East Dean

East Dean and Friston
East Dean and Friston#English

A village in East Dean and Friston parish, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV5597).

A small village in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2726).


Blisworth

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP7253).


Butterley

A village in Ripley parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4051).

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A hamlet in Ashover parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3460).


Old Dalby

Originally "Wold Dalby" or "Dalby on the Wolds".

Broughton and Old Dalby
Broughton and Old Dalby#English

A village in Broughton and Old Dalby parish, Melton district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6723).


Starcross

Surface analysis star + cross. Compare English star-crossed.

A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9781).


Towcester

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

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


Holywell

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

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A settlement in Studham parish, Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0117).

A village in Holywell-cum-Needingworth parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3470).

A coastal village in Cubert parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW7658).

Frome St Quintin
Frome St Quintin#English

A hamlet in Evershot parish and Frome St Quintin parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST5904).

An area in Eastbourne, East Sussex (OS grid ref TV6096).

A hamlet in Wotton-under-Edge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7693).

A hamlet in Blakemere parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3741).

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

Careby Aunby and Holywell
Careby Aunby and Holywell#English

A small settlement in Careby Aunby and Holywell parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF0016).

A village in Seaton Valley parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ3174).

A hamlet in West Coker parish and East Coker parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST5213).

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A hamlet in Rowington parish, Warwick district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP1966).


King's Sutton

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP4936).


Portchester

A residential area in Fareham borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6105).


Carne

en-prop

Carne (countable and uncountable, plural Carnes)

Two main origins:
* As a Cornish surname, from carn (“cairn”), from Proto-Brythonic *karn, from Proto-Celtic *karnos.
* As a French surname, from the noun charnière (“hinge, joint”). Also, from chair (“flesh”).

St Anthony-in-Meneage
St Anthony-in-Meneage#English

A hamlet on Gillan Creek in St Anthony-in-Meneage parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7724).

A hamlet and nearby beach in Veryan parish, on the south coast of Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9138).


Garsdale Head

A hamlet at the head of Garsdale, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD7892).


Garsdale

A dale (valley) and civil parish in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England.


Mytholmroyd

A large village in Hebden Royd parish, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0126).


Haverthwaite

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A small village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD3483).


Hoscar

A village in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4611).


Parbold

A village in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4910).


Ardingly

A village and civil parish in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3429).


Borough Green

Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge and Malling#English

A village in Tonbridge and Malling borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6057).


Horsted Keynes

Recorded as Horstede in 1086 (DB), from Old English hors + stede (“place of horses”). Manorial affix from possession by William de Cahainges (or Cahaignes) in 1086, recorded as Horsted Kaynes in 1307.

der

A village and civil parish in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3828).


Annfield Plain

Originally Anfield, Plane being added for an inclined plane built in the area. The current spelling dates from circa 1856.

A village in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1751).


Seaton Junction

A hamlet in Shute parish, East Devon district, Devon, England, named after a former railway junction (OS grid ref SY2496).


Somerset West and Taunton

A former local government district in Somerset, England, formed on 1 April 2019 on the merger of West Somerset and Taunton Deane districts, and abolished without replacement on 1 April 2023.


Lapworth

A village and civil parish in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1671).


Bescot

An urban area of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0096).


Chalfont

A borough of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Tyne Dock

A commercial area and former dock (now infilled) in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3565).


Tutbury

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Old English <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang">burh</i>

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2128).


Tulse Hill

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


Annesley

A village and civil parish in Ashfield district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5153).


Cheddington

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP9217).


Brinklow

en-proper noun

Brinklow (countable and uncountable, plural Brinklows)

From Old English brince (“brink of a hill, steep slope”) + hlǣw (“mountain, hill, mound”).

der

A village and civil parish in Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4379).

Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow#English

A small area in Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow parish, Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP9037).


Long Buckby

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP6267).


Fenny Stratford

Bletchley and Fenny Stratford
Bletchley and Fenny Stratford#English

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


Coleham

An urban area south of the centre of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4912).


Kings Langley

A village and civil parish in Dacorum district, Hertfordshire, England; the eastern part of the village is in Abbots Langley parish, Three Rivers district (OS grid ref TL0702).


Bushbury

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


Boxmoor

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


Hook-a-Gate

A village in Longden parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4609).


Minsterley

A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3705).


Walcot

A village in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF0635).

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A hamlet in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SE8721).

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A hamlet in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3419).

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A small village in Wrockwardine parish, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5912).

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

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


Rea Brook

A minor river in Shropshire, England, which flows from near the Welsh border to join the River Severn at Shrewsbury.


Hanwood

A village in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4409).


Mossley Hill

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


Penistone

en-prop

Penistone (countable and uncountable, plural Penistones)

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

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


Coton Hill

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

A hamlet in Milwich parish, Stafford district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9832).


Coton

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4058).

A village in Ravensthorpe parish, Daventry district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP6771).

A village in Wem Rural parish, northern Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5334).

A hamlet in Gnosall parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8120).

A hamlet next to Coton Hill in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9832).

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


Hillmorton

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


Bulkington

Nuneaton and Bedworth
Nuneaton and Bedworth#English

A village in Nuneaton and Bedworth district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3986).

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, between Devizes and Trowbridge (OS grid ref ST9458).


Roade

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP7551).


Castlethorpe

A village and civil parish in Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP7944).


Kilsby

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5671).


Coppull

A village and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5614).


Farington

A village in South Ribble district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5423).


Hatch End

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

Bolnhurst and Keysoe
Bolnhurst and Keysoe#English

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A hamlet in Bolnhurst and Keysoe parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0761).


Milnthorpe

A village in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD4981).


