Roston

en-proper noun

Roston (countable and uncountable, plural Rostons)

From the Old English personal name Hrothsige + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The personal name is composed by the elements hrēþ (“glory, triumph”) + siġe (“victory”).

Norbury and Roston
Norbury and Roston#English

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A hamlet in Norbury and Roston parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1241).


Chelveston

Chelveston cum Caldecott
Chelveston cum Caldecott#English

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

A village in Chelveston cum Caldecott parish, North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, formerly in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SK9969).


Chelveston cum Caldecott

A civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, formerly in East Northamptonshire district.


Caldecott Green

Shocklach Oviatt and District
Shocklach Oviatt and District#English

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A hamlet in Shocklach Oviatt and District parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, formerly in Caldecott parish (OS grid ref SJ4352).


Caldecott

Caldecott (countable and uncountable, plural Caldecotts)

From Old English cald (“cold”) + cot (“cottage”), denoting a place provided with a shelter for the wintertime. Compare Caldecote and Calcott, which share the same etymology.

A former civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, now part of Shocklach Oviatt and District civil parish.

A hamlet in Chelveston cum Caldecott parish, North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, originally in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9968).

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A suburb of Abingdon, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU4996).

A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SP8693).


Cribbs Causeway

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

An area with an out-of-town shopping mall in Almondsbury parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, named after the main road through the area (OS grid ref ST5780).


Arnos Vale

Alternative form: Arno's Vale

A suburb in the south-east of the City of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST6071)


St George

An eastern suburb of the City of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST6273).


Montacute

en-proper-noun

Montacute (countable and uncountable, plural Montacutes)

Latinized form Montagu, from Old French mont (“mountain”) + aigu (“sharp”).

A village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4916).


Bishop Wilton

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7955).


Freemantle

en-proper noun

Freemantle (countable and uncountable, plural Freemantles)

From French Fromental (“a place name, a commune in Limousin, France”), from Old French froit (“cold”) + mantel (“cloak, mantle”). The suburb in Hampshire is named after the French village.

bor

A suburb of the city of Southampton, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4012).


Highwood

A hamlet and civil parish in Chelmsford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL6404).

Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley
Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley#English

A hamlet in Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1707).

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A locality south of Uttoxeter, East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0931).


Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley

A civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England.


Harbridge

A small village in Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1410).


Belfairs

A ward of Leigh-on-Sea district, Southend-on-Sea borough, Essex, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom


Kirby Cane

A village and civil parish (served by Kirby Cane and Ellingham Parish Council) in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM3792).


Ibsley

A village in Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1509).


Sedbergh

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A small town and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD6592).


Barbon

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD6282).


Kirkby Lonsdale

A town and civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD6178).


Beetham

en-proper noun

Beetham (countable and uncountable, plural Beethams)

Probably from Old Norse bjothum, dative plural form of beth (“embankment”).

An almost 19th-century atmosphere has returned to Beetham since the M6 motorway drew away the traffic which used to roar along its main street.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd., page 53:

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD4979).


Shawfield

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A locality in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0661).


Aldington

Aldington (countable and uncountable, plural Aldingtons)

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

A village and civil parish (served by Aldington and Bonnington Parish Council) in Ashford district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR063365).

A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP064440).


Madresfield

Possibly from Old English mōdor (“mother”) + -s- + feld (“field”).

A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO804473).


Chackmore

A hamlet in Radclive-cum-Chackmore parish, north of Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP6835).


Radclive

A village in Radclive-cum-Chackmore parish, west of Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP6734).


Radclive-cum-Chackmore

A civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, north and west of Buckingham.


Dibden

en-proper-noun

Dibden (countable and uncountable, plural Dibdens)

From Old English dēop (“deep”) + dene (“valley”).

Hythe and Dibden
Hythe and Dibden#English

A small village in Hythe and Dibden parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU409079).


Coulton

en-proper noun

Coulton (countable and uncountable, plural Coultons)

Probably from Old English col (“coal”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish (served by Gilling East with Cawton, Coulton and Grimston Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE634567).


Chudleigh

Chudleigh (countable and uncountable, plural Chudleighs)

A town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8679).


Hamerton

en-proper-noun

Hamerton (countable and uncountable, plural Hamertons)

From Old English hamor (“hammer; rocky mound”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A village in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL145794).


Lumsdale

A village and valley in a conservation area outside Matlock, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3160).


St Olaves

Fritton and St Olaves
Fritton and St Olaves#English

A village in Fritton and St Olaves parish, Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk, England, historically in Suffolk (OS grid ref TG4599).


Swynnerton

en-proper-noun

Swynnerton (countable and uncountable, plural Swynnertons)

From either:
# Old English swīn (“swine, pig”) + ford + tūn, 'the settlement at Swinford, the swine ford'.
# Old English swille (“a sloppy or liquid mess”) + ford + tūn, 'the settlement at Swilford, the dirty ford'.
# Old English swan or swān (“herdsman”) + ford + tūn, 'the settlement at Swanford, the herdsmen's or swan's ford'.
# Old English somer (“summer”) + ford + tūn, 'the settlement at Somerford, the summer ford'.

der

A village and civil parish in Stafford district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8535).


Fritton and St Olaves

A civil parish in Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk, England.


Morningthorpe

Morningthorpe and Fritton
Morningthorpe and Fritton#English

A small village in Morningthorpe and Fritton parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM2192).


Fritton

A village in Fritton and St Olaves parish, Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG4600).

A hamlet in Ludham parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG4018).

A small village in Morningthorpe and Fritton parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM2292).


Ludham

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3818).


Morningthorpe and Fritton

A civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England.


Aldeby

A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM4593).


Burgh Castle

A village and civil parish in Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG4805).


Torksey

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8378).


Hoyland

en-proper noun

Hoyland (countable and uncountable, plural Hoylands)

From Old English hoh (“hill spur”) + land (“(cultivated) land”).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE372003).


Bewick

Bewick (countable and uncountable, plural Bewicks)

From Old English beo (“bee”) + wīc (“village; farm”), hence a farm for the production of honey.

A deserted medieval village in Aldbrough parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

A civil parish in Northumberland, England, which includes the villages of Old and New Bewick.


Ellerton

Ellerton (countable and uncountable, plural Ellertons)

The name of the village in the East Riding of Yorkshire derives from the Old English personal name Æþelheard + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), while the hamlet in Shropshire is from Old English alor (“alder”) + tūn.

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE704398).

A hamlet in Cheswardine parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ715258).


Farthinghoe

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, formerly in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP5339).


Water Stratford

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6534).


バッキンガムシャー

South East England
South East England#English

Buckinghamshire (a county of South East England, England, United Kingdom)

ja:バッキンガムシャー


Mixbury

A village and civil parish (without a council) in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6033).


Owston

Owston (countable and uncountable, plural Owstons)

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

Owston and Newbold
Owston and Newbold#English

A village in Owston and Newbold parish, Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK774079).

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE549011).


Sandford-on-Thames

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5301).


Ravenhead

A suburban area in St Helens, St Helens borough, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5094).


Napsbury

A suburban area of London Colney parish, City of St Albans district, Hertfordshire, England, currently known as Napsbury Park (OS grid ref TL1604).

Napsbury Hospital
Napsbury Park
Napsbury railway station


Enstone

en-proper-noun

Enstone (countable and uncountable, plural Enstones)

From the Old English personal name Enna + stān (“stone”), from a standing stone which was part of ancient neolithic tomb.

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3724).


London Colney

The 'London' element was from its position on the road to London; Colney is from the River Colne + Old English ea or eg.

