Stretford

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

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


Tweedmouth

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


Leven

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1045).

A short river in Cumbria, England, which flows from Lake Windermere to Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea.

A river in North Yorkshire, England, which flows into the River Tees.


Topham

en-proper noun

Topham (countable and uncountable, plural Tophams)

A hamlet in Sykehouse parish, Doncaster borough, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6217).


Horsey

From Old English hors (“horse”) + īeġ (“island”).

A village in Norfolk, England, in the Broads.


Eastburn

Eastburn (countable and uncountable, plural Eastburns)

A hamlet in Kirkburn parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England; a stream named Eastburn Beck is nearby (OS grid ref SE9955).

Steeton with Eastburn
Steeton with Eastburn#English

A village in Steeton with Eastburn parish, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England; another Eastburn Beck is nearby (OS grid ref SE0244).


Croston

Croston (countable and uncountable, plural Crostons)

In Lancashire, from Old Norse kross or Old English cros + tūn.

A village and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4818).


Bold

Bold (countable and uncountable, plural Bolds)

* As an English surname, from the adjective bold (“daring courageous”) or the noun bold (“dwelling, house”).
* As a Swedish and German surname, related to the adjective above, such as in Baldwin and Reinbold.

A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England.


Dummer

Dummer (countable and uncountable, plural Dummers)

In Hampshire, recorded as Dunmere in 1086 (DB), from Old English dūn + mere (pond on a hill). The surname possibly originates from Hampshire.

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A village and civil parish south-west of Basingstoke, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5846).


Hooton

Hooton (countable and uncountable, plural Hootons)

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3678).


Midgley

Midgley (countable and uncountable, plural Midgleys)

From Old English myċġ (“midge, gnat, mosquito”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to midge + -ley (“lea”).

der

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0326).


Bradway

en-proper noun

Bradway (countable and uncountable, plural Bradways)

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

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


Harewood

Harewood (countable and uncountable, plural Harewoods)

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

A civil parish in south-east Herefordshire, England, served by Llanwarne and District Group Parish Council (OS grid ref SO5328).

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2245).


Murrow

Murrow (countable and uncountable, plural Murrows)

From Old English mōr, from Proto-West Germanic *mōr (“moor”) + Middle English rewe, rowe, rawe, from Old English rǣw, rāw, probably from Proto-Germanic *raiwō, *raigwō, *raih- (“row, streak, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyk- (“to carve, scratch, etch”).

der

A village in Wisbech St Mary parish, Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF3707).


Boxley

en-proper noun

Boxley (countable and uncountable, plural Boxleys)

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

A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7758).


Goldsborough

Goldsborough (countable and uncountable, plural Goldsboroughs)

From the Old English personal name Godel or Golda + -s- + burg (“fortress, stronghold”).

A village and civil parish (served by Goldsborough and Flaxby Parish Council) in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3856).

A hamlet in Lythe parish, Scarborough district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref NZ8314).


Wishaw

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

A small village and civil parish (served by Wishaw and Moxhull Parish Council) in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1794).


Mells

A village and civil parish in Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7249).

Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet
Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet#English

A hamlet in Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, formerly in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM4076).


Poulter

Poulter (countable and uncountable, plural Poulters)

A river, the River Poulter, in Nottinghamshire, England,, which joins the River Idle east of Elkesley.


Gade

Gade (countable and uncountable, plural Gades)

A river almost entirely in Hertfordshire, England, which joins the Colne at Rickmansworth.


Ratley

Ratley (countable and uncountable, plural Ratleys)

Ratley and Upton
Ratley and Upton#English

A village in Ratley and Upton parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3847).


Pilling

Pilling (countable and uncountable, plural Pillings)

A village in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4048).


Tremaine

Tremaine (countable and uncountable, plural Tremaines)


Beswick

Beswick (countable and uncountable, plural Beswicks)

From the Old English personal name Beac + -s- + wīc (“village”).

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA012481).


Heatley

Heatley (countable and uncountable, plural Heatleys)

A village in Lymm parish, Warrington borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7088).

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A settlement in Abbots Bromley parish, East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0627).


Lorton

Lorton (countable and uncountable, plural Lortons)

A civil parish of Allerdale district, Cumbria, England, including the villages of High Lorton and Low Lorton (OS grid ref NY1525).


Winford

Winford (countable and uncountable, plural Winfords)

Perhaps from Old English winn (“meadow”) + ford (“ford”).

A village and civil parish in North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5465).

A hamlet in Newchurch parish, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5684).


Satterthwaite

Satterthwaite (countable and uncountable, plural Satterthwaites)

From Old Norse sætr (“pasture”) + þveit (“clearing”).

A village and civil parish in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD338923).


Coverdale

Coverdale (countable and uncountable, plural Coverdales)

*The valley in North Yorkshire is named from the River Cover + dale.
*The civil parish in New Brunswick is named after a former name of the Little River.

