-east of Leominster, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5356).


Grimsby

From Old Norse Grim (“male given name”) (Grimr, Grimnir, Grim; masked one, mask; Odin) + -s + býr (“village”). Equivalent of Grim + 's + -by.

gloss

<i class="Latn mention" lang="non">Grimr, Grimnir, Grim; masked one, mask; Odin</i>

North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire#English

A large town and seaport on the Humber in North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England.


Mortimer

A habitational surname from Mortemer in France, from Old Northern French, literally meaning “dead pond”.

Stratfield Mortimer
Stratfield Mortimer#English

A village in Stratfield Mortimer parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England, otherwise known as Mortimer Common (OS grid ref SU6564).


Tooting

Disputed. It appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Totinges.

A suburban area in the borough of Wandsworth and borough of Merton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2771).


Wickham

en-proper noun

Wickham (countable and uncountable, plural Wickhams)

From Middle English Wicham, Wikham, from Old English wīċ (“village”) + hām (“homestead”). Doublet of Wycombe.

A village in Welford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3971).

A village and civil parish (served by Wickham and Knowle Parish Council) in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5711).


Yarmouth

Yarmouth (countable and uncountable, plural Yarmouths)

* From the name of the River Yare + Old English mūþ (“mouth”).
* On the Isle of Wight, from the River Yar + mouth.
* The town in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Massachusetts.

A town and civil parish with a town council on the northwest coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ3589).


Huddersfield

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


Folkestone

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2235).


Great Yarmouth

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A coastal town and borough of Norfolk, England

Borough of Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth


Haslemere

A town and civil parish with a town council in Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9032).


Felixstowe

First attested as Filchestou in 1254. Derived from a compound of the name of Saint Felix of Burgundy and Middle English stowe (“place, stead”).

A coastal town, port, and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3034).


Penzance

From Cornish Pennsans, meaning "holy headland".

A coastal town, port, and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4730).


Basildon

Basildon (disambiguation)
Borough of Basildon

A new town in Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ7088).

A local government district with borough status in Essex, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the town.

A civil parish in West Berkshire, Berkshire, England, bordered by the River Thames.


Morecambe

A resort town and civil parish with a town council in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4364).


Bridlington

Either of the personal names Bretel, Bridla, or Berhtel + -ing (“belonging to”) + tun (“settlement”).

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1866).


Telford

en-proper noun

Telford (countable and uncountable, plural Telfords)

Telford
Telford (disambiguation)
en:Thomas Telford

From Old French taille fer, meaning "(he who) cuts iron" or "iron-cleaver"; used as a nickname for a man who could cleave clean through the armour of his foe. The second syllable was eventually reanalysed as native English 'ford'.
* (road): Named after Thomas Telford, a famous civil engineer.

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A new town in Telford and Wrekin borough and the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, named after Thomas Telford (OS grid ref SJ7008).


Basingstoke

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A town in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England.


Waterlooville

From Waterloo + -ville; it was originally named Waterloo.

A town in Havant borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6809).


Bordon

Variant of the place name Old English Barden (“barley valley”), from bere + dun (“hill, valley”).

A town in Whitehill parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7935).


Bursledon

A village in Eastleigh borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4809).


Lowestoft

From Old Norse Hloðvér (“a personal name”) + toft (“homestead”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Waveney district (OS grid ref TM5493).


Eastbourne

A coastal town and borough in East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV6098).

An eastern suburb of Darlington, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3014).


Southend-on-Sea

A coastal city in Essex, England, United Kingdom, on the Thames Estuary.

A unitary authority with borough status in Essex.


Tadley

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

A town and civil parish with a town council in Basingstoke and Deane borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6061).


Kingston upon Hull

Distinguishing this location from other places also known as Kingston.

A city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, also known as Hull.


Havant

A local government district with borough status of Hampshire, with its headquarters in the town of Havant.


Fordingbridge

/ˈfɔː(ɹ)dɪŋˈbɹɪd͡ʒ/

See ford, bridge. First recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 under the name Forde.

A town and civil parish with a town council in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1414).


Barnstaple

Formerly Barnstable; the name is first recorded in the 10th century and is believed to derive from the Old English bearde (“battle-axe”) and stapol (“pillar”). Not related to staple in the sense of a market, which arose later.

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5633).


Maidstone

From Old English medestan, meddestane from earlier mægdan stane (“the maidens' stone, the people's stone”). Ultimately from Old English mægden + stan or mæġþ + stan which are equivalent to maid(en) + stone. Compare Folkestone and Chiddingstone.

A town in and the county town of Kent, England; located on the River Medway.

A local government district with borough status of Kent, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the county town.


Chelmsford

Ultimately from Old English Ċēolmǣres (“Ceolmær's”) + ford, after an early landowner.

A city in and the county town of Essex, England, granted city status in 2012.


Torbay

In Devon, recorded as Torrebay in 1401, from Torre + bay "the bay near Torre", which later became Tor Bay.
The town in Newfoundland is named after the borough in Devon.


Eastleigh

Borough of Eastleigh
Eastleigh (disambiguation)

A town and borough in Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4519).

A hamlet in Westleigh parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4827).


Fareham

Fareham (countable and uncountable, plural Farehams)

Recorded as Ferneham in the Domesday Book, the placename derives from Old English fearn (“fern”) + hām (“homestead”).

A town and borough in Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU578048).


Hythe

Hythe and Dibden
Hythe and Dibden#English

A town in Hythe and Dibden parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4207).

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1634).


Hythe

A suburban area in Colchester, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0124).


Swanwick

A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4053).

A village in Fareham borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5109).


Birkenhead

From Birkheued 1260, Bircheveth c1200; headland where birch trees grow; from Old English birce + heafod.

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3288).


Swindon

From Old English swīn (“swine, pig”) + denu (“valley”), similar to the name Swinden. The first element could instead be from the Old Norse personal name Sveinn, or its Old English equivalent swān.

A town, unitary authority, and borough in Wiltshire, England

A suburban village and civil parish in Cheltenham borough, Gloucestershire, England, also known as Swindon Village (OS grid ref SO9325).

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SO8690).


Bridport

A town and civil parish with a town council in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY4693).


Ringwood

Ringwood (countable and uncountable, plural Ringwoods)

Probably from Old English rimuc (“boundary”) + wudu (“wood”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1505).


Guildford

The root of the first part may be gold rather than guild: the only known 10th-century (Saxon) record uses Guldeford and in the 11th century Geldeford, both equivalent to gold ford. Local historians suggest that this might refer to golden-coloured flowers or sand.

A large town, the county town of Surrey, England.

A local government district with borough status in Surrey, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the county town.


Luton

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

der

A town and unitary authority with borough status in Bedfordshire, England.

A hamlet in Broadhembury parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST0802).

A small village in Bishopsteignton parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX9076).

An airport to the north of London, in Bedfordshire, England.


Gosport

Possibly from goose or gorse, or from God's port.

A town and borough in Hampshire, England, next to Portsmouth (OS grid ref SZ6199).


Taunton

en-prop

Taunton (countable and uncountable, plural Tauntons)

From (River) Tone + Old English tūn (“settlement”).