A large village and civil parish in the City of St Albans district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1704).


Wraxall

Wraxall (countable and uncountable, plural Wraxalls)

From a lost Old English word *wrocc (“buzzard”), perhaps used as a personal name, + -s- + healh (“corner, angle, nook”). Compare the doublet Wroxall.

A hamlet in Ditcheat parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6036).

Wraxall and Failand
Wraxall and Failand#English

A village in Wraxall and Failand parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4971).


Crosthwaite

en-proper noun

Crosthwaite (countable and uncountable, plural Crosthwaites)

From Old Norse kross (“cross”) + þveit (“clearing”).

A village in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD437914).


Cadishead

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7092).


East Tisted

A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7032).


Lustleigh

A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7881).


Chagford

A market town and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7087).


Squires Gate

A suburban area and ward in the south of Blackpool, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3132).


Banham

Banham (countable and uncountable, plural Banhams)

From Old English bēan (“bean”) + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM065880).


Ruswarp

A village in Whitby parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ8809).


Barcombe

A small village and civil parish in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4214).


Dodwell

Dodwell (countable and uncountable, plural Dodwells)

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

A hamlet near Luddington in Warwickshire, England.


Hartshorne

Hartshorne (countable and uncountable, plural Hartshornes)

From Old English heorot (“stag”) + -s- + horn (“horn”).

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK320213).


Brokenborough

Brokenborough (countable and uncountable, plural Brokenboroughs)

From Old English brocen (“broken; uneven”) + beorg (“mountain, hill”).

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST918892).


Padley

en-prop

Padley (countable and uncountable, plural Padleys)

From either the Old English personal name Padda or padde (“toad”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A hamlet in Grindleford parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2478).


Pakenham

en-proper noun

Pakenham (countable and uncountable, plural Pakenhams)

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

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL924673).


Barbrook

en-proper-noun

Barbrook (countable and uncountable, plural Barbrooks)

A village in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS715477).


Headlam

en-proper noun

Headlam (countable and uncountable, plural Headlams)

A village in Darlington borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ179531).


Margaretting

A village and civil parish in the City of Chelmsford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL6701).


Cornforth

Cornforth (countable and uncountable, plural Cornforths)

From a metathesized form of Old English cran (“crane”) + ford (“ford”).

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ313343).


Horwood

Horwood (countable and uncountable, plural Horwoods)

From Old English hore (“mud, muck”) + wudu (“wood”).

A village in North Devon district, Devon, England.


Church Gresley

A village in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2918).


Castle Gresley

A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2718).


Cleeve

en-prop

Cleeve (countable and uncountable, plural Cleeves)

A village and civil parish in North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4666).


Bygrave

en-proper noun

Bygrave (countable and uncountable, plural Bygraves)

From Old English bī (“by, near, around”) + græf (“ditch, trench”).

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

A village and civil parish of North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL258873).


Flaxby

A small village and civil parish (served by Goldsborough and Flaxby Parish Council) in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3957).


Nidd

From Old English Nid, from Proto-West Germanic *Nǐd, from Proto-Germanic *Nidā, from Proto-Indo-European *neid-/*nid- (“flow”).

A river in North Yorkshire, England, which joins the (Yorkshire) Ouse.

A small village and civil parish in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire; the parish borders the river (OS grid ref SE3059).


Hopperton

Allerton Mauleverer with Hopperton#English

A small village in Allerton Mauleverer with Hopperton parish, Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4256).


Allerton Mauleverer with Hopperton

A civil parish (without a council) in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England.


Allerton Mauleverer

Manorial affix from the Mauleverer family of the 12th century.

A small village in Allerton Mauleverer with Hopperton parish, Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4158).


Mayford

Possibly from Old English personal name Mœġa, genitive case Mœġan + ford.

A village in Woking borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9956).


Finkley

Finkley (countable and uncountable, plural Finkleys)

From Old English finċ (“finch”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to finch + -ley (“lea”). Doublet of Finchley.

A hamlet in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU387234).


Cotteridge

A suburb in the south of the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0480).


Etterby

A suburb in the north-west of Carlisle, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3857).


Unstone

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

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A village and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3777).


Chelford

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8174).


Wilstrop

A civil parish (served by Tockwith with Wilstrop Parish Council) and site of a medieval village in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4855).


Hessay

A village and civil parish in City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5253).


Moor Monkton

A village and civil parish in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5056).


Tockwith

A village and civil parish (served by Tockwith with Wilstrop Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE4652).


Boroughbridge

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE3966).


Vale of York

For the next 15 miles to Knaresborough the railway, double track throughout, crosses mixed agricultural land, typical of the Vale of York.

1960 January, David Bertram, “The York-Knaresborough-Harrogate branch”, in Trains Illustrated, page 14:

A large area of flat land surrounding the City of York in North Yorkshire, England.


Helperby

Brafferton and Helperby
Brafferton and Helperby#English

A village in Brafferton and Helperby parish, North Yorkshire, England, formerly a civil parish and previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE4369).


Brafferton

A village and civil parish (without a council) in Darlington borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2921).

A village in Brafferton and Helperby parish, North Yorkshire, England, formerly a civil parish and previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE4370).


Tresmeer

A small village and civil parish in north-east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2387).


Scargill

en-proper-noun

Scargill (countable and uncountable, plural Scargills)

Recorded as Scracreghil in the Domesday Book, from Old Norse skraki (“diving duck”) + gil (“valley, ravine”).

A hamlet and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ050106).


Skipwith

en-proper noun

Skipwith (countable and uncountable, plural Skipwiths)

Recorded as Schipwic in the Domesday Book, from Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + wīc (“outlying settlement”). The last element was later changed under the influence of Old Norse viðr (“tree; forest, wood”).

A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6638).


Scotter

en-prop

Scotter (countable and uncountable, plural Scotters)

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England; not to be confused with Scotton, just to the south (OS grid ref SE8800).


South Ham

A district and ward of Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom


Raynham

A civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England.


Elworthy

en-proper noun

Elworthy (countable and uncountable, plural Elworthys)

From the Old English personal name Ylla + worþig (“estate, enclosure”).

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST083349).


Daisy Hill

A suburb of Westhoughton, Bolton borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6504).

A suburb of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1334).

A suburb of Morley, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2728).


Beddington

en-proper-noun

Beddington (countable and uncountable, plural Beddingtons)

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

Meronym: BedZED

A suburban area in the borough of Sutton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ305655).


Selling

en-prop

Selling (countable and uncountable, plural Sellings)

A village and civil parish in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0456).


Rowthorne

A hamlet in Ault Hucknall parish, Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4764).


Walsworth

en-proper noun

Walsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Walsworths)

From Old English wealh (“Briton”) + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”). Compare Walworth.

A suburban area of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL199301).


Ault Hucknall

A civil parish and small village (or hamlet) in Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4665).


Doe Lea

Unknown, the village was probably named after the river and its valley.

A village in Ault Hucknall parish, Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4666).

A minor river, the River Doe Lea in Derbyshire, which joins the South Yorkshire Rother.


Pleasley

A village and civil parish in Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK5064).


Draycott in the Moors

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9740).


Sibthorpe

Sibthorpe (countable and uncountable, plural Sibthorpes)

From the Old Norse personal name Sibba + thorpe.

A village in Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK763454).


Camden Town

A town, the administrative centre of Camden borough, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2984).


Mansfield Woodhouse

A large settlement just north of Mansfield in Mansfield district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5463).


Palterton

A small village in Scarcliffe parish, Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4768).


Scarcliffe

A village and civil parish in Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4968).