A valley (dale) in the Yorkshire Dales, Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0683).


Hempstead

Hempstead (countable and uncountable, plural Hempsteads)

From Old English hām (“homestead”) + stede (“place”). Doublet of Hampstead.

A village in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL6338).

A settlement in Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7864).

A village in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1037).


Hannaford

Hannaford (countable and uncountable, plural Hannafords)

A hamlet in Swimbridge parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6029).


Bartlow

Bartlow (countable and uncountable, plural Bartlows)

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, on the Essex border (OS grid ref TL5845).


Burn

Burn (countable and uncountable, plural Burns)

* The surname is of English origin, variant of Bourne.
* The placename in Yorkshire is likely related to the suffix -burn, found in placenames such as Woodburn, Glusburn, etc., from burn (“stream”).

A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5928).

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

A short river in Norfolk, England, which flows into the North Sea.

A river in North Yorkshire, England, a tributary of the River Ure.


Montford

Montford (countable and uncountable, plural Montfords)

Recorded as Maneford in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from Old English ġemǣne (“common, general, communal”) + ford (“ford”). The surname could also be a variant of Mundford.

der

A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4114).


Bonsall

en-proper noun

Bonsall (countable and uncountable, plural Bonsalls)

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2758).


Haddington

A hamlet in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9163).


Belgrave

Belgrave (countable and uncountable, plural Belgraves)

A small village in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3861).

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

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


Bevington

Bevington (countable and uncountable, plural Bevingtons)

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

A hamlet in Ham and Stone parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST657949).


Sarratt

Sarratt (countable and uncountable, plural Sarratts)

A village and civil parish in Three Rivers district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TQ0499).


Trowell

Trowell (countable and uncountable, plural Trowells)

A village and civil parish in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England, on the border with Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4839).


Holford

Holford (countable and uncountable, plural Holfords)

From Old English holh (“hole; hollow, sunken”) + ford (“ford”).

der

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST1541).

A neighbourhood of Perry Barr, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0791).


Byford

en-proper noun

Byford (countable and uncountable, plural Byfords)

From Old English byġe (“curve, bend”) + ford (“ford”), "ford at the river bend".

A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref S03942).


Wormley

Wormley (countable and uncountable, plural Wormleys)

From Old English wyrm (“snake”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to worm or wyrm + -ley (“lea”).

A village in Broxbourne district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL322054).

A village in Witley parish, Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9438).


Byfield

Byfield (countable and uncountable, plural Byfields)

From Old English bi (“by, near, next to”) + feld (“field”).

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5153).


Roughton

Roughton (countable and uncountable, plural Roughtons)

From either Old Norse rugr (“rye”) or Old English rūh (“rough”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); compare the doublet Rowton.

A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2464).

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2137).

A hamlet in south Shropshire, England, east of Bridgnorth (OS grid ref SO7594).


Rockhill

Rockhill (countable and uncountable, plural Rockhills)

A hamlet in Clun parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO2879).


Northam

Northam (countable and uncountable, plural Northams)

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4528).

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


Elberton

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A village in South Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6088).


Cartledge

Cartledge (countable and uncountable, plural Cartledges)

From Old Norse kartr (“rocky ground”) + Old English læcc (“boggy stream”).

A hamlet in Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3277).


Yeaton

Yeaton (countable and uncountable, plural Yeatons)

From Old English ēa (“river, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village in Baschurch parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ432194).


Bagnall

Bagnall (countable and uncountable, plural Bagnalls)

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9250).


Fawley

Fawley (countable and uncountable, plural Fawleys)

From either Old English fealu (“yellow, fallow, dun”) or fealh (“fallow land”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to fallow + -ley (“lea”).

der

A small village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3981).

A small village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU7586).

A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4503).


Dallam

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


Torrington

en-proper noun

Torrington (countable and uncountable, plural Torringtons)

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

der

Great Torrington
Great Torrington#English

Short for Great Torrington, a market town in Devon, England.


Wenning

en-proper noun

Wenning (countable and uncountable, plural Wennings)

The River Wenning, a river in North Yorkshire and Lancashire, England, a tributary of the River Lune.


Bradwell

Bradwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bradwells)

A village in Essex, England (properly Bradwell-on-Sea).

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


Point Pleasant

A mainly industrial area in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3166).


Weedon

Weedon (countable and uncountable, plural Weedons)

From Old English wēoh (“pre-Christian idol”) + dun (“hill”).

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8118).


Bitton

Bitton (countable and uncountable, plural Bittons)

A village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6869).


Hawthorn

Hawthorn (countable and uncountable, plural Hawthorns)

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4145).

A hamlet in Four Marks parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6733).


Illingworth

Illingworth (countable and uncountable, plural Illingworths)

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

A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0729).