Garstang

en-proper noun

Garstang (countable and uncountable, plural Garstangs)

/ˈɡɑː(ɹ)stəŋ/

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

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


Hest Bank

A village in Slyne-with-Hest parish, City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4766).

Hest Bank railway station
Slyne-with-Hest


Scout Green

A hamlet in Orton parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5907).


Bay Horse

Named after the local inn (public house).

A hamlet in the city of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4953).


Burton-in-Kendal

A village and civil parish in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD5376).


Thrimby

A hamlet in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5520)


Southwaite

A village in Hesket parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY4445).


Widmerpool

A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6328).


Wreay

St Cuthbert Without
St Cuthbert Without#English

A village in St Cuthbert Without parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in the City of Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY4348).


Edwalton

A suburban village in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5935).


Calthwaite

From Old Norse kalfr (“calf”) + þveit (“clearing”).

A village in Hesket parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4640).


Plumtree

A village in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6133).


Whissendine

A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8214).


Finedon

A small town in the borough of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP9171).


Geddington

Newton and Little Oakley
Newton and Little Oakley

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish (served by Geddington, Newton and Little Oakley Parish Council) in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering district (OS grid ref SP8983).


Elstree

Elstree and Borehamwood
Elstree and Borehamwood#English

A village in Elstree and Borehamwood parish, Hertsmere borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TQ1795).


Harringworth

It must have been the magnetism of the viaduct that towers over the village of Harringworth, and which crosses the flood plain of the River Welland on the border of Rutland and Northamptonshire, which drew my family to living close by when we moved to Britain's smallest county in the early 1990s.

2021 October 6, John Hillier, “Harringworth's magical viaduct”, in RAIL, number 941, pages 36–37:

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, formerly in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9197).


Gretton

A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0030).

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Corby borough (OS grid ref SP9094).

A hamlet in Cardington parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5195).


Grimston

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A hamlet in East Garton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA2735).

A village and civil parish (served by Grimston, Saxelbye and Shoby Parish Council) in Melton district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK6821).

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

A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TF7222).

Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford
Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford

A civil parish (served by Towton, Grimston and Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district.

A hamlet in Dunnington parish, City of York, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE6451).

Alternative form of Grimstone, Ryedale, North Yorkshire.


Ings

Ings (countable and uncountable, plural Ingses)

A small village in Hugill parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD4498).


Hademore

A hamlet in Fisherwick parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1708).


Great Bridgeford

A village in Seighford parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8827).


Taplow

From Old English *Tæppa + hlæw (“mound”), meaning "Tæppa's barrow." The personal name could be from the adjective top (“top, crest”) (from Proto-West Germanic *topp). See Taplow burial.

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in South Bucks district (OS grid ref SU9182).


Kingham

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2624).


North Rode

A small village and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8966).


Eardisley

A village and civil parish (served by Eardisley Group Parish Council) in west Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3149).


Brocton

A hamlet in Bodmin, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0168).

A village in Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9719).


Horncastle

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

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


Bredbury

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

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


Cossington

A village and civil parish in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6013).

A village and civil parish in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3540).


Ribblehead

A moorland location with a railway station and viaduct in Ingleton parish, Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD7779).


Kirkby Thore

Both Kirkby and Thore are from Old Norse, first recorded as Kirkebythore.

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 NY6325).


Waitby

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7508).


Mountsorrel

A village and civil parish in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5814).


Thornaby

A civil parish with a town council in Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England, which is the parish for Thornaby-on-Tees.


Lackenby

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

A village in Redcar and Cleveland borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ5619).


Thornaby-on-Tees

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


Nunthorpe

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

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


Great Ayton

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ5611).


Saltburn-by-the-Sea

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

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


Merstham

Reigate and Banstead
Reigate and Banstead#English

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


Rushwick

A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8253).


Earlswood

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

A village in Tanworth-in-Arden parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, also partly in Tidbury Green parish, Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1174).


Bucknell

Bucknell (countable and uncountable, plural Bucknells)

From the genitive form of either the Old English personal name Bucca or bucca (“he-goat”) + hyll (“hill”).

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5625).

A village and civil parish in southern Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3574).


Kidsgrove

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


Langley Mill

Aldercar and Langley Mill
Aldercar and Langley Mill#English

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


Matlock Bath

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village near Matlock, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2958).


Ifield

A suburb in the borough of Crawley, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ2537)


Piddington

A hamlet in southern Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SU8094).

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A village in Hackleton parish, South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8054).

A village in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6417).


Foxton

Foxton (countable and uncountable, plural Foxtons)

From Old English fox (“fox”) + either tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) or denu (“valley”).

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4148).

A small village in Sedgefield parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ3624).

A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SP7090).

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A hamlet in Thimbleby parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE4296).


Sedgefield

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

A former local government area created in 1974 (and borough from 1996) within County Durham, England, which was abolished in 2009.


Redhill

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

A hamlet near Hook-a-Gate, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4609).

A village in Wrington parish, North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4963).

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


Brierley Hill

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


Wednesbury

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

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


Mucking

A hamlet in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6881).


Little Shelford

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4551).


Grantchester

/ˈɡɹɑːn.t͡ʃɪs.tə/

/ˈɡɹæn.t͡ʃɛs.tɚ/

Appeared in the Domesday Book as Granteseta (settlers on the River Granta). The present spelling is derived from Old English ceaster.

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4356).


Stapleford

First recorded as Stapelford, from an unknown language .

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4751).

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL3116).

A village in Freeby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK8018).

A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8857).

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

A village and civil parish in southern Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0737).


New Southgate

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


Ordsall

An urban area of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8197).

A village in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7079).


Honeybourne

Honeybourne (countable and uncountable, plural Honeybournes)

From Old English huniġ (“honey”) + burna (“stream, brook”).

A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1144).


Hook Norton

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3533).