Micklethwaite

en-proper-noun

Micklethwaite (countable and uncountable, plural Micklethwaites)

From Old Norse mikill (“great, large”) + þveit (“clearing”).

A hamlet in Allerdale district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY284504).

A small village north of Bingley, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1041)

A suburban area of Wetherby, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE402494).


Glapwell

A village and civil parish in Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4765).


Gunton

en-prop

Gunton (countable and uncountable, plural Guntons)

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

der

A railway station in Thorpe Market parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, named after Gunton Hall some distance away (OS grid ref TG2535).

A northern suburb of Lowestoft, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM5495).


Greet

en-prop

Greet (countable and uncountable, plural Greets)

A village in Winchcombe parish, Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0229).

A hamlet in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9255)

A suburb in the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1084).

A minor river in Nottinghamshire, England, which joins the River Trent at Fiskerton (Notts.).


Calcott

en-proper-noun

Calcott (countable and uncountable, plural Calcotts)

From Old English cald (“cold”) + cot (“cottage”), denoting a place provided with a shelter for the wintertime. Compare Calcutt, Caldecote, Caldecott and Caldicot, which share the same etymology.

A hamlet in Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR172796).

A village in Bicton parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ449139).


Playden

Playden (countable and uncountable, plural Playdens)

From Old English plega (“game”) + dene (“valley”).

A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ955226).


Stanion

Stanion (countable and uncountable, plural Stanions)

Recorder as Stanere in the Domesday Book and as Stanerna in the Pipe rolls, the placename probably derives from Old English stān (“stone”) + earn (“house, cottage”).

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP9186).


Woolavington

A village and civil parish in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3441).


Staincliffe

Staincliffe (countable and uncountable, plural Staincliffes)

From Old English stān (“stone”) + clif (“cliff”).

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2323).


Manningford Abbots

Manorial affix from possession by the Abbot of Hyde Abbey, Winchester.

A small village in Manningford parish, near Pewsey, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1459).


Faygate

A village in Colgate parish, Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ2134).


Farlesthorpe

From the Old Norse personal name Faraldr + þorp (“hamlet, village”).

A hamlet in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF476741).


Acklam

Acklam (countable and uncountable, plural Acklams)

From Old English āc (“oak”) + leum (“clearing”).

A suburb of Middlesbrough borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ477168).

A village and civil parish in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE784617).


Acland

Acland (countable and uncountable, plural Aclands)

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from the Old English personal name Acca + lanu (“lane, street”).

(historical) An estate in Landkey parish, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS594325).


Hillington

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 TF718255).


Wonersh

A village and civil parish in Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0145).


Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon

A civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England.


Hilperton

A village and civil parish near Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8759).


Alderbury

A village and civil parish south-east of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1827).


Whaddon

A village and civil parish outside Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP8034).

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3546).

A suburb of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9622).

A small village in Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8313).

A village in Alderbury parish, southern Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1926).

A hamlet in Hilperton parish, northern Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8761).


Brookthorpe

A village in Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8312).


Hardwicke

en-proper noun

Hardwicke (countable and uncountable, plural Hardwickes)

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

A village in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO803741).

Elmstone Hardwicke
Elmstone Hardwicke#English

A hamlet in Elmstone Hardwicke parish, Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9027).

A hamlet in Clifford parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO2643)


East Hardwick

A village and civil parish in Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE462061).


Sawtry

A large village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1683).


Abbotsford

A region of West Sussex, England, United Kingdom


Stawley

A small village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST0622).


Stanningley

A suburb of Pudsey, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2234).


Greenham Common

A former RAF base in Greenham parish and Thatcham parish, near Newbury, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England, for many years the site of a women's peace camp; previously common land and now a public greenspace (OS grid ref SU4964).


Greenham

From Old English grēne (“green”) + hamm (“river meadow”).

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4865).

A hamlet in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST4004).

A hamlet in Stawley parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST0720).


Downley

Downley (countable and uncountable, plural Downleys)

From Old English dūn (“hill, mountain”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to dune or down + -ley (“lea”).

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU8595).


Devoran

A village on a tidal creek in Feock parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7939).


Feock

A coastal village and civil parish south of Truro, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8238).


Pitminster

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2219).


Onslow Village

A western suburb of Guildford, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9749).


Tovil

A suburban area and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7554).


Bulkeley

Bulkeley (countable and uncountable, plural Bulkeleys)

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

Bulkeley and Ridley
Bulkeley and Ridley#English

A village in Bulkeley and Ridley parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ530545).


Measham

Measham (countable and uncountable, plural Meashams)

From the name of the River Mease + Old English hām (“homestead”).

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

A large village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK3312).


Horton Kirby and South Darenth

A civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England.


Horton Kirby

Horton Kirby and South Darenth
Horton Kirby and South Darenth#English

A village in Horton Kirby and South Darenth parish, Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5668).


Northall

From Old English norþ (“north”) + heall (“hall, dwelling”).

A hamlet in Edlesborough parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP956152).


South Darenth

A village in Horton Kirby and South Darenth parish, Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5669).


Clewer

Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead#English

An ecclesiastical parish in the town of Windsor in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England, which includes the suburbs of Clewer New Town, Clewer Village and Clewer Green.

A hamlet in Wedmore parish, Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4351).


Toller Porcorum

Toller refers to the River Toller, since renamed the River Hooke, although there still is the Toller Brook, which joins the Hooke at the village. Porcorum is from Latin porcorum (“of the pigs”).

A village and civil parish in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY5698).


Canal Foot

An industrial village in Ulverston parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England, at the estuary end of the Ulverston Canal (OS grid ref SD3177).


Stockley Hamlet

Okehampton Hamlets
Okehampton Hamlets#English

A hamlet in Okehampton Hamlets parish, West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6195).


Okehampton Hamlets

A civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England, which surrounds Okehampton civil parish.


Brookland

en-proper-noun

Brookland (countable and uncountable, plural Brooklands)

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

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

A village and civil parish in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ990259).


Brooklands

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ7890).

Whitchurch Urban
Whitchurch Urban#English

A small village in Whitchurch Urban parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5342).

An industrial estate and motor museum south of Weybridge, Elmbridge borough, Surrey, formerly a motor racing circuit, airfield and aircraft factory (OS grid ref TQ0662).

An eastern suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3435).

A hamlet in Brinkworth parish, north Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0184).


Tintwistle

Every day AND night thousands of tonnes of road freight navigates along the A628 Woodhead Pass. It doesn't require exact statistics to understand that the A628 situation is chronic at the best of times, especially for Tintwistle residents and closure of the pass in winter.

2021 November 17, “Open Access: Hope for Woodhead”, in RAIL, number 944, page 64:

A village and civil parish in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0297).


Monxton

A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3144).


Crathorne

Crathorne (countable and uncountable, plural Crathornes)

From Middle English crak (“crake”) + thorne (“thorn”).

A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ443030).


Hoyland Common

A suburb and common west of Hoyland, Barnsley borough, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3500 (suburb), SK3699 (common)).


Netherseal

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2813).


Langcliffe

A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD8265).


Littledale

en-proper noun

Littledale (countable and uncountable, plural Littledales)

From Old English lȳtel (“small, little”) + dæl (“dale, valley”).

A minor valley, along with Littledale Beck (a stream), in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY6732)

A valley and hamlet (?) in Caton-with-Littledale parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5561).


Weobley

en-proper-noun

Weobley (countable and uncountable, plural Weobleys)

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

A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO402865).


Shenstone

en-prop

Shenstone (countable and uncountable, plural Shenstones)

A village and civil parish in Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1004).