Cottam

Cottam (countable and uncountable, plural Cottams)

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9964).

A village in Lea parish, City of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5032).

A village and civil parish (served by Treswell with Cottam Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK8179).


South Gloucestershire

A local government unitary authority area in Gloucestershire, England created in 1996 on the abolition of the county of Avon. It is not administered as part of Gloucestershire, although historically part of that county.


Wingrove

Wingrove (countable and uncountable, plural Wingroves)

Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne#English

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


Woolverton

Woolverton (countable and uncountable, plural Woolvertons)

From the Old English personal name Wulfhere, which is composed of the elements wulf (“wolf”) and here (“army”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village in Tellisford parish, Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7953).


Bulmer

Bulmer (countable and uncountable, plural Bulmers)

A village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8440).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7067).


Salt

Salt (countable and uncountable, plural Salts)

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English Selte.
The Staffordshire village was recorded as Selte in 1086 (DB), for a salt pit or saltworks.

A village in Salt and Enson parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9527).


Brailsford

Brailsford (countable and uncountable, plural Brailsfords)

From a variant of Old English byrġels (“burial place; barrow”) + ford (“ford”).

der

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK254414).


Lyford

en-proper noun

Lyford (countable and uncountable, plural Lyfords)

From Old English līn (“flax”) + ford (“ford”).

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3994).


Bransford

Bransford (countable and uncountable, plural Bransfords)

A village and civil parish (served by Leigh and Bransford Parish Council) in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7952).


Whittingham

Whittingham (countable and uncountable, plural Whittinghams)

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

A civil parish in Preston district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD505345).

A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, previously in Alnwick district (OS grid ref NU065115).


Panton

Panton (countable and uncountable, plural Pantons)

A hamlet in East Barkwith parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1758).


Woolston

Woolston (countable and uncountable, plural Woolstons)

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

St Ive and Pensilva
St Ive and Pensilva#English

A hamlet in St Ive and Pensilva parish, east Cornwall (OS grid ref SX2968).

A hamlet in West Alvington parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX7141).

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

A hamlet in Oswestry Rural parish, north-west Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ3224).

A hamlet in Wistanstow parish, southern Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4287).

A hamlet in North Cadbury parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6527).

A hamlet in Bicknoller parish, Somerset, previously in West Somerset and Somerset West and Taunton districts (OS grid ref ST0939).


Lyne

Lyne (countable and uncountable, plural Lynes)

As an English surname, spelling variant of Lind and Line; as an Irish surname, spelling variant of Lane.

A village in Runnymede district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0166).


Wallsend

Hadrian's Wall
Wallsend (disambiguation)

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

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3066).


North Tyneside

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

A metropolitan borough on the north side of the River Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England.


Shepley

Shepley (countable and uncountable, plural Shepleys)

From Old English scēap (“sheep”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1909).


Billing

Billing (countable and uncountable, plural Billings)

From the Old English surname, named after Billing in Liverpool, from bil (“double-edged sword”).

A civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Northampton borough, which includes Great Billing and Little Billing.


Hockley

Hockley (countable and uncountable, plural Hockleys)

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

A large village and civil parish in Rochford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8392).

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

An inner city area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP060879).


East Devon

A local government district of Devon, England.


Adderley

Adderley (countable and uncountable, plural Adderleys)

From the Old English personal name Ealdred + lēah (“woodland clearing”).

A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ661397).


Hamps

A river in Staffordshire, England, a tributary of the River Manifold.


Pett

Pett (countable and uncountable, plural Petts)

A village in Rother district, East Sussex, England.


South Kesteven

A local government district of Lincolnshire, England.


North West Leicestershire

A local government district of Leicestershire, England.


North Lincolnshire

A unitary authority and borough in the traditional county of Lincolnshire, England, created in 1996 on the abolition of the county of Humberside.


Trentham

Trentham (countable and uncountable, plural Trenthams)

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

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


Tonge

Tonge (countable and uncountable, plural Tonges)

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A river in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, which becomes the River Croal before joining the River Irwell.

A village and civil parish in Swale district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ9363).

Breedon on the Hill
Breedon on the Hill#English

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

A hamlet in Breedon on the Hill parish, North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK4123).


Bloxham

Bloxham (countable and uncountable, plural Bloxhams)

From an unrecorded Old English byname Blocc + -s- + hām (“manor, estate”).

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4235).


Haswell

Haswell (countable and uncountable, plural Haswells)

From Old English hæsl (“hazel”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3743).


Dunnington

Dunnington (countable and uncountable, plural Dunningtons)

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

A village and civil parish in the City of York, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE671526).


Tatham

Tatham (countable and uncountable, plural Tathams)

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

A village and civil parish in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD605695).


South Derbyshire

A local government district of Derbyshire, England.


Halling

Halling (countable and uncountable, plural Hallings)

A village and civil parish in Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7064).