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2225).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Ta-Tha#Tan–Taz

A suburb of Ashton-under-Lyne, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9200).


Warrington

From Middle English Wardintone, from personal name, Wearda, from Old English weard (“guard”) + ing + tūn, meaning either "Wearda's estate" or "the lookout place".

A town, borough, and unitary authority in Cheshire, England.

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8954).


Truro

Perhaps from Cornish try (“three, very”) + berow (“a boiling”), meaning "(a place of) great water turbulence", where the two fast rivers of Allen and Kenwyn meet to form the Truro. Alternatively, from the Gaulish tribal name Treveri, from Celtic trē ("through") + uer ("water, wet"), meaning "water crossing", in reference to "the people of the river crossing".
The town in Nova Scotia is named after the city in England.

A city and civil parish with a city council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8244).

The Cornish constituency which existed from 1295 to 1997 and encompassed the city.


Newhaven

Hartington Nether Quarter
Hartington Nether Quarter#English

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A hamlet in Hartington Nether Quarter parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1660).

A hamlet in Parkham parish, Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS3922).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4401).


Stratford-on-Avon

Stratford-on-Avon District
Stratford-upon-Avon
en:Clopton Bridge

From being the location of a river ford for a roadway. From Old Welsh avon (“river”) + Old English ford (“ford”) + Old English strǣt (“street”); from Latin strata (“road”). From being a ford for a British Roman road. The ford itself has subsequently been built over, becoming Clopton Bridge. The river itself has subsequently become named River Avon.

Nuneaton was not a Stratford on Avon, nor had it a salubrious air.

1957, The Foundry Trade Journal, page 454:

If America is not privileged enough to have a Stratford-on-Avon, it still has a Concord

1979, Steven Kagle, America: Exploration and Travel, page 82:

A town in Warwickshire, England, birthplace of William Shakespeare. Often used as a byword for a particularly idyllic or historic town.

A local government district of Warwickshire with its headquarters in the town.


Harwich

In the reverse direction, creature comforts were not closely studied, and the vessel left Antwerp at 1 p.m., to arrive in Harwich at the awkward hour of 2 a.m. The boat train was waiting for the weary stream of passengers, who straggled up George Street, encumbered with luggage, or following burdened porters in the darkness.

1951 November, K. Westcott Jones, “Parkeston Quay and the Antwerp Continental Service”, in Railway Magazine, page 760:

The port of Harwich is where England bares her rump to the continent.

2021, A. K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches, Granta Books:

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM2632).


Doncaster

en-proper noun

Doncaster (countable and uncountable, plural Doncasters)

The Romano-British name was Latin Dānum, from the common Celtic river name Proto-Celtic *Dānu << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-, + the Old English suffix ceaster (“town”), found in many placenames.

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

A town and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England.


Harrogate

/ˈ(h)æɹəɡət/

She was from Harrogate, a beautiful town in North Yorkshire with quaint shops, spas and tea rooms aplenty. Itʼs where you go when you want to show people the nice parts of Yorkshire – the kind of place you would take your mother for Motherʼs Day.

2020, Dr Amir Khan, The Doctor Will See You Now, Ebury Press (2021), page 117:

A local government district with borough status of North Yorkshire, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the town.


Colchester

From Old English Colneċeaster, equivalent to Colne (a Celtic-named river) + Old English ceaster (“a Roman town”).

City of Colchester
Colchester
Colchester (disambiguation)

A city and local government district in Essex, England (the oldest town in England).


Margate

Alderman Johnson condemns the Reform Act, and is for going backward, in all things, to the good times. Punch humbly suggests that every man who votes for the Crab Alderman should be punished as follows:— The said voter never to be permitted to travel by rail, but to journey to York or elsewhere by the very slowest coach. Never to go to Margate by steamboat, but to take three days to the voyage, per hoy. Never to send a letter by penny-post, but to pay 10d. or 13d., as the case may be—the good old price of the good old times.

1847, “Vote for Alderman Johnson”, in Punch, volume XIII, page 40:

A coastal town in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3570).


Falmouth

In Cornwall, from Fal + mouth, at the mouth of the River Fal.

A town, port, and civil parish with a town council in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8132).


Jarrow

From Middle English Jarwe, Jaruum, from Old English In Ġyrwum (“(at the) marshes”) (Latin: In Gyruum), dative plural of ġyru (“mud; marsh”), from Proto-Germanic *gurwijō (“mud”) from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm; hot”). Related to gore, from Proto-Germanic *gurą (“half-digested stomach contents; feces; manure”). The dʒ sound in Middle English j derives from a nasal before palatalised ġ (compare singe).

inh

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, north-east England, located on the River Tyne (OS grid ref NZ3265).


Bradley

en-proper noun

Bradley (countable and uncountable, plural Bradleys)

Ultimately from Old English brād (“broad”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to broad + -ley.

Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley#English

A former civil parish in Cheshire, part of Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley parish since 2015.

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2245).

A hamlet in Wotton-under-Edge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7493).

A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU6341).

A village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TA2406).

Two villages, High Bradley and Low Bradley, in Bradleys Both parish, North Yorkshire.

A village and civil parish in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8818).

A suburb in the City of Wolverhampton, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9595).

A suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1620).


Shrewsbury

/ˈʃɹoʊzbəɹi/

From Old English Sċrobbesburh (literally “fort in the scrubland region”), from *sċrob (“shrub, scrub”) + burh. Compare Shropshire from Sċrobbesċīr, short form of Sċrobbesbyriġ sċīr (literally “shire of Shrewsbury”).

der

A large market town, the county town of Shropshire, England.

A civil parish with a town council which includes the town in Shropshire, which partly replaced Shrewsbury and Atcham District when it was abolished in 2009.


Worcester

Inherited from Middle English Wirchestre, Wirechestre, from Old English Weogornaċeaster (“fort of the Weogoran”).

inh

Our arrival at Worcester is heralded by the appearance of the city's cathedral tower, a solid square structure that's dominated the skyline since the 12th century.

2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:

A city and local government district in and the county town of Worcestershire, England.


Soho

I woke up in a Soho doorway / A policeman knew my name / He said, "You can go, sleep at home tonight / if you can get up and walk away."

1978, The Who (lyrics and music), “Who Are You”, in Who Are You:

An area of the West End, in central London.


Soho

Believed to be an abbreviation of south house.

An area partly in Sandwell borough, and partly in Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0389).


Hertford

From Old English Heorotford, from heorot (“stag”) + ford (“ford”), equivalent to hart + ford.

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A town and civil parish (with a town council) in East Hertfordshire district, and the county town of Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3212).


Islington

Islington (disambiguation)
London Borough of Islington

An inner district of north London, England.


Abdon

en-proper noun

Abdon (countable and uncountable, plural Abdons)

The placename is from the Old English personal name Abba + tūn (“settlement”). The surname is habitational from the village in Shropshire, but it is also borrowed from Spanish Abdón. The surname is mostly found in the Philippines.

A village in Abdon and Heath parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO576863).


Pitt

Pitt (countable and uncountable, plural Pitts)

A hamlet in Hursley parish, City of Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4528).