A small village in Stone parish, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8673).


Smithies

A northern suburb of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3508).


Sipson

A village in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England, just north of Heathrow Airport (OS grid ref TQ0777).


Sinnington

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7485).


Lastingham

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7390).


Kelby

en-proper noun

Kelby (countable and uncountable, plural Kelbys)

From Old English ċild (“child”) + Old Norse býr (“settlement”). Compare Kilby, which shares the same etymology.

A hamlet in North Kevesten district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF004414).


Brickhill

en-proper-noun

Brickhill (countable and uncountable, plural Brickhills)

From Breton breg (“hill”) + Old English hyll (“hill”).

A civil parish and suburban area in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL053521).

A hamlet in Rockbourne parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1215).


Ecclesfield

A village and civil parish in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3594).


Manby

en-proper noun

Manby (countable and uncountable, plural Manbys)

From the Old Norse personal name Manni + býr (“farmstead; town”).

A village and civil parish (served by Grimoldby and Manby Parish Council) in, and the administrative centre of East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3987).


Maldeno

From English Malden, Maldon, from Old English Mældūn, from mǣl (“cross, monument, sign”) + dūn (“hill, mountain”).


Grimoldby

Grimoldby (countable and uncountable, plural Grimoldbys)

From the Old Norse personal name Grimaldi + býr (“farmstead”).

A village and civil parish (served by Grimoldby and Manby Parish Council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3988).


Shipton-on-Cherwell

Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp
Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp#English

A small village in Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4816).


Thirlby

en-proper-noun

Thirlby (countable and uncountable, plural Thirlbys)

From the Old Norse personal name Þrilli or Þrylli + býr (“village, settlement”).

A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE485839).


Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp

A civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England.


Thackley

A northern suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1738).


Little Stoke

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A suburb north of Bristol in Stoke Gifford parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6181).

A suburb of Stone, Stafford district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9132).


Hedon

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1828).


Sparham

en-proper noun

Sparham (countable and uncountable, plural Sparhams)

From either the Old English personal name Spearr or Old Norse sparri (“wooden beam, rafter”) + Old English hām (“homestead”).

der

A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0719).


Baxenden

en-proper-noun

Baxenden (countable and uncountable, plural Baxendens)

From Old English bæcstān (“baking stone”) + denu (“valley”).

A village in Hyndburn district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD774265).


Boultham

A southern suburb of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF9669).


Portrack

A suburb, housing and industrial estate in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4619).


Hinxhill

Wye with Hinxhill
Wye with Hinxhill#English

A small village in Wye with Hinxhill parish, Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0442).


Wye with Hinxhill

A civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England.


Blurton

en-proper noun

Blurton (countable and uncountable, plural Blurtons)

Perhaps from Old English blor (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A suburban area of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8946o4).


Beardwood

en-proper-noun

Beardwood (countable and uncountable, plural Beardwoods)

From the Old English personal name Bearda + worþ (“enclosure”). The second element later developed into wood.

A suburb of Blackburn, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD663294).


Manvers

There is a connection with Earl Manvers, who owned land here.

Wath upon Dearne
Wath upon Dearne#English

A suburb and industrial area on the north side of Wath upon Dearne, Rotherham borough, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4401)


Lower Ince

A suburb of Ince-in-Makerfield, Wigan borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD5904).


Bramham

en-proper noun

Bramham (countable and uncountable, plural Bramhams)

Perhaps from Old English brōm (“brushwood”) + hām (“homestead”).

Bramham cum Oglethorpe
Bramham cum Oglethorpe#English

A village in Bramham cum Oglethorpe parish, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4243).


Thorpe Market

A small village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2436).


Bramham cum Oglethorpe

A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.


Beckhampton

A small village in Avebury parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0868).


Avebury

Entering Avebury from any direction is like stepping back into the past. Before the centre of the village is reached, the road passes through an immense circle of brooding stones which stand like petrified ghosts of an age about which little is known.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 40:

A village and civil parish west of Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, location of a prehistoric stone circle (OS grid ref SU1069).


Reydon

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Waveney district (OS grid ref TM5077).


South Harefield

A village in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England, between Harefield, Ickenham to the south, and Denham (Buckinghamshire) to the west (OS grid ref TQ0589).


Brentham

From Brent + ham, the River Brent borders the area.

A neighbourhood north of Ealing in borough of Ealing, Greater London, England, founded as a garden suburb (OS grid ref TQ1782).


Sandhoe

A hamlet and civil parish in south Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9766).


Chetwode

en-proper-noun

Chetwode (countable and uncountable, plural Chetwodes)

From an unclear first element + Old English wudu (“wood”).

A village and civil parish of Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP6429).


Acomb

A village and civil parish in south Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9366).

Freda’s sister’s home was a new semi-detached house in Acomb. It seemed plenty roomy enough to Freda.

2022, Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety, Doubleday, page 97:

A western suburb of the City of York, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5751).


Binnington

Binnington (countable and uncountable, plural Binningtons)

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

A village in Willerby parish, Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England.


Gillow

en-proper noun

Gillow (countable and uncountable, plural Gillows)

From Welsh cil (“retreat”) + llwch (“loch, lough”).

A hamlet in Hentland parish, south Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5325).


Gillow Heath

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A northern suburb of Biddulph, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8858).


Ballingham

A small village and civil parish (served by Ballingham, Bolstone and Hentland Group Parish Council) in south Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5731).


Hentland

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Ballingham, Bolstone and Hentland Group Parish Council) in south Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5426).


Bolstone

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Ballingham, Bolstone and Hentland Group Parish Council) in south Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5532).


Beeby

Beeby (countable and uncountable, plural Beebys)

From Old English bēo (“bee”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”).

A village and civil parish in Charnwood district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK662640).


Oakwood

A neighbourhood of Birchwood, Warrington borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6591).

A suburb and housing estate in Derby, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3838).

A suburb in the borough of Enfield, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2995).

A small village in Sandhoe parish and Acomb parish (West Oakwood), Northumberland (OS grid ref NY9565).

A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3336).


Adderley Green

A suburb of Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9144).


Apedale

A hamlet in Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8149).

A valley in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0194).


Trent Vale

A suburban village on the western edge of the City of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, near the River Trent (OS grid ref SJ8643).


Melverley

A small village and civil parish in west Shropshire, England, on the border with Powys, Wales (Rivers Severn and Vyrnwy) (OS grid ref SJ3316).


Ditteridge

From Old English dīċ (“ditch; dike”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).

A village in Box parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST818694).


Strensall

A large village in Strensall with Towthorpe parish, City of York, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6360).


Towthorpe

A hamlet and site of a medieval village in Fimber parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9062).

A hamlet in Strensall with Towthorpe parish, City of York, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6258).


Fimber

A small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8960).


Callerton

Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne#English

A small village in Woolsington parish, Metropolitan Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ1768).


Woolsington

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ1969).


Brundish

en-proper-noun

Brundish (countable and uncountable, plural Brundishes)

From Old English burna (“stream”) + edisċ (“eddish; pasture”).

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM268766).


Kingston Park

A suburb in the north-west of the Metropolitan Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2168).


Upshire

A small village in Waltham Abbey parish, Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL4101).


Dungate

en-prop

Dungate (countable and uncountable, plural Dungates)

From Old English dūn (“hill”) + ġeat (“gate”).

A hamlet in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9159).


Framingham Pigot

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2703).


Wetton

en-proper noun

Wetton (countable and uncountable, plural Wettons)

Recorded as Wetindona in a 13ᵗʰ century Charter, from Old English wǣt (“wet”) + dūn (“hill”).