Rodwell

Rodwell (countable and uncountable, plural Rodwells)

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


Eggleton

Eggleton (countable and uncountable, plural Eggletons)

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

A civil parish in Herefordshire, England.


Woodhead

Woodhead (countable and uncountable, plural Woodheads)

A small settlement in Tintwistle parish, High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England, near the disused Woodhead Tunnel (OS grid ref SE0900).

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A locality in Stretton parish and Clay Cross parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3662).


Hunton

Hunton (countable and uncountable, plural Huntons)

A small village in Wonston parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4839).

A small village and civil parish in Maidstone district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7249).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE1892).


Bagshaw

Bagshaw (countable and uncountable, plural Bagshaws)

From either the Old English personal name Baċġa or the unattested Old English word bagga (“badger”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket”).

A hamlet in Chapel-en-le-Frith parish, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK078811).


Hoon

Hoon (countable and uncountable, plural Hoons)

From the Dutch surname de Hoon, from Middle Dutch hoon (“dangerous”), from Old Dutch *honi (“despicable”).

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A civil parish (without a council) in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2231).


Goswick

Goswick (countable and uncountable, plural Goswicks)

A coastal hamlet in Ancroft parish, northern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0545).


Wedmore

A village and civil parish in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4347).


Sedgemoor

A local government district of Somerset, which includes some of the Somerset Levels and some surrounding areas.


Unsworth

Unsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Unsworths)

From the Old English personal name Hund, a byname from hund (“hound, dog”), + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”). The loss of the initial "h" sound is a typical feature of Lancashire placenames.

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD814470).


Witherington

Witherington (countable and uncountable, plural Witheringtons)

Apparently from Old English wiþegn (“willow copse”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A hamlet in Downton parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1824).


Woodville

A village in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3119).


South Cambridgeshire

A local government district of Cambridgeshire, England. The district completely surrounds the City of Cambridge, which is governed independently by its city council.


Gedling

A village in Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6142).

A local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, which was named after the village.


Suffolk Coastal

A former local government district of Suffolk, England. Merged with Waveney district on 1 April 2019 as East Suffolk district.


East Suffolk

An administrative county in Suffolk, England, created in 1889, along with West Suffolk. Both counties were abolished in 1974, being merged as Suffolk once again.

A local government district in Suffolk formed on 1 April 2019 on the merger of Suffolk Coastal and Waveney districts. Its headquarters are in Melton, Suffolk.


West Suffolk

An administrative county in Suffolk, England, created in 1889, along with East Suffolk. Both counties were abolished in 1974, being merged as Suffolk once again.

A local government district in Suffolk formed on 1 April 2019 on the merger of Forest Heath and St Edmundsbury districts. Its headquarters are in Bury St Edmunds.


South Tyneside

A metropolitan borough on the south side of the River Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England.


Littlehampton

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0202).


Midhurst

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8821).


Arun

A local government district in West Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

(with the) A river in West Sussex, after which the district was named.


Horndean

A large village in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7013).


East Hampshire

A local government district of Hampshire, England, with its headquarters in Petersfield.


Cowplain

A village in Havant borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7011).


Applegarth

Applegarth (countable and uncountable, plural Applegarths)

From Old Norse apaldr (“apple tree”) + garðr (“enclosure”).

A village in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England.


Kingsland

Kingsland (countable and uncountable, plural Kingslands)

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A hamlet in Netherbury parish, Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district (OS grid ref SY4597).

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

A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4461).

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


Winkfield

Winkfield (countable and uncountable, plural Winkfields)

Bracknell Forest
Bracknell Forest#English

A village and civil parish in Bracknell Forest UA, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9072).


North Devon

A local government district of Devon, England, with its headquarters in Barnstaple.


Feltham

Feltham (countable and uncountable, plural Felthams)

Two main origins:
* The town in Greater London is from either Old English feld (“field”) or felte (“mullein”) + hām (“homestead”).
* The hamlet in Somerset is from Old English fileþe (“hay”) + hām (“homestead”).

A suburban town in the borough of Hounslow, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1073).

A hamlet in Pitminster parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2317).


Northcott

Northcott (countable and uncountable, plural Northcotts)

From Old English norþ (“north”) + cot (“cottage”).

St Giles on the Heath
St Giles on the Heath

A hamlet and civil parish (served by St Giles on the Heath with Northcott Parish Council) in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX3392).


Belfield

Belfield (countable and uncountable, plural Belfields)

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

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


Dukinfield

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9498).


Urmston

Urmston (countable and uncountable, plural Urmstons)

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

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7594).


Didsbury

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


Withington

Withington (countable and uncountable, plural Withingtons)

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

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0315).

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

A village and civil parish (served by Withington Group Parish Council) in Herefordshire, England, north-east of Hereford (OS grid ref SO5643).