Springfield

A civil parish and suburb in Chelmsford borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7208).


Peckham

Peckham (countable and uncountable, plural Peckhams)

Probably from Old English pēac (“peak”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).

A suburb of the borough of Southwark, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3476).


Windsor

Inherited from Middle English Wyndelsore, from Old English Windlesōra (“Windsor”, literally “bank with a windlass, winch by the riverside”), from *windel ("reel, winch"; > Middle English windel (“reel, spool”)) + ōra (“bank, shore”). See windlass.

gloss

"reel, winch"; > Middle English <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm">windel</i> (“reel, spool”)

Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead#English

Windsor, Berkshire, a market town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, famous for Windsor Castle.

Other places in England, besides the famous Windsor in Berkshire:

A hamlet in Polperro parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX1851).

A neighbourhood of Crowle, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SE7612).

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English


Abram

en-proper noun

Abram (countable and uncountable, plural Abrams)

From Old English Eadburh's (a woman's name) hām.

A large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SD6001).


Waterford

From water + ford. In the case of the city in Ireland, this is a modification through folk etymology of Old Norse Veðrafjǫrðr (literally “wether ford”).
The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Waterford, Ireland.

der

A village in Stapleford parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3114).


ლონდონი

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)


Hungerford

en-proper noun

Hungerford (countable and uncountable, plural Hungerfords)

From Old English hungor (“hunger, famine”) + ford (“ford”), a name which probably denoted an unproductive or barren land.

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3368).

Waltham St Lawrence
Waltham St Lawrence#English

A hamlet in Waltham St Lawrence parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU8274).

A hamlet in Hyde parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU1612).

A hamlet in Munslow parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO5389).

A hamlet in Old Cleeve parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST0440).


Լոնդոն

hy-decl-noun-unc

Լոնդոնը/Լոնդոնն

Լոնդոնները/Լոնդոններն

Լոնդոններում

Լոնդոններիցս

Լոնդոններովս

Լոնդոններումս

Լոնդոններիցդ

Լոնդոններովդ

Լոնդոններումդ

Լոնդոն (London nominative singular singular-only)
Լոնդոնի (dative singular singular-only)
Լոնդոնից (ablative singular singular-only)
Լոնդոնով (instrumental singular singular-only)
Լոնդոնում (locative singular singular-only)
Լոնդոնը (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Լոնդոնն (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Լոնդոնին (dative definite singular singular-only)
Լոնդոնս (first-person nominative possessive singular singular-only)
Լոնդոնիս (dative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Լոնդոնիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Լոնդոնովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular singular-only)
Լոնդոնումս (first-person locative possessive singular singular-only)
Լոնդոնդ (nominative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Լոնդոնիդ (dative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Լոնդոնիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Լոնդոնովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Լոնդոնումդ (locative possessive second-person singular singular-only)


Harley

From Old English hær (“rock”) or hara (“hare”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to hare + -ley (“lea”).

A village and civil parish (served by Cressage, Harley and Sheinton Parish Council) in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5901).

A settlement in Wentworth parish, Rotherham borough, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3698).


Barnsley

en-proper noun

Barnsley (countable and uncountable, plural Barnsleys)

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

A market town and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3406).

A village and civil parish (without a council) in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0705).

A hamlet in Worfield parish, south Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7592).


Riverside

Places in the United Kingdom:
An area in Norwich, Norfolk, England.

A district of Redditch, Worcestershire, England.


Clint

Diminutive of Clinton.
The Yorkshire place name is from Old Danish klint.

Clint cum Hamlets
Clint cum Hamlets#English

A village in Clint cum Hamlets parish, Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2659).


Newbury

From Old English niwe (“new”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Newburgh.

A local government district in Berkshire formed in 1974 and renamed West Berkshire in April 1998.

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4767).

A hamlet in the south of Tonge parish, Swale district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9259).


Newby

Newby (countable and uncountable, plural Newbys)

From new + -by. Meaning "new settlement".

Clapham cum Newby
Clapham cum Newby#English

A small village in Clapham cum Newby parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD7270).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ5012).

Newby and Scalby
Newby and Scalby#English

A village in Newby and Scalby parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref TA0189).


Denver

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

Named after James W. Denver. The surname Denver ultimately derives from Old English Dene-fær ("crossing or passing of the Danes"), from Dene + fær; or alternatively from den-ōfer ("valley-bank"), from denu + ofer.

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

A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6101).


Lunnon

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)


Banstead

Equivalent to bean + stead (indicating a place where beans were grown).

Reigate and Banstead
Reigate and Banstead#English

A town in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2559).


Davenport

* As an English surname, from Old English Devennport, named after the River Dane + port. The first element is from Welsh dafn (“trickle, drop”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“mist, haze”).
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Donndubhartaigh (“descendant of Donndubhartach”), which is from donn (“brown”) + dubh (“black”) + artach (“nobleman”); see airigh.

der

Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:

A hamlet in Brereton parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8065).

A suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, historically in Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8988).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English


Kidderminster

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England, traditionally associated with the cloth trade and the manufacture of carpets (OS grid ref SO8376).


Beaumont

Inherited from Middle English [Term?], borrowed from Anglo-Norman [Term?], from beau (“beautiful”) + mont (“mountain”). Cognate with French Beaumont. Doublet of Belmont.

An English placename for any of various places, derived from the French placename or surname.

A village and civil parish in City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3459).

A village in Beaumont-cum-Moze parish, Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM1725).


中部

the Midlands (a region of England, United Kingdom)


Bramley

From Old English brom (“broom”) + leah (“wood clearing, meadow”), like Bromley. Equivalent to broom + -ley (“lea”).

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A village in Eckington parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4079).

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU6559).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4892).

A village and civil parish in Waverley borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0144).

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2434).


Rowland

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2172).


Osborne

From a medieval given name influenced by, or possibly derived from, Old Norse Ásbjǫrn, from áss (“god”) + bjǫrn (“bear”). See English bear.

A former royal palace, now a tourist attraction, on the north coast of the Isle of Wight, England.


Howe

en-proper noun

Howe (countable and uncountable, plural Howes)

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM2799).

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE3580).


Hyde

Hyde (countable and uncountable, plural Hydes)

* As an English surname, from the root of hide (“measure of land”).
* Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Ide.
* As a Jewish surname, Americanized from Haid.

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire.

A hamlet in Minchinhampton parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8801).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire).

A small village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU1612).

A suburb of Winchester, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4830).

A hamlet in Swindon borough, Wiltshire, probably in Blunsdon parish (OS grid ref SU1589).


Huxley

Huxley (countable and uncountable, plural Huxleys)

From the Old English personal name Hucc + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). The first element could also be husċ (“insult, scorn, mockery”).

Hargrave and Huxley
Hargrave and Huxley#English

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village in Hargrave and Huxley parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ510614).


Brooks

A hamlet in Boconnoc parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX1560).


Merton

en-prop

Merton (countable and uncountable, plural Mertons)

Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement.

A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS5212).

A district in borough of Merton, in south-west Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2670).

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5717).