Moreton-in-Marsh

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


Ingleton

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1720).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD6973).


Moreton

A village and civil parish in Dorset, previously in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY8089).

A village and civil parish (served by Moreton, Bobbingworth and the Lavers Parish Council) in Epping Forest district, Essex (OS grid ref TL5307).

Eye, Moreton and Ashton
Eye, Moreton and Ashton#English

A village in Eye, Moreton and Ashton parish, north Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5064).

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A hamlet in Thame parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP6904).

A settlement in Northmoor parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4101).

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

A village in Gnosall parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ7917).


Grosmont

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ8305).


Bleasdale

A small village and civil parish in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5745).


Mouldsworth

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

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


Kelsall

A village in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5268).


Kings Heath

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

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


Otford

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5259).


Hemyock

A village in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST1313).


Dulverton

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

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


Wiveliscombe

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


Knebworth

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2520).


Potters Bar

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

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


Deepdene

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


Wortley

Wortley (countable and uncountable, plural Wortleys)

From Old English wyrt (“plant, vegetable”) + lēah (“wood clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wort + -ley (“lea”).

An inner city area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2732).

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3099).


Betchworth

A village and civil parish in Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2150).


Shildon

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


Drakelow

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

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

A hamlet in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8180).


Lancing

A large village in Adur district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1804).


West Burton

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, location of the West Burton power stations (OS grid ref SK7985).

A village in Burton-cum-Walden parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE0186).

A small village in Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ0014).


Shepherdswell

Shepherdswell with Coldred
Shepherdswell with Coldred#English

A village in Shepherdswell with Coldred parish, Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2648).


Shilton

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2608).

Shilton and Barnacle
Shilton and Barnacle#English

A village in Shilton and Barnacle parish, Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4084).


Lutterworth

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


Cosham

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


Worplesdon

A village in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9753).


Bedhampton

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


Farncombe

Recorded as Fernecome in the Domesday Book, from Old English fearn + cumb.

A village in Godalming parish, Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9745).


St Denys

A riverside area in Southampton, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4313).


Aldwarke

An industrial area in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4494)


Parkgate

A village in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ2778).

A hamlet in Allerdale borough, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY2146).

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

A settlement in Newdigate parish, Mole Valley district, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2043).


Wath upon Dearne

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


Wath

A village and civil parish (served by Wath and Norton Conyers Parish Council) north of Ripon, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough, also known as Wath-by-Rippon (OS grid ref SE3277).

High and Low Bishopside
High and Low Bishopside#English

A hamlet, also known as Wath-in-Nidderdale, in Fountains Earth parish and High and Low Bishopside parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE1467).

A hamlet in Hovingham parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE6775).


Dearne

From Middle English Dern, Dyrne, Dirne, Dirna, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English dierne (“hidden, concealed”), or of Celtic origin.

der

A river in South Yorkshire, England, which flows into the River Don.


Treeton

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4387).


Bolton upon Dearne

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4502).


Beighton

A village in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3807).

A village cum suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4483).


Langwith

A group of settlements on the Derbyshire-Nottinghamshire border in England (OS grid refs SK56, SK57).


Langwith Junction

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


Speen

A village and civil parish near Newbury, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4568).

A village in Lacey Green parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SU8499).


Send

A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England, south-east of Woking (OS grid ref TQ0255).


Pudsey

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

A hamlet near Cornholme, Todmorden parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SD9126).


Silloth

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

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


Church Fenton

A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5136).


West Hartlepool

Originally a separate borough from Hartlepool itself; the two were merged into a county borough in 1967 as Hartlepool, which later became a local government district in County Durham and currently a unitary authority. The name is no longer shown on OS maps, the grid ref was NZ5032.


Guisborough

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

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


Brockenhurst

A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3002).


Lamesley

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2557).


Dringhouses

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


Low Fell

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


Kimblesworth

Kimblesworth and Plawsworth
Kimblesworth and Plawsworth#English

A village in Kimblesworth and Plawsworth parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2547).


Mottram in Longdendale

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9995).


Horbury

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


Corbridge

en-proper noun

Corbridge (countable and uncountable, plural Corbridges)

From Old English Corebricg, from a shortened form of Corchester (“a nearby city”) + Old English bryċġ (“bridge”).

A village and civil parish in southern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9964).


Horbury Junction

An industrial estate in Horbury, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, named after a railway junction (OS grid ref SE3017).


Cliffe

en-prop

Cliffe (countable and uncountable, plural Cliffes)

Cliffe and Cliffe Woods
Cliffe and Cliffe Woods#English

A village in Cliffe and Cliffe Woods parish, Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7376).

A small village in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ2115).

A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE6632).


Stockbridge

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

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

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

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


Middlestown

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2617).


Cocks

en-proper noun

Cocks (countable and uncountable, plural Cockses)


Bell End

A village in Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO938773).


Crigglestone

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3116).


New Cross Gate

An urban area of the borough of Lewisham, London, England, adjacent to New Cross (OS grid ref TQ3677).


Herne Hill

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


Dainton

A hamlet in Ipplepen parish, Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8566).


Savernake

A civil parish which includes Savernake Forest in Wiltshire, England.


Goodmayes

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


Twyford

A village and civil parish in Wokingham borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU7975).

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6626).

Twyford and Stenson
Twyford and Stenson#English

A small village in Twyford and Stenson parish, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3228).

A village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4824).

Twyford and Thorpe
Twyford and Thorpe#English

A village in Twyford and Thorpe parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK7210).

A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG0124).

A village in Adderbury parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4736).

A hamlet in West Felton parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ3426).


Southend

A village in Bradfield parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5970).

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A hamlet in Brightwalton parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU4278).

A hamlet in Turville parish, southern Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SU7589).

A hamlet in North Nibley parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7495).