A small village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1055).


Ecton

Ecton (countable and uncountable, plural Ectons)

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

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, east of Northampton, and previously in Wellingborough district (OS grid ref SP8263).

A hamlet in Wetton parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0958).


Fotheringhay

From Old English fodring (“grazing”) + īeġ (“island; low-lying land”).

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0593).


Tangmere

From Old English tange (“tongs, fangs”) + mere (“lake, pool”).

A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU905065).


Leintwardine

A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO404741).


Saintbury

Recorded in the 12ᵗʰ century as Seynesbury, from the Old English personal name Sǣwine + byriġ (“fortified place”).

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP116543).


Whinmoor

An outer suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, north-east of the city centre (OS grid ref SE3537).


Amersham Common

A suburb in south-east Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SU9797).


Cold Ashton

A village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7472).


Butterwick

Butterwick (countable and uncountable, plural Butterwicks)

From Old English butere (“butter”) + wīċ (“village”).

A hamlet in Bampton parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5119).

A village near Fishburn, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ385912).

A village and civil parish in Boston district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF387448).

A village in Barton-le-Street parish, Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE733775).

A village in Foxholes parish, Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE991712).


Woolley Grange

A village in Woolley parish, Wakefield borough, West Yorkshire, England, on the border with South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3111).


Savile Town

A suburb of Dewsbury, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2420).


Longstanton

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3966).


Feniscowles

Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen#English

A suburban village in Livesey parish, Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6425).


Wimblington

From the Old English personal name Wimbel, which might be a pet form of Wynnbeald, + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish (served by Wimblington and Stonea Parish Council) in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF4192).


Swavesey

From Old English Swǣf (“Swabian”) + -s- + hȳþ (“landing-place”).

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3668).


Souldrop

Knotting and Souldrop
Knotting and Souldrop#English

A village in Knotting and Souldrop parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9861).


Knotting

A hamlet in Knotting and Souldrop parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0063).


Knotting and Souldrop

A civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England.


Clatworthy

Clatworthy (countable and uncountable, plural Clatworthys)

From Old English clāte (“burdock, clotbur”) + worþig (“piece of land, estate”).

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A small village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST0530).


Threapland

en-proper-noun

Threapland (countable and uncountable, plural Threaplands)

From Old English þrēap (“contention, strife, dispute”) + land (“land”).

der

A hamlet in Allerdale district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY156393).


Holmethorpe

Reigate and Banstead
Reigate and Banstead#English

A northern suburb of Redhill in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2851).


Little Stukeley

A village in The Stukeleys parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL209756).


Stukeley

en-proper-noun

Stukeley (countable and uncountable, plural Stukeleys)

Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Stukeley, in Cambridgeshire, from Old English styfic (“clearing in a wood”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

der

A suburb of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, usually known as Stukeley Meadows (OS grid ref TL2272).

The Stukeleys

civil parish north of Huntingdon including Great and Little Stukeley


Great Stukeley

A village in The Stukeleys parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL219707).


Themelthorpe

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0524).


Cherry Hinton

Recorded as Hintone in 1086 (DB), Cheryhynton in 1576 after cherry trees growing there; later Cherryhinton, but this is now a dated form.

An eastern suburb of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4856).


Etherow

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A river in South Yorkshire (its source only), Derbyshire and Greater Manchester, England, which joins the River Goyt near Marple.


Ashopton

A demolished village, now flooded by Ladybower Reservoir, with its site in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1986).


Hope Woodlands

A civil parish (served by Derwent and Hope Woodlands Parish Council) in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England.


Ashop

A river in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England, that flows into Ladybower Reservoir.


Sydenham Hill

A hill, a suburban area and named road in the borough of Lewisham and borough of Southwark, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3472).


شیفیلڈ

ur-proper noun

شَیفِیلْڈ • (śaifīlḍ) m (Hindi spelling शैफ़ील्ड)

شَیفِیلْڈ (canonical)
śaifīlḍ (romanization)
शैफ़ील्ड (Hindi)

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

Sheffield (a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom)


Thaxted

A small town and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL6131).


Great Bardfield

A village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL6730).


Stoke Lyne

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5628).


Bainton

en-proper noun

Bainton (countable and uncountable, plural Baintons)

Various origins:
* The village in the East Riding of Yorkshire was recorded as Bagentone in the Domesday Book, suggesting a derivation from the Old English personal name Bǣga + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The hamlet in Oxfordshire was recorded as Baditone in the Domesday Book, suggesting a derivation from the Old English personal name Bada + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish (served by Bainton and Ashton Parish Council) in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF0906).

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9652).

A hamlet in Stoke Lyne parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5827).


Frating

A small village and civil parish in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0822).


Lanyon

Lanyon (countable and uncountable, plural Lanyons)

From Cornish lyn (“pool”) + yeyn (“cold”).

A hamlet (Lanyon Farm) in Madron parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4234).


Greatworth

Greatworth and Halse
Greatworth and Halse#English

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A village in Greatworth and Halse parish, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP5542).


Chelmsley Wood

A suburban area and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1886)


Hedge End

Winterborne Stickland
Winterborne Stickland#English

A hamlet in Winterborne Stickland parish, north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8206).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Eastleigh borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4912).


Winterborne Stickland

Winterborne is a variant of Winterbourne, Stickland comes from Old English sticol (“steep”); a number of villages and parishes in Dorset have Winterborne in their name.

A village and civil parish in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8304).


Stebbing

Stebbing (countable and uncountable, plural Stebbings)

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

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL677203).


Nethercote

en-proper-noun

Nethercote (countable and uncountable, plural Nethercotes)

From Old English niþera (“lower”) + cot (“cottage”).

A hamlet in Banbury civil parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP475141).


Shide

A southern suburb of Newport, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5088).


Burntwood

A town and civil parish with a town council in Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0509).


Birley

en-proper noun

Birley (countable and uncountable, plural Birleys)

From Old English būr (“chamber, room”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to bower + -ley (“lea”).

Birley with Upper Hill
Birley with Upper Hill#English

A small village in Birley with Upper Hill parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4553).

A suburb and ward of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK403398).


All Cannings

Recorded as Caninge 1086 (DB), Aldekanning in 1205; from Old English eald (“old”), Cannings is from the family or followers of Cana + -ingas.

A village and civil parish east of Devizes, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0761).


Five Ashes

Mayfield and Five Ashes
Mayfield and Five Ashes#English

A village in Mayfield and Five Ashes parish, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5524).


Mayfield and Five Ashes

A civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England.


Marwood

en-proper-noun

Marwood (countable and uncountable, plural Marwoods)

From Old English ġemære (“border, limit”) + wudu (“wood”).

A village in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS542013).

A civil parish of County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ053972).


Goosehill

A hamlet near Normanton, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3721).


Goose Hill

A hill at Charingworth, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP2039).

Ashford Hill with Headley
Ashford Hill with Headley#English

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A hamlet in Ashford Hill with Headley parish, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5362).

A hill near Sizewell, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4764).

A suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1730).


Ashford Hill with Headley

A civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England, on the border with Berkshire.


Ashford Hill

A village in Ashford Hill with Headley parish, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5562).


Charingworth

A hamlet in Ebrington parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England, on the border with Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2039).


Ebrington

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1840).


Selwood

en-proper noun

Selwood (countable and uncountable, plural Selwoods)

From Old English sealh (“willow”) + wudu (“wood”).

A civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST787486).


Theakston

Theakston (countable and uncountable, plural Theakstons)

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

A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE450959).


Stoke Bruerne

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP7449).