Prescott

en-proper noun

Prescott (countable and uncountable, plural Prescotts)

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Pr-Pz#Pr

A hamlet in Culmstock parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST0814).

A settlement and civil parish (without a council) in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9829).

An area of Baschurch, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ4221).

A hamlet in Stottesdon parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO6681).


Norton

Norton (countable and uncountable, plural Nortons)

From Old English norþ (“north”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
The parish in New Brunswick is named after Norton, Massachusetts.

Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.

A suburb of Runcorn, Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5582).

A suburban area in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ4422).

Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck#English

Norton and Cuckney
Norton and Cuckney#English

A village in Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, previously in Norton and Cuckney parish (OS grid ref SK5772).

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in north-west Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8884).

A village in Norton-juxta-Kempsey parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire, the location of Norton Barracks (OS grid ref SO8751).


Stafford

From Old English stæþ (“landing place”) + ford.

en:Stafford
en:Stafford (disambiguation)
en:Stafford (surname)

A town in and the county town of Staffordshire, England.

The Borough of Stafford, a local government district in Staffordshire formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the county town.


Rochester

/ˈɹɒt͡ʃɪstə/

/ˈɹɑt͡ʃɛstɚ/

From Middle English Rovescester, from Old English Hrofesċeaster (literally “Hrofi's fortified camp”).

inh

A town and historic city in Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7468).

A small village and civil parish (served by Rochester with Byrness Parish Council) in Northumberland, England.The north of the parish borders onto Scotland (OS grid ref NY8398).


Benson

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6191).


Hartford

# For the village in Cambridgeshire: from Old English Herepæþ-ford (“highway ford”), from here (“army”) + pæþ (“path”) + ford.
# For remaining places: from Old English heorot (“hart”) + ford.

Any of a number of placenames in England, variants of Hertford:

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6372).

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A hamlet in Brompton Regis parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref SS9529).


Barton

From Old English bere (“barley”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure”).

Barton and Pooley Bridge
Barton and Pooley Bridge#English

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A hamlet in Barton and Pooley Bridge parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4826).

A hamlet in Temple Guiting parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP1025).

A village in Preston, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD5137).


Churchill

/ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃɪl/

/ˈt͡ʃɜːɹt͡ʃɪl/

Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.

A hamlet in All Saints parish, East Devon district, Devon, England.

A hamlet near the village of East Down, North Devon district, Devon, England.

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2824).

A village and civil parish in North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4459).

Churchill and Blakedown
Churchill and Blakedown#English

A village in Churchill and Blakedown parish, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8879).

A village in the hundred of Oswaldslow, Wychavon district, Worcestershire; in full, Churchill-in-Oswaldslow (OS grid ref SO9253).


Hampton

Variously from:
* Old English hāmtūn, from hām and tūn (equivalent to home + town);
* Old English hēantūn, from hēah and tūn (equivalent to high + town).
The town in New Brunswick may have been named after one of several towns in New England. The civil parish is named after the town.

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Ha-Ham#Ham

Any of several places in England, derived from Saxon words meaning farm by the bend of a river, including:

A hamlet in Shute parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY2696).

Richmond upon Thames
Richmond upon Thames#English

A suburb in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, originally in Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ1369).

A western coastal suburb of Herne Bay, Canterbury district, Kent (OS grid ref TR1568).

A hamlet on the west bank of the Severn in Chelmarsh parish, Shropshire, opposite Hampton Loade (OS grid ref SO7486).

A hamlet in Highworth parish, Swindon borough, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1892).

A western suburb of Evesham, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0243).


Buckingham

From Old English Buccingahām, from the personal name Bucca (see bucca (“he-goat”)) + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“home”).

A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.


Thornton

From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + tūn (“settlement”).

Any of several places in England and Scotland:

A large village in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England, part of the Thornton-Cleveleys conurbation (OS grid ref SD3442).

Bagworth and Thornton
Bagworth and Thornton#English

Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth#English

A village in Bagworth and Thornton parish, Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4607).

Stainton and Thornton
Stainton and Thornton#English

A village in Stainton and Thornton parish, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4713).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1032).


Stanton

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

Any of several placenames in England from Saxon words meaning stone and enclosure.

A small village in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, west of Swadlincote (OS grid ref SK2620).

A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0634).

A hamlet in Netherwitton parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ1389).

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A small village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK1246).

A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL9673).


Southey

English place names, from Old English sūþ (“south”) + Middle English haye (“enclosure”), from Old English heġe and ġehæġ.

A council ward and former village in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England; the ward contains the suburb of Southey Green.


Clayton

en-proper noun

Clayton (countable and uncountable, plural Claytons)

Translingual: Claytonia

From Middle English Claytone, Cleyton, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure, settlement; town”). Analyzable as clay + -ton.

der

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A suburb of the city of Manchester, Greater Manchester; named for the Clayton family which owned land nearby (OS grid ref SJ8898).

Clayton with Frickley
Clayton with Frickley#English

A village in Clayton with Frickley parish, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4507).

A suburb of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.

A village in Hassocks parish, Mid Sussex district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ2914).

A suburban village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1231).


Weston

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

A village in Welford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3973).

Weston and Crewe Green
Weston and Crewe Green#English

A village and former civil parish, now in Weston and Crewe Green parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ7352).

A settlement in Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5080).

A hamlet in Branscombe parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY1688).

Isle of Portland
Isle of Portland#English

A village in Portland parish, Isle of Portland, Dorset (OS grid ref SY6871).

A hamlet in Buriton parish, near Petersfield, East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7221).

A suburb of Southampton, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4410).

A hamlet in Pembridge parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3656).

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL2630).

A village and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF2924).

Weston and Weedon
Weston and Weedon#English

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A village in Weston and Weedon parish, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP5846).

A village and civil parish (served by Mid Wharfdale Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE1747).

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7767).

A locality in Oswestry Rural parish, south of Oswestry, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ2927).

A village in Weston-under-Redcastle parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5628).

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

A suburb of Bath, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST7266).

A village and civil parish (served by Weston with Gayton Parish Council) in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9727).

A village and civil parish (served by Ringsfield and Weston Parish Council) in East Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM4287).


Middleton

en-proper noun

Middleton (countable and uncountable, plural Middletons)

From middle + -ton.
The town in Nova Scotia is named for its location midway between Annapolis Royal and Kentville.

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

Any of many placenames in England, Scotland and elsewhere, from the Old English words for "middle town", including:

A number of places in England, including:

A rural locality and civil parish (without a council) in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district, the locality also known as Middleton in Lonsdale or Middleton-on-Lune (OS grid ref SD6286).

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, otherwise known as Middleton-by-Wirksworth, the name of the parish council (OS grid ref SK2756).

Middleton and Smerrill
Middleton and Smerrill#English

A village in Middleton and Smerrill parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, otherwise known as Middleton-by-Youlgreave (OS grid ref SK1963).

A village and civil parish (served by Hennys', Middleton and Twinstead Parish Council) in Braintree district, Essex (OS grid ref TL8739).

A town in Rochdale borough, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD8705).

A settlement in Longparish civil parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4244).

A village and civil parish near Heysham, Lancaster district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD4258).