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

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A hamlet in Garsington parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5801).


Carterton

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


Amberley

A small village in Minchinhampton parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8501).

A small settlement in Marden parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5447).

A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0313).


Caversham

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


Rolleston

Rolleston (countable and uncountable, plural Rollestons)

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

der

A small village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7300).

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7452).


Woodend

A small village in Egremont parish, Copeland borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY0112).

A small settlement in Ulpha parish, Copeland borough, Cumbria (OS grid ref SD1696).

A hamlet in Soberton parish, Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5913).

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A small village in South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP6149).


Alum Rock

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


New Brighton

A coastal resort in Wallasey, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3093).

A locality in Cottingley, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1236).

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

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


Edgcumbe

en-proper noun

Edgcumbe (countable and uncountable, plural Edgcumbes)

A hamlet in Wendron parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7233).


Naseby

A village in Daventry district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP6878).


Midgham

A village in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5567).


Patney

A small village and civil parish in mid Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0758).


Aldermaston

/ˈɔːldəˈmɑːstən/

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5965).


Thatcham

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


Theale

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU6471).

A village in Wedmore parish, Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4646).


Kintbury

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS SU3866).


Athelney

Stoke St Gregory
Stoke St Gregory#English

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A hamlet in Burrowbridge parish and Stoke St Gregory parish, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and Taunton Deane district (OS grid ref ST3428).


Brewham

A civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district, containing the villages of North Brewham and South Brewham (OS grid ref ST73).


Charlton Mackrell

A village in The Charltons parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST5228).


Burlescombe

A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST0716).


Stoke Canon

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9398).


Keinton Mandeville

A village in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5430).


Long Sutton

A village and civil parish served by Long Sutton and Well Parish Council) in Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7347).

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

A village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4625).


Curry Rivel

Curry is either from Celtic crwy, or Curi, a pre-English river name. Rivel is from Revel, a 12th century family.

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3925).


New Barnet

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


Sampford Peverell

A village in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST0314).


Woodborough

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

A village in Gedling district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6347).

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

A village in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1059).


Woolmer Green

A village and civil parish in Welwyn Hatfield borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2518).


Whitehawk

Whitehawk (countable and uncountable, plural Whitehawks)

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

A suburb of Brighton, England, United Kingdom


Tempsford

Recorded as Tamiseforde in the Domesday Book, from the name of a river related to Thames + Old English ford (“ford”).

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1653).


Woolmer

A place in Whitehill parish, in the Woolmer Forest area of East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7832).


St Neots

Named after Neot, a Cornish monk and saint.

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


Tallington

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0908).


Arlesey

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

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


Essendine

A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref TF0412).


Little Bytham

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0117).


Yaxley

Yaxley (countable and uncountable, plural Yaxleys)

From Old English ġēac (“cuckoo”) + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1892).

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1273).


Corby Glen

"Glen", after the West Glen River branch of the River Glen, was added to the name in the 1950s to distinguish it from the larger town of Corby in Northamptonshire.

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9924/TF0024).


Conington

Conington (countable and uncountable, plural Coningtons)

From Old English cyning (“king”) + tūn (“enclosure; manor; town”), perhaps under the influence of Old Norse konungs (“king's”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), the source of the placenames Coniston and Coniston Cold. Doublet of Kingstown, Kingston, Kingstone, and Cunnington. Cf. also Kingsville, Kingsburg, Kingsburgh, Coningsby, and Conisbrough.

doublet

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1786).

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish (without a council) in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3266).


Digswell

A village in Welwyn Hatfield borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2415).


Loxley

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

A river in South Yorkshire which is a tributary of the River Don.

A village in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2552).


Berkswell

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP2479).


Upperby

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


Thames Haven

A rail-served freight terminal on the Thames in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ7481). Other places in this area are Coryton, Shell Haven and London Gateway.


Bilston

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

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


West Auckland

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1826).


Tyseley

A mixed industrial and residential area in the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1184).


Laira

An area in Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5055).


Hall Green

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

A neighbourhood in West Bromwich, Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP0094, postcode B71).

A neighbourhood in Bilston, Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9594, postcode WV14).


Frodingham

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

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


Budleigh Salterton

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


Tipton St John

A village in Ottery St Mary parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY0991).


Longbridge

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


Cheadle Heath

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


Timperley

en-proper noun

Timperley (countable and uncountable, plural Timperleys)

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


Oakdale

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole#English

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


Woodford Halse

Woodford cum Membris
Woodford cum Membris#English

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A village in Woodford cum Membris parish, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5452).


Camp Hill

Nuneaton and Bedworth
Nuneaton and Bedworth#English

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

An urban area (and named street) in Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0885).


Woldingham

A village and civil parish in Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ3755).


Yanwath

A small village in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5127).


Dorrington

Dorrington (countable and uncountable, plural Dorringtons)

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

A village in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0852).

A village in Condover parish, central Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4702).


Handsworth Wood

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0590).


Stretton

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A hamlet and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4452).

A village and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6282).

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A village and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3961).

A village and civil parish in Rutland (OS grid ref SK9415).

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A large village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK2526).

Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston#English

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English

A small village in Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston parish, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8811).


Donnington

Shaw cum Donnington
Shaw cum Donnington#English

A village in Shaw cum Donnington parish, north of Newbury, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU4668).

A small village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP1928).

A small village and civil parish (served by Eastnor Donnington Parish Council) near Ledbury, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO7034).

A housing estate in Oxford, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5204).

Wroxeter and Uppington
Wroxeter and Uppington#English

A hamlet in Wroxeter and Uppington parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5807).

Donnington and Muxton
Donnington and Muxton#English

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

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

A small village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU8502).