Northway

Northway (countable and uncountable, plural Northways)

A hamlet in Parkham parish, Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS3823).

A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9233).

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

A hamlet in Halse parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, previously in Taunton Deane district (OS grid ref ST1229).


Mossley

From Old English mos (“moss, bog”) + lēah (“meadow”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9702).


Milnrow

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9212).


Tyldesley

Tyldesley (countable and uncountable, plural Tyldesleys)

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

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7001).


Cheshire East

Crewe and Nantwich
Crewe and Nantwich#English

A unitary authority area in Cheshire, England, created in 2009 with the amalgamation of the boroughs of Macclesfield, Congleton and Crewe and Nantwich.


Rusholme

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


Wilmslow

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8481).


Lymm

A large village and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6887).


Mortlake

Richmond upon Thames
Richmond upon Thames#English

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


Letchworth

Letchworth (countable and uncountable, plural Letchworths)

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

A town in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2132).


Burridge

Burridge (countable and uncountable, plural Burridges)

A hamlet in Chardstock parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST3106).

A village in Fareham borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5110).


Pant

Pant (countable and uncountable, plural Pants)

As a place name, usually from Proto-Brythonic *panto (“hollow”), or its descendant forms Cumbric pant and Welsh pant.

A river in Essex, England, which forms the upper part of the Blackwater.

A locality in Austwick parish, North Yorkshire, England

Llanymynech and Pant
Llanymynech and Pant#English

A village in Llanymynech and Pant parish, Shropshire, England, on the border with Wales (OS grid ref SJ2722).


Sea

Sea (countable and uncountable, plural Seas)

A hamlet in Ilminster parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3413).


Shipton

Shipton (usually uncountable, plural Shiptons)

A village in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England, originally named Hipton from Old English hēope (“fruit”) + tun (Domesday Book, 1086) (OS grid ref SE5558).

A small village and civil parish (served by Easthope, Shipton and Stanton Long Parish Council) in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5691).


Baldock

Baldock (countable and uncountable, plural Baldocks)

A town in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2433).


Seaham

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4249).


Seaburn

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


Sherburn

From Old English scīr (“bright”) in the definite form, scīra + burna (“stream”).

A village in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3142).

A village in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9577).


Kirklees

Named after a medieval village and priory that no longer exist.

A metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, created in 1974.


Hanby

Hanby (countable and uncountable, plural Hanbys)

From the Old Norse personal name Hundi + býr (“farmstead, settlement”).

A hamlet in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF022321).


Cherrington

Cherrington (countable and uncountable, plural Cherringtons)

From the Old English personal name Ceorra or from ġeċierring (“river turn”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A village in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ664199).


Baston

Baston (countable and uncountable, plural Bastons)

From the French and English surname, from Old French bastun (“stick”).

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1114).


Wigglesworth

Wigglesworth (countable and uncountable, plural Wigglesworths)

From Old English winċel (“nook, corner”) + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).

A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD8056).


Whitburn

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ4062).


Howden

Howden (countable and uncountable, plural Howdens)

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A small town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7428).


Rainford

Rainford (countable and uncountable, plural Rainfords)

From Old Norse rein (“boundary”), Old Norse roynir (“rowan”) or the Old English personal name Regna + ford (“ford”).

A large village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD4801).


Blaydon

Blaydon (countable and uncountable, plural Blaydons)

Perhaps from Old English blāw (“blue”) + dūn (“hill”).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which is also known as Blaydon-on-Tyne (OS grid ref NZ1863).


South Staffordshire

A local government district of Staffordshire, England, created in 1974.


Riverhead

A village and civil parish near Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5156).


Crank

Crank (countable and uncountable, plural Cranks)

A small village in Rainford parish, St Helens borough, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5099).


Worthen

Worthen (countable and uncountable, plural Worthens)

Worthen with Shelve
Worthen with Shelve#English

A village in Worthen with Shelve parish, western Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3204).


Cottingham

Cottingham (countable and uncountable, plural Cottinghams)

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

A large village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0432).

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Corby borough (OS grid ref SP8490).


Broxton

Broxton (countable and uncountable, plural Broxtons)

From Old English burgæsn (“burial place”); the suffix -ton is not historical and it's the product of a the development of the original ending -son.

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village and civil parish (served by Broxton and District Parish Council) in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4854).


Ramsden

Ramsden (countable and uncountable, plural Ramsdens)

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

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

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3515).

Drakes Broughton and Wadborough
Drakes Broughton and Wadborough#English

A hamlet in Besford parish and Drakes Broughton and Wadborough parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO9246).


Grimley

Grimley (countable and uncountable, plural Grimleys)

A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8360).


Rowton

Rowton (countable and uncountable, plural Rowtons)

From Old English rūh (“rough”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); compare the doublet Roughton.

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Chester, England (OS grid ref SJ4464).

A village in Ercall Magna parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6119).