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

A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TF6616).

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, formerly in Corby district (OS grid ref SP8389).

Wallington Demesne
Wallington Demesne#English

A village in Wallington Demesne parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ0685).

A small village in Bitterley parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO5477).

A hamlet in Oswestry Rural parish, north-west Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ3129).

Middleton cum Fordley
Middleton cum Fordley#English

A village in Middleton cum Fordley parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM4367).

A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3028).


Boswell

Scottish surname, from Norman, named after Beuzeville, from Beuze + -ville ("Bosi's farm"); first element from Old Norse Bosi, from Proto-Germanic *bausuz.

A hamlet in Elkington parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2790).


Wentworth

Wentworth (countable and uncountable, plural Wentworths)

From either the Old English byname Wintra, or Old English winter (“winter”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere.

A small village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4878).

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3898).


Carleton

St Cuthbert Without
St Cuthbert Without#English

A hamlet in St Cuthbert Without parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY4252).

Drigg and Carleton
Drigg and Carleton#English

A scattered locality in Drigg and Carleton parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, which includes Carleton Hall, and the hamlets of Carleton Head and Hall Carleton.

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Car-Cd#Car

A hamlet in Haile parish, Cumberland, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY0109).

A suburb of Penrith, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5329).

A village near Poulton-le-Fylde, Wyre borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD3339).

The civil parish for Carleton-in-Craven, North Yorkshire, previously in Craven district.

A village south of Pontefract, Wakefield borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4620).


Sherwood

From Old English scīr + wudu (“forest”). The first element is either the ancestor of the modern noun shire, or an adjective meaning "bright" (ancestor to the modern word sheer), depending on the specific placename (listed below).

A northern suburb of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5432)

A northern suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5643).


Carlton

From Old English ċeorl (“freeman”) and tūn (“town”). Doublet of Charlton. The alteration of /tʃ/ to /k/ is down to Old Norse influence.

Carlton and Chellington
Carlton and Chellington#English

A village in Carlton and Chellington parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref SP9555).

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL6453).

A village and civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ3921).

Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth#English

A village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth borough, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK3905).

A suburb of Nottingham in Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK6141).

Kelsale cum Carlton
Kelsale cum Carlton#English

A village in Kelsale cum Carlton parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3864).

Carlton in Cleveland
Carlton in Cleveland#English

A civil parish for Carlton in Cleveland, North Yorkshire, previously in Hambleton district.

A village in Carlton Town parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE0684).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE6424).

A village in Barnsley borough, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3610).

A village south-west of Rothwell, City of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3327).

A civil parish (served by Bramhope and Carlton Parish Council) in Leeds district, West Yorkshire, which includes the settlements of East Carlton and West Carlton.


Sherwood Forest

/ˈʃɝwʊd ˈfɔɹɪst/

/ˈʃɜːwʊd ˈfɒɹɪst/

A country park in Nottinghamshire, England.


Runnymede

A borough of Surrey, England, including the towns of Egham, Chertsey and Addlestone.


Willoughby

Willoughby (countable and uncountable, plural Willoughbys)

From Old English weliġ (“willow”) and Old Norse byr (“settlement”).

Willoughby with Sloothby
Willoughby with Sloothby#English

Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere:

A village in Willoughby with Sloothby parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4771).

A village and civil parish in Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP5167).


Colton

Colton (countable and uncountable, plural Coltons)

From Old English cola (“coal”) + tun (“settlement”).

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A civil parish and small village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD3186).

Marlingford and Colton
Marlingford and Colton#English

A village in Marlingford and Colton parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG1009).

A village and civil parish (served by Bolton Percy, Colton and Steeton parish council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5444).

A village and civil parish in Lichfield district, north of Rugeley, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0520).

A locality in Great Barton parish, West Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8766).

An eastern suburb of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3632).


Dunholm

Middle English:

English: Durham

→ Old French: Duresm

Middle French: Duresm

→ English: Duresm

→ Latin: Dunelmun

→ English: Dunelm

dun (“hill, mountain”) + holm (“islet”, from Old Norse holmr, from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz)

compound

Durham (the county town of County Durham)


Kensington

From the Old English personal name Cynesige + -ing- + -ton (“Estate associated with Cynesige”).
The town in Prince Edward Island is named after the borough in London.

Kensington and Chelsea
Kensington and Chelsea#English

An affluent area of west London, in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London; South Kensington contains several major museums.

A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3690).


Eastoft

From (village) Danish eski (“ash tree”) (from Old Norse aska) + toft (“homestead, hillock”).

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE8016).


Brunswick

From the Germanic personal name Bruno, in the genitive case, something akin to *Brunos + Middle Low German wîk (“village, settlement”).

der

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

An inner city area of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8596).

Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne#English

Brunswick Village
Brunswick Village#English

A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, which includes Brunswick Village.


Mayfair

en-proper noun

Mayfair (countable and uncountable, plural Mayfairs)

(uncountable) An area of central London named after this fair.


Ramsgate

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Thanet borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3864).


Ramsey

From Old English hramsa (“wild garlic”) + īeġ (“island”).

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, originally in the county of Huntingdonshire (OS grid ref TL2885).

A village in Ramsey and Parkeston parish, Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM2130).

Ramsey and Parkeston
Ramsey and Parkeston#English


Lundúnir

is-proper noun

Lundúnir f pl (proper noun, plural only, genitive plural Lundúna)

Lundúna (genitive plural)
Lundúnir (indefinite nominative plural)
Lundúnir (accusative indefinite plural)
Lundúnum (dative indefinite plural)
Lundúna (genitive indefinite plural)

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)


Lundúnir

London (the capital city of the modern United Kingdom; capital city of England)


Peak District

A large area and national park in northern England.


Exmoor

From Old English Ex + mōr (“moor”), 'the wet land where the River Exe rises'.

A moor and national park in Devon and Somerset, southern England.


New Forest

A local government district of Hampshire, created in 1974.

A civil parish (served by Marske and New Forest Parish Council) in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England.


Dartmoor

A moor and national park in Devon, southern England.


Waverley

From Old English wǣfre (“restless, wavering”) + lēah (“meadow”), thus "the woodland clearing with swaying trees".

cog

Any of several placenames in several countries:

A local government district with borough status in southern Surrey, England.

A community and civil parish with a community council in Rotherham borough, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4187).


Upton

en-proper noun

Upton (countable and uncountable, plural Uptons)

From Old English upp (“up”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Dinton with Ford and Upton
Dinton with Ford and Upton#English

A hamlet in Dinton with Ford and Upton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP7711).

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ2688).

Upton with Fishley
Upton with Fishley#English

A village in Upton with Fishley parish, Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG3912).

Headon cum Upton
Headon cum Upton#English

A village in Headon cum Upton parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7476).

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7354).

A village and civil parish (served by Upton and North Elmsall Parish Council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4713).


Anton

Anton (countable and uncountable, plural Antons)

Borrowed from German Anton and from other northern European languages. Doublet of Anthony.

A river in Hampshire, England, a tributary of the River Test.


Anton

Antony, A village and civil parish in east Cornwall, England


Gresham

Gresham (countable and uncountable, plural Greshams)

From Old English græs (“grass”) + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG167385).