Frodsham

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


Woofferton

Richard's Castle
Richard's Castle#English

A village in Richard's Castle parish, in the south of Shropshire, England, on the border with Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5168).


Helsby

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4875).


Marshbrook

A hamlet in southern Shropshire, England in Wistanstow parish, Church Stretton parish and Acton Scott parish (OS grid ref SO4489).


Culgaith

From Cumbric *cul (“narrow”) + *c:et (“wood, forest”).

A village in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY6129).


Hersham

A large village in Elmbridge borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1164).


Bransty

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


St Bees

A coastal village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NX9711).


Lawrence Hill

Lawrence Hill, Berkshire
Lawrence Hill, Bristol

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

A ward and railway station in Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST6073).


Cottingley

A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1137).

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


Dinting

A small village near Glossop, High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0294).


Neston

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

A village in Corsham parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8668).


Norbiton

Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames#English

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


Cuxton

A village and civil parish in Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7166).


Foley Park

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

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


St Margarets

St Margarets, Herefordshire
St Margarets, London
Stanstead St Margarets

Richmond upon Thames
Richmond upon Thames#English

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

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Vowchurch Group Parish Council) in south-west Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3533).

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A village in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3811).


Grimethorpe

A large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4109).


Bow Street

The street was named in 1638 for its shape, it is slightly curved.

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A hamlet in Great Ellingham parish, Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM0198).


Pulford

Pulford (countable and uncountable, plural Pulfords)

From Old English pōl (“pool, pond”) + ford (“ford”).

Poulton and Pulford
Poulton and Pulford#English

A village in Poulton and Pulford parish, Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England, on the border with Wales (OS grid ref SJ3758).


Hopton Heath

A hamlet in Clungunford parish and Hopton Castle parish, south Shropshire, England, on the border with Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3877).

Hopton and Coton
Hopton and Coton#English

A settlement in Hopton and Coton parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9526).


West Ealing

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


Prickwillow

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

A village in Ely parish, East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL5982).


East Grinstead

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


Southfields

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

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


Finningley

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK6799).


Misterton

A small village in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5583).

A village in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7694).

A village in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4508).


Stanlow

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

An industrial area with an oil refinery in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4375).

Stanlow
Stanlow and Thornton railway station


Daresbury

A village and civil parish in Halton borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5782).


Dunham-on-the-Hill

Dunham-on-the-Hill and Hapsford
Dunham-on-the-Hill and Hapsford#English

A village in Dunham-on-the-Hill and Hapsford parish, Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4772).


Wesham

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


Mickle Trafford

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4469).


Golden Valley

The valley of the River Frome in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England.

The valley of the River Dore in western Herefordshire, England.


Rock Ferry

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


Old Oak Common

Hammersmith and Fulham
Hammersmith and Fulham#English

A commercial and industrial area in Greater London, England, on the boundary between the London Boroughs of Ealing and Hammersmith and Fulham (OS grid ref TQ2182).


Upper Poppleton

A village and civil parish in City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5554).


Parkway

A hamlet in Ledbury parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO7135).

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


Spittal

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A hamlet near Fangfoss, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7652).

A coastal village in Berwick-upon-Tweed parish, near Tweedmouth, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0051).


Trowse

Trowse with Newton
Trowse with Newton#English

A village near Norwich in Trowse with Newton parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2406).


Somerleyton

Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet#English

A village in Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4897).


Hoylake

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


Eastfield

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

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

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

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

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

A hamlet in Thurgoland parish, Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2902).


Rowley Regis

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

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


Honley

A large village in Holme Valley parish, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1311).


Puriton

A village and civil parish in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3241).


Old Hill

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


Cookridge

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


Haxby

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


Danby

Danby (countable and uncountable, plural Danbys)

From Old English Dene (“Dane”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”). Compare the doublet Denby.

A village and civil parish (served by Danby Group Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ7008).


London Fields

A park and neighbourhood in the borough of Hackney, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3484).

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


Bradford Peverell

A village in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6593).


Chetnole

A village and civil parish (served by Chetnole and Stockwood Parish Council) in Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST6007).


Poundbury

Named after "Poundbury Farm", which was the name of the land where the new development was built. Poundbury itself derives from Old English *pund (“enclosure”) + byriġ (“stronghold”). Note that this meaning of pound refers to a place meant for the detention of stray or wandering animals; the same source as the pound in the American phrase dog pound.

An experimental new town on the outskirts of Dorchester, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6790).


Godstone

A village and civil parish in Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ3551).

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A hamlet in Leigh parish, East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0134).


South Godstone

A village in Godstone parish, Tandridge district, Surrey, England, and the location of Godstone railway station (OS grid ref TQ3648).


Moorside

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

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

An area in Swinton, Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7601).

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

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


Wirksworth

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

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


Earlsfield

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


Mersea Island

An island in Colchester borough, Essex, England, in the estuary of the Rivers Blackwater and Colne (OS grid ref TM01).


Nine Elms

An inner city area in borough of Wandsworth, London, England (OS grid ref TQ2977).


Denby

Denby (countable and uncountable, plural Denbys)

From Old English Dene (“Dane”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”). Compare the doublet Danby.

A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3946).


Barrow Hill

A village and ward in Staveley parish, Chesterfield borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4175).

Sturminster Marshall
Sturminster Marshall#English

A small settlement in Sturminster Marshall parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY9596).

A hamlet on Mersea Island in West Mersea parish, Colchester borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0214).


Kings Park

A park in Boscombe, a suburb of the town of Bournemouth, Dorset, England.


Heaton Norris

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


Portobello

An area in Birtley, Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2755).

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


Pinhoe

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


Ashton Gate

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


Prittlewell

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


Stowmarket

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


Whittlesford

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4748).