Emberton

Emberton (countable and uncountable, plural Embertons)

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

A village and civil parish in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP885495).


Wakeley

Wakeley (countable and uncountable, plural Wakeleys)

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

A hamlet in Westmill parish, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3426).


Bodley

Bodley (countable and uncountable, plural Bodleys)

A hamlet in Parracombe parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6645).


Mickley

'The great enclosure', from Middle English Mikelhae, from Old English miċel (“big”) + haga (“enclosure”).

A village in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England


Winterton

Winterton (countable and uncountable, plural Wintertons)

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

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9218).


Manton

Manton (countable and uncountable, plural Mantons)

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

der

A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9302).

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

A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8804).

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


Battersby

en-proper noun

Battersby (countable and uncountable, plural Battersbys)

From Old Norse Boðvar (“a personal name”) + -s- + býr (“settlement”).

Ingleby Greenhow
Ingleby Greenhow#English

A village in Ingleby Greenhow parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ5907).


Fulwood

Fulwood (countable and uncountable, plural Fulwoods)

From Middle English Fulewde, from Old English fūl (“dirty, foul”), definite form fūla + wudu (“wood”), 'the dirty wood'. The first element could possibly otherwise come from fugol (“bird, fowl”), thus 'wood where fowling takes place'.

A town in the north of the City of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5332).

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


Olney

Olney (countable and uncountable, plural Olneys)

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

A market town and civil parish in the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8851).


Blakesley

Blakesley (countable and uncountable, plural Blakesleys)

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 SP6250).


South Oxfordshire

A local government district of Oxfordshire, England, created in 1974.


Turvey

Turvey (countable and uncountable, plural Turveys)

From Old English turf (“turf, sod”) + īeġ (“island”).

A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9452).


Litherland

Litherland (countable and uncountable, plural Litherlands)

From Old Norse hliðar, genitive of hlið (“slope”), + Old English land (“land”).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3397).


Coombes

en-prop

Coombes (countable and uncountable, plural Coombeses)

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Adur district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1908).


Walford

en-proper noun

Walford (countable and uncountable, plural Walfords)

Various origins:
* The village in Shropshire is named with Old English wella (“well, spring, stream”) + ford (“ford”).
* The village in Herefordshire is named with Old English wealh (“foreigner; Briton”) + ford (“ford”).

der

A village and civil parish in south Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO587204).

A village in Baschurch parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ434206).

Creech St Michael
Creech St Michael#English

A village in Creech St Michael parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST271281).


Glazebrook

en-proper noun

Glazebrook (countable and uncountable, plural Glazebrooks)

From a Brythonic word meaning blue, green + Old English brōc (“brook, stream”).

A village in Warrington borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6992).


Ashurst

Ashurst (countable and uncountable, plural Ashursts)

From Old English æsċ (“ash-tree”) + hyrst (“wooded hill”).

Ashurst and Colbury
Ashurst and Colbury#English

A village in Ashurst and Colbury parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU340881).

A small village in Speldhurst parish, Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England, on the border with East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ5138).

A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ179161).


Coombe

Coombe (countable and uncountable, plural Coombes)

A hamlet in Ellesborough parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8406).

A hamlet in Camborne parish, south-west Cornwall (OS grid ref SW6242).

A hamlet in Gwennap parish, south-east of Redruth, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW7640).

A small village in Kea parish, near Truro, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW8340).

A settlement near Liskeard, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX2363).

A hamlet in Morwenstow parish, north of Bude, Cornwall (OS grid ref SS2011).

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

A village in St Stephen-in-Brannel parish, west of St Austell, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9551).

A hamlet near Tipton St John, Ottery St Mary parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY1091).

A settlement in Uplowman parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST0017).

A hamlet in Christow parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8383).

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

A settlement in Wotton-under-Edge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7694).

A small area along Coombe Lane and Coombe Road in the borough of Croydon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3464).

Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames#English

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

A hamlet in East Meon parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU6620).

A hamlet in Woodnesborough parish, Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2957).

A hamlet in West Crewkerne parish, South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4009).

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A hamlet in Creech St Michael parish and West Monkton parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, previously in Taunton Deane district (OS grid ref ST2729).

A hamlet in Enford parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1550).

Three hamlets, Higher Coombe, Middle Coombe and Lower Coombe, in Donhead St Mary parish, south-west Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8922).


Fothergill

Fothergill (countable and uncountable, plural Fothergills)

A coastal hamlet north of Flimby, Maryport parish, Allerdale borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY0234).


Holmer

Holmer (countable and uncountable, plural Holmers)

Holmer and Shelwick
Holmer and Shelwick#English

A village in Holmer and Shelwick parish, just north of Hereford, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5042).


Glasson

Glasson (countable and uncountable, plural Glassons)

A small village in Bowness parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY2560).

A harbour area in Maryport, Cumberland, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY0336).