Hardingstone

A suburban village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Northampton borough (OS grid ref SP7657).


Redbourn

A village and civil parish in City of St Albans district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1012).


Marsworth

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP9214).


Duston

A suburb and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Northampton borough (OS grid ref SP7261).


Markington

Markington with Wallerthwaite
Markington with Wallerthwaite#English

A village in Markington with Wallerthwaite parish, Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2965).


Wormald Green

A village in Markington with Wallerthwaite parish, Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3064).


Markington with Wallerthwaite

A civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England


Coldridge

A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6907).


Cherry Burton

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9942).


Kiplingcotes

A hamlet in Etton parish, Dalton Holme parish and Goodmanham parish, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9243).


Etton

Etton (countable and uncountable, plural Ettons)

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

A village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF1406).

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9843).


Dalton Holme

A civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.


Goodmanham

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8943).


Breedon on the Hill

The great age of the village is apparent even in the tautology of its name. Bre means 'hill' in the Celtic tongue of the pre-Roman Britons, dun means the same thing in Anglo-Saxon, Hill hill-on-the-Hill, in fact.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 87, Breedon on the Hill:

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

A village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4022).


Nunburnholme

A village and civil parish (served by Nunburnholme with Kilnwick Percy Parish Council) in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8548).


Fangfoss

A village and civil parish (served by Fangfoss with Bolton Parish Council) in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7653).


Kilnwick Percy

Manorial affix from the de Percy family of the 12th century.

A hamlet in Nunburnholme parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8250).


Ailsworth

Ailsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Ailsworths)

From the Old English personal name Ægel + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).

A village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL124985).


Warthill

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE6755).


Treen

Treen (countable and uncountable, plural Treens)

Anglicized form of Cornish Tredhin, a placename composed of the elements tre (“settlement”) and dyn (“fort”).

A village in St Levan parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW3923).

A hamlet in Zennor parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4337).


Heptonstall

en-proper-noun

Heptonstall (countable and uncountable, plural Heptonstalls)

From Old English hēope (“rosehip”) or hēopa (“dog-rose, bramble”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) + steall (“stable”).

A village and civil parish in Calderdale district, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD988279).


Waltham St Lawrence

Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead#English

A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8276).


Widley

Southwick and Widley
Southwick and Widley#English

A rural locality in Southwick and Widley parish, City of Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6506).

A suburban area in Havant borough, Hampshire, adjoining Winchester district (OS grid ref SU6707).


Graveley

en-proper noun

Graveley (countable and uncountable, plural Graveleys)

From either Old English græf (“pit, trench”) or grāf (“grove, thicket”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2464).

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL232278).


Rackham

Rackham (countable and uncountable, plural Rackhams)

From Old English hrēac (“stack, pile of stones”) + hām (“homestead”).

der

A hamlet in Parham parish, Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ048841).


Westow

"The women's meeting place", from Old English wīf (“woman”), genitive plural wīfa + stōw (“place”).

A village and civil parish in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7565).


Astbury

en-proper noun

Astbury (countable and uncountable, plural Astburys)

Habitational surname from the village of Astbury in Cheshire, from Old English ēast (“east”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”).

A village in Newbold Astbury parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8461).


Beachy Head

From Old French beau chef (“beautiful headland”), recorded as Beauchef in 1279, later anglicised as Beachy Head.

der

A high, prominent headland and cliff in Eastbourne borough, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV5895).


Eynsham

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A large village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4309).


Scrayingham

A small village and civil parish in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7360).


Fiskerton cum Morton

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England.


Fiskerton

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0572).

Fiskerton cum Morton
Fiskerton cum Morton#English

A village in Fiskerton cum Morton parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7351).


Sandside

A coastal hamlet in Beetham parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England, historically in Westmorland (OS grid ref SD4780).


Charndon

A hamlet and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6724).


Great Kimble

Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh#English

A village in Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh parish, Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8206).


Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh

Princes Risborough
Princes Risborough#English

A civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, between Princes Risborough and Aylesbury.


Collyhurst

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

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


Blore

en-proper noun

Blore (countable and uncountable, plural Blores)

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A village in Blore-with-Swinscoe parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK137493).


Severn Stoke

The parish is bounded by the River Severn on its west side.

A village and civil parish (served by Severn Stoke and Croome D'Abitot Parish Council) in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO857441).


Kinnersley

Kinnersley (countable and uncountable, plural Kinnersleys)

From the Old English personal name Cyneheard, which is composed by the suffix cyne- (“royal”) + heard (“hard, rigid, firm”), + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A village in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO341724).

A hamlet in Severn Stoke parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8743).


Farnhill

en-proper-noun

Farnhill (countable and uncountable, plural Farnhills)

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + hyll (“hill”).

A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE005465).


Offley

en-proper noun

Offley (countable and uncountable, plural Offleys)

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

A civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL148262).


Shilbottle

A village and civil parish in east Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1908).


Calshot

A small coastal village in Fawley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4701).


Nursling

A suburban village in Nursling and Rownhams parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England, just outside the City of Southampton (OS grid ref SU3716).


Rownhams

A suburban village in Nursling and Rownhams parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England, just outside the City of Southampton (OS grid ref SU3817).


Hillhead

A hamlet in Lostwithiel parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX0960).

A village in Kingswear parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX9053).

Southampton Water
Southampton Water#English

A coastal hamlet near Calshot, Fawley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire; not to be confused with Hill Head, east of Southampton Water (OS grid ref SU4801).

A locality in Shilbottle parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU1908).


Berryfields

A modern housing development and civil parish (created 2015) north-west of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP7815).


Clubmoor

A suburb and electoral ward in the city of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3893).


Warbreck

A council electoral ward in the city of Liverpool, Merseyside, England.

A suburb of Blackpool, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3138).


West Derby

A suburb and electoral ward in the city of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3993).


Creedy

A river in Devon, England, a tributary of the River Exe.


Oakridge

A village in Bisley-with-Lypiatt parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9103).

A suburb of Basingstoke, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6353).


Malham

en-proper-noun

Malham (countable and uncountable, plural Malhams)

Recorded as Malgun in the Domesday Book, the placename probably derives from Old Norse malg or maligr (“gravelly soil, sandbank”).

A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD900629).


Barnston

en-proper noun

Barnston (countable and uncountable, plural Barnstons)

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

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL6419).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ2883).


Ellesborough

Recorded as Esenberge in the Domesday Book, the placename derives from Old English esol (“ass, donkey”) + beorg (“hill”), denoting a place where asses were pastured.

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8306).


Shillingford

Shillingford (countable and uncountable, plural Shillingfords)

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

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A hamlet in Warborough parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU5992).


Warborough

From Old English weard (“guard”) + beorg (“hill”).

A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU5993).


Withyham

A civil parish and small village in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4935).


Withern

A village in Withern with Stain parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4382).


Tothill

Tothill (countable and uncountable, plural Tothills)

From the unattested Old English word *tōt (“a look-out”) + hyll (“hill”).

A hamlet in Withern with Stain parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4182).


Lower Withington

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8169).


Codrington

Codrington (countable and uncountable, plural Codringtons)

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

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A hamlet in Dodington parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST726617).


Ashley Heath

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

A village and heath in St Leonards and St Ives parish, east Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU1104).


Merry Hill

A neighbourhood and shopping centre in Brierley Hill, Dudley borough, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9287).

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP0388)

A suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO8897).


Holkham

en-proper-noun

Holkham (countable and uncountable, plural Holkhams)

Perhaps from Old English holh (“hollow”) + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF892438).