Puddletown

Renamed from Piddletown in the 1920s because of association with the word piddle; it is actually named after the River Piddle + town, earlier forms were Pideleton (1212) and Pitretone (Domesday Book 1086). Other places on the River Piddle, Piddlehinton and Piddletrenthide, were apparently not renamed.

A village and civil parish (served by the Puddletown Area Parish Council (Group)) in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY7594).


Prescot

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


Penketh

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


Alderley Edge

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8478).


Great Sankey

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


Culham

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU5095).


Appleford

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A village in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU5293).


Pilning

Pilning and Severn Beach
Pilning and Severn Beach#English

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A village in Pilning and Severn Beach parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST5585).


Newcourt

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


Sowton

A village and civil parish served by Bishop's Clyst parish council in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9792).


Gunnislake

A village in Calstock parish, in the far east of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX 4371).


Crowthorne

Bracknell Forest
Bracknell Forest#English

A village in Bracknell Forest borough and Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8464).


Cooksbridge

A small village in Hamsey parish, Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4013).


Lelant

From Cornish Lannanta, from lann Anta (“church-site of Anta”), from Proto-Brythonic *llann (“churchyard”). Anta was a Cornish saint, whose name was transcribed by Cornish historian Charles Henderson as British Latin Anta, Ansa.

A coastal village in western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5437).


Shortlands

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


Chinley

Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside
Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside#English

A village in Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside parish, High Peak district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0482).


Buckenham

Buckenham (countable and uncountable, plural Buckenhams)

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

A small village in Strumpshaw parish, Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM3505)


Uffington

From Old English Uffa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tun (“town”). The first element is a variant of Æffa, a king of the Angles (c. 575), attested in names such as Effingham, Abridge, and Ufford, but of uncertain origin.

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A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0607).

A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3089).

A village and civil parish east of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5213).


Castleton

A village and civil parish in High Peak district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1583).

A civil parish (served by Yeohead and Castleton Parish Council) around Sherborne, Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district.

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

A village in Danby parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ6808).


Sonning

A village and civil parish on the River Thames in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU7575).


High Brooms

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

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


New Romney

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

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


Twerton

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

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


Brackley

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

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

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


Ruddington

A large village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5732).


Digbeth

An inner city area in Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0786).


Flax Bourton

A village and civil parish in North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5069).


Hubberts Bridge

A village in Frampton parish, Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2643).


Brent Cross

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


Thornton-in-Craven

A village in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9048).


New Inn

A hamlet in Shebbear parish, Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4408).


Lympstone

Uncertain. Derived from Lympston. Sources include Leveneston, Leustona, Veneston, Weleston, Limpston. Suffixed with + -ton.

"She had asked at Paddington for a return to Lympstone on the Exmouth branch, where her son was due to pass out as a Royal Marine that afternoon, at the local training camp.
"Presumably, the booking clerk had misheard her and sold her a ticket to Leominster, and other helpful staff had unwittingly helped her on her way.

2022 July 13, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 961, page 71:

A coastal village in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9984).


Cambourne

A portmanteau of Cambridge and Bourn, a village to the south.

A new settlement and civil parish with a town council in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3259).


Hanborough

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

Church Hanborough
Church Hanborough#English

A civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, which includes the villages of Church Hanborough and Long Hanborough.


Currock

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


Coseley

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9494).


Burn Naze

A residential and industrial area in Thornton, Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3343).

Burn Naze
Burn Naze Halt railway station


Forest Gate

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

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


Hassingham

A small village in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3605).


Postwick

A village in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2907).


Tettenhall

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


Pelsall

A large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SK0203).


Binley

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

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A village in Basingstoke and Deane borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4253).


Ditton

en-proper noun

Ditton (countable and uncountable, plural Dittons)

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

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

Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge and Malling#English

A village in Tonbridge and Malling borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7158).

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


Balsall Heath

An inner city area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0784).


Duddeston

An inner city area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0887).


Halsall

From an Old English personal name, from hæle (“warrior, hero”) + healh (“nook of land”).

A village in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3610).


Balham

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

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


Branston

Branston (countable and uncountable, plural Branstons)

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

A village in Croxton Kerrial parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK8129).

Branston and Mere
Branston and Mere#English

A large village in Branston and Mere parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0267).

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2221).


Bisley

Bisley (countable and uncountable, plural Bisleys)

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

A village in Bisley-with-Lypiatt parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9006).

A village and civil parish in Surrey Heath borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9559).


Skinningrove

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

A village and steelworks in Loftus parish, Redcar and Cleveland borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ7119).


Apsley

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


Upwey

Weymouth and Portland
Weymouth and Portland#English

A suburban village in Weymouth parish, Dorset, England, previously in Weymouth and Portland district (OS grid ref SY6684).


Chipping Campden

A small market town in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1539).


Croxall

en-proper-noun

Croxall (countable and uncountable, plural Croxalls)

(uncountable) A hamlet in Edingale parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England, at one time in Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1913).


Cockermouth

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

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


Pallion

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


Ushaw Moor

A village in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2242).


Troutbeck

From trout + beck (“stream”), from Old English truht + Old Norse bekkr.

Troutbeck is a tiny village midway between Penrith and Keswick in a very sparsely populated part of Cumberland, and it used to be said by facetious travellers that the reason why it ever had a station at all was to give the engine a rest after it had struggled up the long and trying incline from Threlkeld.

1951 October, “Notes and News: The Harmonium at Troutbeck”, in Railway Magazine, page 709:

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A hamlet in Hutton parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district, situated on the Trout Beck (OS grid ref NY3826).

A village in Lakes parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district, on another Trout Beck (OS grid ref NY4003).


Mundesley

A coastal village and civil parish (served by Mundesley-on-Sea Parish Council) in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3136).