A coastal village in Thurnham parish, City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England, also known as Glasson Dock (OS grid ref SD4456).


Walmer

Walmer (countable and uncountable, plural Walmers)

From Old English wealh (“Welshman”), genitive plural weala + mere (“lake, sea”).

A town and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3750).


Wetherby

Wetherby (countable and uncountable, plural Wetherbys)

From Old Norse veðr (“wether (sheep)”) + býr (“farmstead”).

A market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4048).


Bamburgh

From Middle English Bamburg, Bamburgh, from Old English Bebbanburh, Bebbanburg, from Bebba (female personal name) + burh, burg (“city, stronghold”).

compound

A coastal village and civil parish in northern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1834).


Leverton

en-proper noun

Leverton (countable and uncountable, plural Levertons)

Two main origins:
* The hamlet in Berkshire is named with the Old English personal name Lēofwaru, which is composed of the elements lēof (“dear, beloved”) and waru (“care, guard, protection”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The village in Lincolnshire is named with Old English lǣfer (“rush, reed”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A hamlet in Hungerford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3370).

A village and civil parish in Boston district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3947).


Stonehouse

Stonehouse (countable and uncountable, plural Stonehouses)

A town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8005).

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


Knowsley

A village in Knowsley borough, Merseyside, England, originally in Lancashire (OS grid ref SJ4395).

The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, a local government district in Merseyside created in 1974 which takes its name from the village.


Northwood

Northwood and Tinkersley
Northwood and Tinkersley#English

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A settlement in Northwood and Tinkersley parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2664).

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

A village and civil parish near Cowes, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ4894).

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

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

A settlement in Wem Rural parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ4633).


How

How (countable and uncountable, plural Hows)

A hamlet in Hayton parish, City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5056).


Lymington

Lymington and Pennington
Lymington and Pennington#English

A town in Lymington and Pennington parish, and ferry port in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ3295)


North Kesteven

A local government district of Lincolnshire, England, created in 1974. Its headquarters are in Sleaford.


Brockton

A small village in Stanton Long parish and Shipton parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5793).


Grove Hill

A housing estate in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ5018).


Coalville

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

A town in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SK4213).


Dungeness

The first element is probably related to the nearby Denge Marsh, while the second element derives from Old Norse nes (“headland”).

A headland in Lydd parish, on the coast of Kent, England, formed largely of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland (OS grid ref TR0916).


North Warwickshire

A local government district with borough status of Warwickshire, England. Its headquarters are in Atherstone.


Thirsk

Thirsk (countable and uncountable, plural Thirsks)

From a metathesized form of Old Norse þresk (“fen; lake”).

A town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE429820).


Calderdale

From Calder + dale; named after the River Calder.

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

A metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, created in 1974.


Atherstone

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

A town and civil parish in and the administrative centre of North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3097).

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A hamlet in Whitelackington parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3816).


Arwednak

Falmouth (a harbour town in Cornwall, United Kingdom)


Trûrû

(Standard Cornish) Truro (a city in Cornwall, United Kingdom)


Cranfield

Cranfield (countable and uncountable, plural Cranfields)

From Old English cran (“crane”) + feld (“field”).

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9542).


Ashwood

Ashwood (countable and uncountable, plural Ashwoods)

From Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + wudu (“wood”).

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English

A village in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SO8688).


Hartington

Hartington Town Quarter
Hartington Town Quarter#English

A village in Hartington Town Quarter parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1260).


Saxby

Saxby (countable and uncountable, plural Saxbys)

"Village of the Saxons", from the Old English Seaxa (“Saxons”) + Old Norse býr (“farm; settlement”).

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0086).

A village in Freeby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK8220).


Bostock

Bostock (countable and uncountable, plural Bostocks)

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England. Bostock Hall and the village of Bostock Green are within the parish.


Biggar

Biggar (countable and uncountable, plural Biggars)

Probably from Old Norse bygg (“barley”) + geiri (“gore, triangular plot of land”), or from Old English beow + Old English gāra, same meaning.

A village in Barrow-in-Furness district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD186662).


Danbury

"The stronghold of the people called after Dæne", from Old English folk name Dœnningas, genitive plural *Dœnninga + byriġ, dative case of burh (“fort, castle”).

A village and civil parish in the City of Chelmsford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7805).


Loundres

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


Dewnens

From Middle Cornish Dewnans, from Proto-Brythonic *Düβnėnt. Cognate with Breton Devnent, Welsh Dyfnaint.


Wigton

Wigton (countable and uncountable, plural Wigtons)

From the Old English personal name Wicga, a byname from wicga (“earwig”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A market town and civil parish in Allerdale district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY255481).


Combe

Combe (countable and uncountable, plural Combes)

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3760).

A small village in Brixton parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX5452).

A hamlet near Scorriton, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX7068).