Lissington

Lissington (countable and uncountable, plural Lissingtons)

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

A village and civil parish of West Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF108833).


Peckham Rye

An open space (Peckham Rye Common and Park), named thoroughfare and railway station in Peckham, borough of Southwark, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3475).


Welborne

From Old English wella (“spring”) + burna (“stream”).

A small village in Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0609).


Garthorpe

A small village and civil parish (served by Garthorpe and Coston Parish Council) in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK8321).

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A village in Garthorpe and Fockerby parish, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE8418).


Fockerby

A village in Garthorpe and Fockerby parish, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE8419).


East Goscote

A village and civil parish in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6413).


Meaford

A hamlet in Stone Rural parish, Stafford district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ882043).


Oakthorpe

Perhaps from the Old Norse personal name Áki + Old English þorp (“village”).

Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe
Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe#English

A village in Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe parish, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK321981).


Monkton

Monkton (countable and uncountable, plural Monktons)

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

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST186710).

A village and civil parish in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR286649).


Little Compton

A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2630).


Bilbrough

en-proper noun

Bilbrough (countable and uncountable, plural Bilbroughs)

From the Old English personal name Bila or Billa + burg (“stronghold, fortress”).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE531465).


華威

/xu̯ä³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/

/waː²¹ wɐi̯⁵⁵/

/xu̯ä³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/

/waː²¹ wɐi̯⁵⁵/


Chilmark

From Old English Chilmerc, from *cigel (“peg, pole”) + mearc (“boundary, mark”).

A village and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9732).


Lockeridge

en-proper-noun

Lockeridge (countable and uncountable, plural Lockeridges)

From Old English loc (“enclosure, fold”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).

A village in West Overton parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU148678).


Cherry Tree

Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen#English

A suburb of Livesey parish, Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6526).

A suburb of Romiley, Stockport borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9590).


Newent

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7225).


Wroughton

Wroughton (countable and uncountable, plural Wroughtons)

Perhaps from Old Norse hverfr (“shifty, changeable”), referring to a local river, + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A village and civil parish in Swindon district, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1480).


Ellerby

en-proper noun

Ellerby (countable and uncountable, plural Ellerbys)

From the Old English personal name Ælfweard, which is composed of the elements ælf (“elf”) and weard (“guard”), + Old Norse býr (“farmstead; settlement”).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA162389).

A village and civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ799146).


New Hartley

A village in Seaton Valley parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ3076).


Oakamoor

A small village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0544).


Cauldon Lowe

"Lowe" is from Old English hlaw (“burial mound”). See more at Cauldon.

A hamlet in Cotton parish and Waterhouses parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0748).


Cauldon

From Old English cælf or celf + dūn (“hill where calves graze”), recorded as Celfdun in 1002, and Caldone by 1086 (DB).

A small village in Waterhouses parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0749).


Linacre

A council ward in Bootle, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England.


Regent's Park

A park in Camden borough and Westminster borough, London, England.


Hexhamshire

From Middle English Hexhamschire; equivalent to Hexham + -shire.

A civil parish in Northumberland, England, to the south of Hexham.


St John's

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A northern suburb of Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ5256).

Laughton en le Morthen
Laughton en le Morthen#English

Dinnington St John's
Dinnington St John's#English

A small settlement in Laughton en le Morthen parish and Dinnington St John's parish, Rotherham borough, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5287).

Reigate and Banstead
Reigate and Banstead#English

A suburban hamlet south of Redhill, Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2749).

A western suburb of Woking, Surrey (OS grid ref SU9857).

A western suburb of Worcester, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8354).


Ousby

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY6234).


Townhead

A hamlet in Dearham parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY0735).

A hamlet in Hayton parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in the City of Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY5157).

A suburb of Penrith, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5130)

A suburb of Lazonby, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5439).

A hamlet in Ousby parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY6334).

A suburb (East and West Townhead) in Otterburn, Northumberland (OS grid ref NY8893).

A hamlet in Dunford parish, Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1602).

A suburb of Dore, City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK3081).


Church Knowle

A village and civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY9481).


Furzebrook

A small village in Church Knowle parish, Dorset, England, previously in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY9383).


Fordgate

A hamlet in North Petherton parish, Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3232).


Clunbury

A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO371805).


North Petherton

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2933).


Barnfield

Barnfield (countable and uncountable, plural Barnfields)

From Old English bearn (“barn”) + feld (“field”).

A suburb and electoral ward in Luton, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0823).

A suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9292).

A suburb of Accrington, Hyndburn borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7628)


Whitcombe

Whitcombe (countable and uncountable, plural Whitcombes)

From either Old English wīd (“wide”) or hwīt (“white”) + cumb (“combe, valley”).

A village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY717882).

A hamlet in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST631472).


Bearfield

A small neighbourhood in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8261).


Kitt Green

A western suburb of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD5406).


Hutton Cranswick

A village and civil parish south of Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0252).


Nafferton

A village and civil parish east of Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0559).


Cranswick

Cranswick (countable and uncountable, plural Cranswicks)

Perhaps from Old English cran (“crane”) + -s- + wīċ (“village”).

Hutton Cranswick
Hutton Cranswick#English

A suburban village in Hutton Cranswick parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0252).


Groby

Groby (countable and uncountable, plural Grobys)

Perhaps from Old Norse gróf (“pit, hollow, gully”) + býr (“farmstead”).

Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth#English

A village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5207).


Brierfield

A town and civil parish with a town council in Pendle borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8436).


Hapton

A village and civil parish in Burnley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7931).

Tharston and Hapton
Tharston and Hapton#English

A village in Tharston and Hapton parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM1796).


Tharston

A village in Tharston and Hapton parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM1894).


Tharston and Hapton

A civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England.


Mortehoe

A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4545).


Colney Hatch

A suburban area in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England, at the north end of Colney Hatch Lane (OS grid ref TQ2791).


Lower Beeding

A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ2227).


Orford

Orford (countable and uncountable, plural Orfords)

From Old English ōra (“bank, shore”) + ford (“ford”).

A suburb of Warrington, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ609902).

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM422499).


Enslow

Enslow (countable and uncountable, plural Enslows)

A hamlet in Bletchingdon parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4818).


Saltfleetby

Saltfleetby All Saints
Saltfleetby All Saints#English

Saltfleetby St Clement
Saltfleetby St Clement#English

Saltfleetby St Peter
Saltfleetby St Peter#English

A civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England, with three widely spaced settlements: Saltfleetby All Saints, Saltfleetby St Clement and Saltfleetby St Peter.


Theddlethorpe All Saints

A village and civil parish (served by Theddlethorpe All Saints and St Helens Parish Council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4688).


Theddlethorpe St Helen

A village and civil parish (served by Theddlethorpe All Saints and St Helens Parish Council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4788).


Bush Hill Park

A suburb in the borough of Enfield, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3395).


Cawston

en-proper-noun

Cawston (countable and uncountable, plural Cawstons)

Recorded as Caustune in the Domesday Book, it probably derives from the genitive case of the Old Norse personal name Kalfr + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG136312).

A village and civil parish in Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4773).


Balsham

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL5850).


Westley Bottom

Westley Waterless
Westley Waterless#English

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

A hamlet in Westley Waterless parish, East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL5957).


Westley Waterless

Recorded as Westle c.1045, Weslai 1086 (DB), and Westle Waterles 1285, the affix being from Old English wæter + lēas (“wet clearings”)

der

A small village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL6256).


Sparsholt

A village and civil parish in City of Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4331).

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3487).


Swettenham

en-proper-noun

Swettenham (countable and uncountable, plural Swettenhams)

From the genitive form of the Old English personal name Sweta + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ800671).