Waterhouses

Brandon and Byshottles
Brandon and Byshottles#English

A village in Brandon and Byshottles parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1841).

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0850).


Habrough

North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire#English

A village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA1413).


Waddon

A hamlet in Chudleigh parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8879).

A hamlet in Portesham parish, Dorset, previously in West Dorset district (OS grid ref SY6285).

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


Melton Constable

Listed as Maeltuna in the Domesday Book, to Melton Constable by 1320; for land held by the constable of the Bishop of Norwich.

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England; the village is partly in Briston parish to the east (OS grid ref TG0433).


Firsby

A village and civil parish (served by Firsby Group Parish Council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4563).


Buntingford

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

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


Woolfardisworthy

A small village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS8208).

A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS3321).


Croxley Green

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


Knottingley

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


Swan Village

He pounded through the estate […] and caught the 74 from Swan Village bound for Birmingham.

2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 105:

A village in West Bromwich, Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9892).


Silverdale

A coastal village and civil parish in Lancaster district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD4675).

An area in Wilford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5635).

A minor valley (dale) in Craven district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SD8369).

A village and civil parish in Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8146).


Bromyard

Bromyard and Winslow
Bromyard and Winslow#English

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


Lydney

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


Tierras Medias Occidentales

the West Midlands (a metropolitan country and region of England)


Thorpe-le-Soken

From Torp (12th century) and Thorpe in ye Sooken (1612). Soken is from Old English sōcn, see soken.

A village and civil parish in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM1822).


Harold Wood

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

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


Manor Park

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

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


Sutton Weaver

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5479).


Lees

en-prop

Lees (countable and uncountable, plural Leeses)

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A village in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2637).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9504).


Lostock Hall

A suburban village in South Ribble district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5425).


Westhouses

A village in Blackwell parish, Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4257).


Norton Bridge

A small village in Chebsey parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8730).


Rowsley

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2565).


Kirkby-in-Ashfield

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


Selly Oak

From Escelie (Domesday Book 1086), and Selvele (1204); Oak was added later.

An industrial and residential area in Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0482).


Scotswood

Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne#English

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


Burscough Bridge

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


Heaton Mersey

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


Winstanley

en-proper noun

Winstanley (countable and uncountable, plural Winstanleys)

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

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


Hasland

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


Carcroft

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5410).


Lakenheath

A large village in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL7182).


Lowgill

A hamlet in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD6297).

A hamlet in City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6564).


Dairycoates

Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull#English

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

An industrial area in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0727).


East Ardsley

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3025).


Ardsley

From Old English personal name Ēorēd, genitive singular Ēorēdes + lēah (“clearing”).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3805).


Banwell

A village and civil parish in North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3959).

A minor river in Somerset, England, which flows into the Bristol Channel.


Woodgate

Woodgate (countable and uncountable, plural Woodgates)

A hamlet in South Lakeland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref SD2885; appears as Wood Gate on 1981 OS map)

A hamlet in Culmstock parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST1015).

An urban area (and street) in Leicester, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK5705).

A hamlet in Swanton Morley parish, Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG0216).

A locality in Kinlet parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7079).

A hamlet in Uttoxeter parish, East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK1032).

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

A hamlet in Aldingbourne parish, Arun district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU9404).

A settlement in Stoke parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO9666).


Kirkstall

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


Four Ashes

A hamlet in Hughenden parish, Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU8795).

Brewood and Coven
Brewood and Coven#English

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English

A village in Brewood and Coven parish, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9108).


Petersham

Richmond upon Thames
Richmond upon Thames#English

A village in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1873).


Bishopthorpe

A village in City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5947).


Barrow upon Trent

A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3528).


Besford

A small village and civil parish (served by Defford and Besford Parish Council) in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9144).


Little Ponton

A small village in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9232).


Cathiron

Harborough Magna
Harborough Magna#English

A small settlement in Harborough Magna parish, Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4678).


South Hylton

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


Monkwearmouth

/ˌmʌŋkˈwɪə(ɹ)məθ/

From Wermuth Monachorum (1291), from Latin monachorum; see also Wearmouth.

An urban area in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, on the north side of the River Wear near its mouth (OS grid ref NZ3958).


Whitley Bay

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


Charing Heath

A settlement near Charing, Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9249).


Hurst Green

A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ7327).

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

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

Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley
Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley#English

A village in Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley parish, Ribble Valley district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD6838).

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

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


Blunsdon

A civil parish in Swindon borough, Wiltshire, England. Blunsdon railway station is to the west of it.


Westbury-on-Severn

A village and civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7114).


Ingrow

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


Oakle Street

A small village or hamlet in Churcham parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7517).


Grange Court

A hamlet in Westbury-on-Severn parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England, site of the former Grange Court railway station (OS grid ref SO7216).


Oakengates

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

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


Blackrod

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


Stirchley

Stirchley and Brookside
Stirchley and Brookside#English

A settlement in Stirchley and Brookside parish, Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7006).

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


Handsacre

Armitage with Handsacre
Armitage with Handsacre#English

A village in Armitage with Handsacre parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0915).


Grendon Underwood

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6820).


Bower Ashton

A small area in the city and county of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST5671).


Eynsford

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5465).


Thornford

A village in northwest Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST6013).


Leeming Bar

A village in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2890).


Locks Heath

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


Cradley

A village in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO7347).

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


Tenterden

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


Middle Claydon

A small village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP7225).


Woolacombe

A village and seaside resort in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4543).


Braunton

A large village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4836).


Croyde

A village on Croyde Bay in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4439).


Choppington

A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2583).


Low Bentham

A village in Bentham civil parish, Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD6469).


High Bentham

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


Wilnecote

A suburban village in Tamworth borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2201).


Woodhorn

A village in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ3088).


Heworth

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

A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2861).