Chatham

From an Old Welsh word cēd, meaning "wood" + hām (“home”).

since Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard

when Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard

A port and town on the River Medway in Kent, England; the home of the Royal dockyard.


Wharton

Wharton (countable and uncountable, plural Whartons)

/ˈʍɔː(ɹ)tən/

Various possible origins:
* The villages in Cheshire and Herefordshire are named after the River Weaver, whose name derives from Old English wæfre (“wavering, winding”), + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The village in Lincolnshire is named with either Old English weard (“ward, guard”) or waroþ (“shore, warth”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The village in Cumbria is named with Old English hwearf (“wharf, embankment”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A neighbourhood of Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6666).

A civil parish (without a council) near Kirkby Stephen, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7606).

A hamlet in Leominster parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5055).

A hamlet in Blyton parish, West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8493).


Sheldon

From Old English scylf (“shelf”) + dūn (“hill”) or denu (“valley”).

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England, famous for the legend of the Sheldon duck (OS grid ref SK1768).

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST1208).

A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1584).


Harrington

A village and ward in Workington civil parish, Allerdale borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NX9925).

A hamlet and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3671).

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A hamlet and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP7780).


Bryste

Bristol (a city, county, and unitary authority in southwest England)


Stonehenge

London
Pewsey
Stonehenge
Stonehenge (disambiguation)

Inherited from Middle English Stonhenge, from ston (“stone”) + henge (“hinge”) or hengen ("hanging", but only attested as "imprisonment"). More at Stonehenge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
The failure of /hɛnd͡ʒ/ to regularly raise to /ɪnd͡ʒ/, as in hinge, singe < Middle English henge, sengen, is probably due to the influence of the local dialect; compare the forms /ɛnd͡ʒ/, /sɛnd͡ʒ/ "hinge, singe" attested for the early 20th-century dialect of Pewsey, Wiltshire, approximately 18.5 kilometres (11.5 miles) from Stonehenge.

An ancient group of standing stones on Salisbury Plain in Amesbury parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1242).

سْتُونْهِنْج

ancient group of standing stones in England


Walpole

From Old English words for "wall" and "pool".

A village and civil parish (served by Cookley and Walpole Parish Council) in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM3674).


Winthrop

From wines (“friend's”) + þorp (“village”).

Any of a number of places in England, the United States of America, and elsewhere.

A community of Nottinghamshire, England.


Kimberley

English place name "wood or clearing of Kyneburga (a seventh century female saint)", from Old English cyne- (“royal”) + burh (“fortress”) + lēah (“leigh, clearing”).

A small village and civil parish of South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0704).

A town in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4944).


Wakefield

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

An industrial city and metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England; traditionally a centre for the cloth and coal industries.


Poll a' Ghrùthain

/ˈpʰɔuɫ̪ˈaˈɣɾuːhən/

Liverpool (a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England)


Lunnainn

From Old English Lunden, from Latin Londīnium. Compare Irish Londain.

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)


Caisteal Nuadh

/ˈkʰaʃtʰʲəɫ̪ˈnuəɣ/

Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne (a large city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in northeastern England)


Nash

en-proper noun

Nash (countable and uncountable, plural Nashes)

A locale in the United Kingdom. The names are derived from Middle English atten ash (“at the ash tree”).


Louth

A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3287).


Longford

From Old English lang (“long”), definite form langa + ford.

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2137).

A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, next to Gloucester, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8320).

A small village in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, formerly in Middlesex, on the north side of Heathrow Airport (OS grid ref TQ0576).

The Longford River, a man-made river in Greater London, flowing from the Colne at Longford to Bushy Park and Hampton Court Palace.

A northern suburb of Coventry, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP3583).


Pickering

Pickering (countable and uncountable, plural Pickerings)

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7984).


Seven Sisters

A small area in Tottenham, Greater London, named after a ring of seven elm trees (OS grid ref TQ3388).


Appleton

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

From Old English æppel and -tun; alternatively, apple + -ton.
The town in Newfoundland is named for sawmill owner Appleton Cleaves.

Place names in England, named for an apple enclosure.

A northern suburb of Widnes, Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5186).

A southern suburb and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6284).

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A village in Appleton-with-Eaton parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire; originally in Berkshire (OS grid ref SP4401).


لندن

ar-proper noun

لُنْدُن or لَنْدَن • (lundun or landan) f

لُنْدُن (canonical)
لَنْدَن (canonical)
lundun (romanization)
landan (romanization)
لُنْدُن (definite diptote informal singular)
لَنْدَن (definite diptote informal singular)
لُنْدُنُ (definite diptote nominative singular)
لَنْدَنُ (definite diptote nominative singular)
لُنْدُنَ (accusative definite diptote singular)
لَنْدَنَ (accusative definite diptote singular)
لُنْدُنَ (definite diptote genitive singular)
لَنْدَنَ (definite diptote genitive singular)


لندن

ur-proper noun

لَنْدَن • (landan) m (Hindi spelling लंदन)

لَنْدَن (canonical)
landan (romanization)
लंदन (Hindi)

Borrowed from English London, possibly through Persian لندن (landan).


Hailey

From Old English hīeġ (“hay”) + lēah (“clearing”).

en:Hailey (given name)
en:Hailey (surname)

Synonym of Haileybury; A village in Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom


Atterton

en-proper noun

Atterton (countable and uncountable, plural Attertons)

Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth#English

A hamlet in Witherley parish, Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP3598).


Carey

Carey (countable and uncountable, plural Careys)

* As a German surname, Americanized from Gehrig, Gehring.
* As a Welsh surname, variant of Carew.
* As an English surname, from placenames derived from Proto-Brythonic *karɨd (“to love”).
* As an Irish surname, from mac Fhiachra (“descendant of Fiachra”), from préachán (“crow”).
* Also as an Irish surname, from the root of the name Kerry.

A place in England, United Kingdom; Any of several place names in south-west England.


Atherton

Atherton (countable and uncountable, plural Athertons)

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

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6703).


Compton

From Old English Cumbtūn. Equivalent to combe (“valley”) + -ton (“town”).

Any of several placenames in England and the United States.

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU5279).

A suburban area in Ashbourne parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1846).

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Com-Cor#Com

A hamlet in Marldon parish, South Hams district, Devon, the location of Compton Castle (OS grid ref SX8664).

Compton and Shawford
Compton and Shawford#English

A village in Compton and Shawford parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4625).

A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU9547).

A suburban area in Farnham parish, Waverley borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU8546).

A suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO8898).


Lindsey

Lindsey (countable and uncountable, plural Lindseys)

From Old English Lindesege, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”) (as in Lincoln) + Old English ēġ (“island (of land)”).

A division of Lincolnshire, England; that was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom

A village in Babergh district, Suffolk, England.