Tyndall's Park

A suburb of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST5873).


Cox Green

Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead#English

A civil parish and suburb of Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8679).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A northern suburb of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7113).

A hamlet in Ewhurst parish, Waverley borough, Surrey, England, on the border with West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ0934).

A small settlement in the City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3255).


Baughurst

From either the Old English personal name Beagga or bagga (“badger”) + hyrst (“wooded hill”).

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5861).


Langford Budville

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST111229).


Ewhurst

A civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ7924).

A locality in Baughurst parish, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5756).

A village and civil parish (served by Ewhurst with Ellens Green Parish Council) in Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0940).


Broughton Astley

Manorial affix from the de Estle family of the 13th century.

A large village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5392).


Countesthorpe

A large village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5895).


Bason Bridge

A hamlet in East Huntspill parish, Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3445).


East Huntspill

A village and civil parish in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3445).


Kelston

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

A small village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7067).


Southill

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1542).

A northern suburb of Weymouth, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ6680).


Green Park

A Royal Park in the City of Westminster, Greater London, England, to the south of Piccadilly (OS grid ref TQ2879).

A business park in Reading borough and Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England (approx grid ref SU6969).


Outwood

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7805).

A hamlet in Lyng parish, Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3028).

A village and civil parish in Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ3245).

A large suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3324).

Chaddesley Corbett
Chaddesley Corbett#English

A hamlet in Chaddesley Corbett parish, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9072).


Chaddesley Corbett

Recorded as Ceadresleahge in 816, Cedeslai in 1086 (DB), with manorial affix from the Corbet family of the 12th century.

A village and civil parish in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8973).


Wixams

A new town and civil parish (created 2015) in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0544).


Westhead

en-proper noun

Westhead (countable and uncountable, plural Westheads)

From Old English west (“west”) + hēafod (“head; headland”).

A village in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD441077).


Stalham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3725).


Buckshaw Village

A modern village in Euxton parish and Whittle-le-Woods parish, Chorley borough and Leyland, South Ribble borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5620).


Whittle-le-Woods

A village and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5821).


Bathpool

A small village in North Hill parish, east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2874).

A village in West Monkton parish, outside Taunton, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2526).


West Monkton

A village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2628).


North Hill

A village and civil parish in east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2776).


Harehills

An inner suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3234).


Seacroft

A southern coastal suburb of Skegness, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF5661).

An eastern suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3536).


Thorpe Park

A theme park near the village of Thorpe, Runnymede borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0368).

A business park in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (approx OS grid ref SE3733).


Brearton

Brearton (countable and uncountable, plural Breartons)

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

A village and civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE322610).


Fulbourn

A large village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL5156).


The Stukeleys

A civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, which includes the villages of Great Stukeley and Little Stukeley north-west of Huntingdon.


Rosewarne

Rosewarne (countable and uncountable, plural Rosewarnes)

Perhaps from Cornish ros (“heathland”) + Anglo-Norman warrene (“warren; game-park”).

der

A suburb of Camborne, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW648407).

A hamlet in Gwinear-Gwithian parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW6136).


Putnoe

Recorded as Putenehou, the placename is named with the dative form of the Old English personal name Putta + hōh (“spur of land”).

A suburban area of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL070514).


Goldington

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

A suburban area of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL076510).


Colmworth

From the Old English personal name Culma + worþ (“enclosure”).

A village and civil parish in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL106585).


Veryan

A village and civil parish on the south side of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9139).


Tregenna

en-proper noun

Tregenna (countable and uncountable, plural Tregennas)

From Cornish tre (“homestead”) + kensa (“first, foremost”).

A hamlet in Veryan parish, on the south coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9440).

An 18th-century castle, Tregenna Castle, in St Ives, Cornwall, now a hotel (OS grid ref SW5139).


Normanby

"Village of the Norwegians", from Old Norse Norðmanna, genitive plural of Norðmaðr (“Norseman”) + býr (“village”).

Burton upon Stather
Burton upon Stather#English

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A small village in Burton upon Stather parish, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England; Normanby Hall and Country Park is nearby, and Normanby Park steelworks was to the south (OS grid ref SE8816).

A village and civil parish (without a council) in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7381).

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

A suburban area in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref NZ5418).

A hamlet in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref NZ9206).


Burton upon Stather

"Stather" is from an old Danish word for a landing stage (on the River Trent); compare with staith.

A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE8717).


Rotherfield

'Open land of the cattle', from Middle English Ridrefelda, from Old English Hrȳþeranfelda, from hrēþer (“cattle”), genitive plural hrȳþera + feld (“field”).

A village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5529).


Charlton Marshall

Recorded as Cerletone 1086 (DB), and Cherleton Marescal in 1288, with the manorial affix from the Marescal, Mareschal, or Marshall family.

A village and civil parish in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9003).


Little Chesterford

A small village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5141).


Honeydon

Presumably from Old English huniġ (“honey”) + denu (“valley”).

A hamlet in Staploe parish, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL137587).


Staploe

From Old English stapol (“pillar, column; post”) + hōh (“spur of land”).

der

A village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL140685).


Eaton Socon

From Eaton + Old English sōcn (“soke; asylum, refuge”).

A village in St Neots parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL165595).


Wyboston

Recorded as Wiboldestone in the Domesday Book, from the Old English personal name Wīgbeald, which is composed of the elements wīġ (“war, battle”) and beald (“brave, bold”), + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Wyboston, Chawston and Colesden
Wyboston, Chawston and Colesden#English

A village in Wyboston, Chawston and Colesden parish, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL158165).


Duloe

Perhaps from an unattested Old English word *dyfel (“peg”) + hōh (“spur of land”). Another possibilty is that the hamlet is named with the Old English personal name Dēofol, a byname from dēofol (“devil”), + hōh (“spur of land”).

A hamlet in Staploe parish, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL157607).


Duloe

Anglicized form of Cornish Dewlogh, from dew (“two”) + logh (“inlet; lake”).

A village and civil parish in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX233586).


Brackenhill

A village in Ackworth parish, City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4216).


Wyke Champflower

A hamlet in Bruton parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6634).


Monkton Combe

A village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7762).


Wortwell

A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, on the border with Suffolk (OS grid ref TM2785).


Low Street

A hamlet in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6677).

A small village in Wortwell parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM2784).

A hamlet in Hardingham parish, Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG0405).


Hardingham

A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0403).


Fobbing

A village in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ7184).


Burnden

A southern suburb of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7207).


Great Barford

A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL126545).


Renhold

A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL089325).


Ravensden

From the Old English personal name Hræfn, a byname from hræfn (“raven”), + -s- + denu (“valley”).

A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL078544).


Colesden

From the Old English personal name Col + -s- + denu (“valley”).

A hamlet in Wyboston, Chawston and Colesden parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL124560).


Chawston

Recorded as Chauelestorne in the Domesday Book, the hamlet is named with the Old English personal name Cealf, a byname from ċealf (“calf”), + -s- + þorn (“thorn, thornbush”).

A hamlet in Wyboston, Chawston and Colesden parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL152562).


Rubery

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands and Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9977).


Sedgley

en-proper noun

Sedgley (countable and uncountable, plural Sedgleys)

From the Old English personal name Seċġ, a byname from seċġ (“man, hero”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A suburban town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England, historically in Staffordshire (OS grid ref SO9193).


Frampton Cotterell

Recorded as Frantone 1086 (DB) and Frampton Cotell 1257, with manorial affix from the Cotel family of the 12th century.

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A large village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6681).