Badgeworth

A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9019).


Doxford Park

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


Alnwick

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

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

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


Borstal

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


Harrietsham

A village in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8652).


Lenham Heath

A hamlet in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9149).


Port Clarence

A village in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4921).


Pelaw

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


Leamside

West Rainton and Leamside
West Rainton and Leamside#English

A small village in West Rainton and Leamside parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3146).


Haddiscoe

From Old Norse Haddr (“a personal name”) + skógr (“wood”).

A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM4496).


Bardsey

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3643).


Staveley

Staveley (countable and uncountable, plural Staveleys)

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

A village in Hugill parish, Nether Staveley parish and Over Staveley parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD4698).

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

A village and civil parish (served by Staveley and Copgrove Parish Council) in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3662).


Point

Cornwall County Council asked for a decision on objections raised by property owners to its proposal to convert the site of the railway into a public road for a distance of 1 mile 86 yards from Devoran to Point (Restronguet Creek).

1952 March, “Notes and News: A Redruth & Chasewater Echo”, in Railway Magazine, page 206:

A coastal settlement in Feock parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8138).


Hampton in Arden

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP2081).


White City

From the white walls of an exhibition centre and stadium built there c. 1908.

Hammersmith and Fulham
Hammersmith and Fulham#English

A neighbourhood around Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2380).


Catterick

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE2497).


Redesmouth

From Rede + mouth; situated at the mouth of the River Rede.

A small village in Bellingham parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY8682).


Masham

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


Scots' Gap

Wallington Demesne
Wallington Demesne#English

A small village in Wallington Demesne parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0386).


Melmerby

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A small village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY6137).

A small village and civil parish (served by Melmerby and Middleton Quernhow Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE3376).

A small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE0785).


Groombridge

A village mainly in Withyham parish, Wealden district, East Sussex, England, also partly in Speldhurst parish, Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ5337). The River Grom, on the county boundary, separates the two parts.


Eridge

A small village in Rotherfield parish, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5434).


Wivenhoe

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


Rothbury

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

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


Barnt Green

A village and civil parish in Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0073).


Horns Bridge

A small area in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3870).


Barkston

A village and civil parish (served by Barkston and Syston Parish Council) in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9341).


Colwick

Colwick (countable and uncountable, plural Colwicks)

Probably from Old English col (“coal”) + wīc (“abode, dwelling place, village”).

A suburban village and civil parish in Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6140).


Santon

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A hamlet in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9312).

A depopulated village near Santon Downham, in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TL8287).


Fence Houses

A village partly in the Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, and partly in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3250).


Turnham Green

A park or open space (called a green) and neighbourhood in Chiswick, borough of Hounslow, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2078).


Birtley

A hamlet in north Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3669).

A small village in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY8778).

A hamlet near Ticklerton, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO4790).

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


Parsons Green

A residential area in London, with a small green in Fulham, Hammersmith and Fulham borough, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2476).


Hartshill

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

A village in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3293).

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


Sandling

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

A hamlet in Saltwood parish, Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1436).

A hamlet in Boxley parish, Maidstone borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7558).


Dunton Green

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5157).


Pluckley

A village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9245).


Smeeth

A small village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0739).


Hildenborough

From Middle English Hildenborough, from Middle English Hyldenn (from Old English hyll (“hill”) + denn (“pasture”)) + borough (“borough, manor”).

Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge and Malling#English

A village and civil parish in Tonbridge and Malling borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5648).


Headcorn

Possibly from the Old English personal name Hydeca + hruna (“tree-trunk, fallen tree, log”).

A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8344).


Shorncliffe

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


Knockholt

From Old English āc (“oak”) + holt (“copse”), equivalent to oak + holt.

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ4759).


Great Chart

Great Chart with Singleton
Great Chart with Singleton#English

A village in Great Chart with Singleton parish, Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9842).


Bethersden

A village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9240).


Northiam

A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ8225).


Sedlescombe

A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ7818).


Horsmonden

A village and civil parish in Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7040).


Pembury

A village and civil parish in Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6240).


Biddenden

From the Old English personal name Bida + -ing (“belonging to”) + denn (“woodland pasture for swine”).

A village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8438).


Yalding

A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7050).


Goudhurst

From an unclear Old English personal name + hyrst (“wooded hill”).

At Darley Dale, in Derbyshire, there is another yew about 1,000 years younger with a 32 ft girth, while a mighty yew at Goudhurst, Kent, has a bench seating 12 in its hollow trunk.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 119:

A village and civil parish in Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7237).


Knock

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

A village in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY6827).


Heathfield

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

A village and industrial estate in Bovey Tracey parish, Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8376).

Heathfield and Waldron
Heathfield and Waldron#English

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

A hamlet in Stonebeck Down parish, Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE1367).

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A small village in Oake parish, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST1626).


Meopham

A village and civil parish in Gravesham borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6465).


Cage Green

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


East Leake

A large village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5526).


Staplehurst

Staplehurst (countable and uncountable, plural Staplehursts)

From Old English stapol (“post, pillar”) + hyrst (“wooded hillock”).

A large village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7843).


Laisterdyke

An urban area in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1832).


Scholes

en-prop

Scholes (countable and uncountable, plural Scholeses)

Ultimately from Old Norse skáli (“hut, shed”). Doublet of Scales.

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

An urban area in Wigan, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD5805).

A small village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK3995).

A village near Cleckheaton, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1626).

A village in Holme Valley parish, near Holmfirth, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1507).

Barwick in Elmet and Scholes
Barwick in Elmet and Scholes#English

A village in Barwick in Elmet and Scholes parish, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3737).

A hamlet near Oakworth, Keighley parish, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0138).


Shiplake

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU7578).


Wargrave

A village and civil parish in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU7878).