Jórvík

is-proper noun

Jórvík f (proper noun, genitive singular Jórvíkur)

Jórvíkur (genitive singular)
Jórvík (indefinite nominative singular)
Jórvík (accusative indefinite singular)
Jórvík (dative indefinite singular)
Jórvíkur (genitive indefinite singular)

York (a city and unitary authority in North Yorkshire, England)


Jórvík

Icelandic: Jórvík

→ Faroese: Jórvík (learned)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: Jorvik (learned)

→ Swedish: Jorvik (learned)

→ Danish: Jorvig (learned)

desctree

→ Middle English: York, Yorke, Ȝork, Ȝorke, Ȝorc, Ȝeorc
English: York

Folk-etymological adaptation, based on jór (“stallion”), of Old English Eoforwīċ, itself an alteration of Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg by false association with eofor (“boar”) (from Proto-Germanic *eburaz) and wīċ (“settlement”). Compare Latin Eborācum.

York (a city in modern North Yorkshire, England)


Beverley

en-proper noun

Beverley (countable and uncountable, plural Beverleys)

From Old English befer (“beaver”) + lēah (“clearing”). Equivalent to Beaver + -ley (“lea”).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council and county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.


Hayden

Originally a place name, from Old English heg (“hay”) + denu (“valley”). Alternatively, from Middle Dutch heiden (“heathen”).

A hamlet in Boddington parish and Staverton parish, Tewkesbury borough, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9023).


Boxford

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4271).

A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9640).


High Street

From Middle English Highestrete. More at high street.

St Stephen-in-Brannel
St Stephen-in-Brannel#English

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A hamlet in St Stephen-in-Brannel parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9653).

A hamlet in Hawkhurst parish, Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England, on a road of the same name (OS grid ref TQ7430).


Pennines

A range of hills stretching through north central England.


Colby

Colby (countable and uncountable, plural Colbys)

From either the Old Norse personal name Koli or kol (“charcoal”) + býr (“settlement”).

A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY6620).

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2231).


Leigh

From the nominative case of Old English lēah (“wood, meadow”), 'dweller by the wood or clearing'.

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

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST6108).

The Leigh, a hamlet and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8626).

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5446). Former spelling: Lyghe.

A civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England, which includes Church Leigh, Lower Leigh and Upper Leigh.

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A village and civil parish in Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2246).

A village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0692).

A small village and civil parish (served by Leigh and Bransford Parish Council) in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7853).


Nelson

Nelson (countable and uncountable, plural Nelsons)

From Middle English Neil + -son and Nell + -son.
* In the United States, also an Anglicisation of North Germanic (Scandinavian) surnames such as Nilsen, Nielsen, and Nilsson, equivalent to "son of Nicholas".

A town and civil parish of Pendle borough, Lancashire, England.


Blackburn

Blackburn (countable and uncountable, plural Blackburns)

From Old English blæc (“dark”) + burna (“stream”).

Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen#English

A large town in Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England.


Hillsborough

From hills and borough. The village in New Brunswick was probably named in honour of British politician Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire (1718 - 1793). The civil parish is named after the village.

A number of places in English-speaking countries:

A nature reserve at Ilfracombe, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5347).

A suburb in north-west Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3389). See also football-related senses below.


Braintree

From the Old English personal name Branca + treow (“tree”).

A local government district in Essex formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the town.


Fitz

Fitz (countable and uncountable, plural Fitzs or Fitzes)


Hopedale

The name of the settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador was calqued from Hoffental, a compound derived in turn from German hoffen (“hope”) and Tal (“dale, valley”). The name was given by Moravian missionaries in 1782 and replaced native Eastern Canadian Inuktitut Agvituk. Compare Hebron, Nain, Ramah and Zoar.

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A hamlet in Alstonefield parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1255).


Montpelier

An area of Brighton, East Sussex, England.

A suburb of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST5974).


Greta

After we have crossed the Glenderamackin stream, which drains the northern slopes of Saddleback, and the latter has united with the St. John's Beck to form the Greta, however, we see ahead the miniature canyon the Greta has hollowed out for itself, and into the depth of which the train now descends.

1961 October, Voyageur, “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601:

A river in Cumbria, England, which joins the Derwent at Keswick.

North Riding of Yorkshire
North Riding of Yorkshire#English

A river in County Durham, England, which joins the Tees, and which was originally in the North Riding of Yorkshire.

A river in North Yorkshire and Lancashire, England, which joins the Lune.


Cotswolds

From Old English personal name Cod + -'s + weald (“woods”) + -s.

The area of England characterised by the Cotswolds


Cotswold

A local government district of Gloucestershire, England.


Arlington

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial

From the Old English personal name Ælfrēd + Old English ing (“called after”) + Old English tūn (“estate”), "estate named after Alfred". Many of the place names in the United States derive from Arlington House, formerly the plantation of Robert E. Lee.

A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS6140).

A village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ5407).

A village in Bibury parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP1006).


Bradshaw

From Old English brād + sceaga (“thicket”), equivalent to broad + shaw.

The name of some places in Northern England.

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7312).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0830).

A hamlet in Longsdon parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9455).

A hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0514)


Snape

First attested in the late 18th century. Derived from various villages in England and southern Scotland sharing this name.

Snape with Thorp
Snape with Thorp#English

A village in Snape with Thorp parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE2684).

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3958).


Wearside

(informal) The area around Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, on the River Wear.


Arne

Arne (countable and uncountable, plural Arnes)

For the given name, a short form of Old Norse compound names beginning with arn- (“eagle”).

A hamlet and civil parish in Dorset, England, formerly in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY9788).


Rayne

A village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7222).


Thurston

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9165).


Ledesia

la-proper noun

Ledesia f sg (genitive Ledesiae); first declension

Ledesiae (genitive)
Ledesia (nominative singular)
Ledesiae (genitive singular)
Ledesiae (dative singular)
Ledesiam (accusative singular)
Ledesiā (ablative singular)
Ledesia (singular vocative)
Ledesiae (locative singular)

Leeds (a large city and metropolitan borough in modern West Yorkshire, England)


Tove

A river in Northamptonshire, England, tributary to the Great Ouse, which passes Towcester.


Trym

A short river in South Gloucestershire and Bristol, England, which flows into the (Bristol) River Avon at Sea Mills.


Iver

A large village and civil parish (served by The Ivers Parish Council) in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in South Bucks district (OS grid ref TQ0381).


Wembley

Derived from the Old English proper name Wemba and lēah (“clearing in a forest; meadow, leigh”).

A suburb of London, in northwestern Greater London, England.


Londýn

cs-proper noun

Londýn m inan (relational adjective londýnský, demonym Londýňan)

londýnský (adjective relational)
Londýňan (demonym)
Londýn (nominative singular)
Londýna (genitive singular)
Londýnu (dative singular)
Londýn (accusative singular)
Londýne (singular vocative)
Londýně (locative singular)
Londýnem (instrumental singular)

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)


Londýn

sk-proper noun

Londýn m inan (genitive singular Londýna, declension pattern of dub)

Londýna (genitive singular)
dub (declension-pattern-of)
Londýn (nominative singular-only)
Londýna (genitive singular-only)
Londýnu (dative singular-only)
Londýn (accusative singular-only)
Londýne (locative singular-only)
Londýnom (instrumental singular-only)


Kennet

A river in Wiltshire and Berkshire, England, which is a tributary of the Thames.

A former local government district in Wiltshire, abolished on 1 April 2009 and merged into the Wiltshire unitary authority.


劍橋

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/

/kiːm³³ kʰiːu̯²¹/

/kiam²¹⁻⁴¹ kiɤ²³/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/

/kiːm³³ kʰiːu̯²¹/

/kiam²¹⁻⁴¹ kiɤ²³/

Partial calque of English Cambridge. Doublet of 康橋／康桥 (Kāngqiáo).

(～市) Cambridge (a city in Cambridgeshire, England)


Potteries

(British) An area in the West Midlands of England based around Stoke-on-Trent, a centre of the pottery industry.


Rowley

From Old English components ruh (rough, overgrown) + leah (wood, clearing)

A hamlet in Healeyfield parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ0847).

A small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9732).

Worthen with Shelve
Worthen with Shelve#English

A hamlet in Worthen with Shelve parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3006).


Gatwick

From Old English gāt (“goat”) and wīċ (“-wick”).

An airport in Crawley borough, West Sussex, England, approximately halfway between London and Brighton (OS grid ref TQ2841).

A hamlet in Westbury-on-Severn parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7313).

A hamlet in Shackleford parish, Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9145).


Heathrow

Named after the hamlet of Heath Row, which was obliterated for construction of the airport. From Middle English heth (“heath”) + rew (“row”).

An international airport in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London.


Rhodesia

Named after G. Preston Rhodes, chairman of a colliery company.

A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5680).


Londonas

Lòndonas (canonical masculine stress-pattern-1)
Lòndonas (nominative)
Lòndono (genitive)
Lòndonui (dative)
Lòndoną (accusative)
Lòndonu (instrumental)
Lòndone (locative)
Lòndone (vocative)


バドミントン

Badminton (a village in Gloucestershire, England)


Airedale

The valley of the River Aire in North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, England.


Londyn

pl-prop

Londyn m inan (related adjective londyński)

londyński (adjective)
Londyn (nominative singular)
Londynu (genitive singular)
Londynowi (dative singular)
Londyn (accusative singular)
Londynem (instrumental singular)
Londynie (locative singular)
Londynie (singular vocative)

London (the capital and largest city of England, United Kingdom)


Beane

A river in Hertfordshire, England, which joins the Lea at Hertford.


Everton

en-proper noun

Everton (countable and uncountable, plural Evertons)

From Old English eofor (“wild boar”) + tūn (“settlement”).

A district of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3592).

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2051).

A village in Hordle parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2994).

A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6991).


グリニッジ

[ɡɯ̟ɾʲiɲ̟id̚d͡ʑi]

From English Greenwich. Doublet of グリーンウィッチ (Gurīnwitchi).


ລອນດອນ

lo-proper noun

ລອນດອນ • (lǭn dǭn)

[lɔːn˩˨.dɔːn˩˨]

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)


Buckland

en-proper noun

Buckland (countable and uncountable, plural Bucklands)

From Old English bōc (“book”) + land (“land”).

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district: the parish is unusually long and narrow (OS grid ref SP8812).

An eastern suburb of Newton Abbot, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8771).

Two hamlets, East Buckland and West Buckland, in Thurlestone parish, South Hams district, Devon.

A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0836).

A suburb of Lymington, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SZ3196).

A suburb of Portsmouth, Hampshire, north-east of the city centre (OS grid ref SU6501).

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A village and civil parish (served by Buckland and Chipping Parish Council) in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL3533).

A northern suburb of Dover, Kent (OS grid ref TR3042).

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU3497).

A village and civil parish in Mole Valley district, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2250).


King's Lynn

A market town and port in Norfolk, England


Abbeystead

From the Old French abeie or abbeie, meaning abbey, and the Old English stede, meaning place or site. Combined to mean "the site of the abbey" or "estate owned by the abbey".

City of Lancaster
City of Lancaster#English

A village in the City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5654).


Aighton

From Old English āc and -tun, meaning "oak-tree town".


Adlington

Adlington (countable and uncountable, plural Adlingtons)

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

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9180).

A town and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6013).


Aigburth

From Old Norse eik and berg, meaning "oak-tree hill".

A southern suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. (OS grid ref SJ3885).


Accrington

From the Old English æcern and -tun, meaning "where acorns are found".

A town in Hyndburn borough, Lancashire, England.


Addington

Addington (countable and uncountable, plural Addingtons)

Probably from the Old English personal names Eadda or Æddi + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP742286).

A village in the borough of Croydon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3764).

Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge and Malling#English

A village in Tonbridge and Malling district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ639535).

A hamlet in Lancaster district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD5268).


Alkincoats

Unknown. Possibly from Old English cot (“cottage”), possibly of Celtic origin.


Myerscough

From Old Norse mýrr and skógr, meaning "boggy wood".

Myerscough and Bilsborrow
Myerscough and Bilsborrow#English

A hamlet in Myerscough and Bilsborrow parish, Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4939).


Aintree

From Old Norse einn and tré, meaning "a single tree".

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England; the home of the Grand National. (OS grid ref SJ3798).


Aldingham

From Old English Alda + ham (“home”), probably translating as "home of Alda's people."

A coastal village and civil parish in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD2871).


Catterall

Catterall (countable and uncountable, plural Catteralls)

Unknown. Possibly from Old English halh (“water meadow”) with given name Cater. Possibly from Old Norse kattarhali (“cat's tail”).

A village and civil parish in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4942).


Goosnargh

From Old Irish Gosan or Gusan (“a given name”) and Old Norse erg (“hill-pasture”).

A village and civil parish in Preston district, Lancashire, England; most of the village is in Whittingham parish (OS grid ref SD5536).


Allithwaite

From Old Norse Eilífr and þveit, meaning "Eilif's clearing".

Allithwaite and Cartmel
Allithwaite and Cartmel#English

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A village in Allithwaite and Cartmel parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. Formerly in Lancashire and then South Lakeland district until 2023 (OS grid ref SD3876).


Ainsworth

Ainsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Ainsworths)

From Old English Ægen + -es and worþ or worð, meaning "Aegen's enclosure".

A village in Greater Manchester, England.


Allerton

The name of the English location is possibly from Old English alor (“alder”) + -tun, or possibly it was named for Alfred the Great. It is in the Domesday Book as Alvertune.

A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England.

A suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.


Alston

From Old English Ælfes (given name with possessive) tun, translating as "Ælf's town".

A market town in Alston Moor parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7146).

A hamlet in All Saints parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST3002).

A village in Lancashire (no longer recorded as a place).


Ainsdale

Probably from Old English Ægenwulf (given name, see also Ægen) and dæl (“valley”). May have been influenced by Old Norse Einulfr (given name) and dalr (“valley”). Listed in the Domesday Book as Einulvesdel.

A southern suburb of Southport, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD3112).


Altham

From Old English ælfet + hamm, meaning "water meadow where swans are found".

A village in Hyndburn borough, Lancashire, England.


Ancoats

From Old English ān (“lonely”) + cot (“cottage”).

An area in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8498).


Anglezarke

From Old English Anlafes + Old Norse erg (“hill pasture”).