A hamlet in west Herefordshire, on the border with Wales (OS grid ref SO3463).

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4116).

A hamlet in Huish Episcopi parish, South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4128).


Burston

Burston (countable and uncountable, plural Burstons)

Various origins:
* The hamlet in Buckinghamshire is named with the Old English personal name Briddel + þorn (“thornbush”).
* The village in Norfolk is named with Old English byrst (“burst, crack in the earth, landslip”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The village in Staffordshire is named with an unclear Old English personal name, perhaps Burgwine or Burgwulf, + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A hamlet in Aston Abbotts parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8318).

Burston and Shimpling
Burston and Shimpling#English

A village in Burston and Shimpling parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM1383).

Sandon and Burston
Sandon and Burston#English

A village in Sandon and Burston parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9430).


West Berkshire

A local government district (unitary authority) in Berkshire, England, with its headquarters in Newbury. It was renamed from Newbury District in April 1998.


West Dorset

A former district in Dorset, England, with its headquarters in Dorchester, abolished in 2019 on the formation of Dorset unitary authority.


Crofton

en-proper noun

Crofton (countable and uncountable, plural Croftons)

From Old English croft (“enclosure”) + tūn (“farmstead”).

A settlement in Allerdale district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3050).

An area in the borough of Bromley, Greater London.

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3718).

A small settlement in Great Bedwyn parish, Wiltshire, England, near the Crofton Locks (OS grid ref SU2662).


Scotton

Scotton (countable and uncountable, plural Scottons)

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England; not to be confused with Scotter, just to the north (OS grid ref SK8999).

A village and civil parish (served by Scotton and Lingerfield Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate district (OS grid ref SE3259).

Catterick Garrison
Catterick Garrison#English

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district; the parish includes a large part of Catterick Garrison (OS grid ref SE1995).


Cudworth

Cudworth (countable and uncountable, plural Cudworths)

From the Old English personal name Cutha or Cuda + worþ (“enclosure”).

A small village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3810).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3808).

A small village in Newdigate parish, Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2141).


Hornby

Hornby (countable and uncountable, plural Hornbys)

A village in Hornby-with-Farleton parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5868).

A village and civil parish (served by Smeaton and Hornby Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ3605).

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE2293).


Hermitage

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5073).

A hamlet in Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district (OS grid ref ST6407).


Ashwell

Ashwell (countable and uncountable, plural Ashwells)

From Old English æsc (“ashtree”) + wella (“spring”).

A small village in Bishopsteignton parish, Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8974).

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2639).

A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8613).

A hamlet in Whitelackington civil parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3615).


Catton

Catton (countable and uncountable, plural Cattons)

A village in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England.


Bardon

Bardon (countable and uncountable, plural Bardons)

A civil parish and settlement (former village) in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4412).


Eastrington

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7930).


Yearsley

Yearsley (countable and uncountable, plural Yearsleys)

From the Old English personal name Eofor, a byname from eofor (“wild boar”), + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5874).


Forton

Forton (countable and uncountable, plural Fortons)

A village in Wyre district, Lancashire, England.

Tatworth and Forton
Tatworth and Forton#English

A small village in Tatworth and Forton parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3307).


Stoneham

Stoneham (countable and uncountable, plural Stonehams)

French: Stoneham

From Middle English Stonham, from Old English Stanham. By surface analysis, stone + home.

A historical village in Hampshire, England


Fairburn

Fairburn (countable and uncountable, plural Fairburns)

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + burna (“stream”).

A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4727).


Coggeshall

A town in Essex, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref TL8522).


Binegar

Binegar (countable and uncountable, plural Binegars)

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST6149).


Coveney

Coveney (countable and uncountable, plural Coveneys)

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4882).


Cawthorne

Cawthorne (countable and uncountable, plural Cawthornes)

From Old English cald (“cold”) + þorn (“thornbush”).

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2807).

A small settlement (and site of Cawthorne Camp) in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7789).


Heathcote

Heathcote (countable and uncountable, plural Heathcotes)

Hartington Nether Quarter
Hartington Nether Quarter#English

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A hamlet in Hartington Nether Quarter parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1460).


Melling

Melling (countable and uncountable, plural Mellings)

A village in Melling-with-Wrayton parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6071).

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD3900).


Harston

Harston (countable and uncountable, plural Harstons)

Two possible origins:
* The village in Cambridgeshire is probably named with the Old English personal name Herel + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The village in Leicestershire is named with Old English hār (“grey”) + stān (“stone”).

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4250).

A small village in Belvoir parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK8331).


Dedham

A village and civil parish in Colchester borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0533).


Allington

Allington (countable and uncountable, plural Allingtons)

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

compound

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

A small settlement in West End parish, Eastleigh borough, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4717).

A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Kent, near Lenham.

A suburban village in north-west Maidstone, Maidstone borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7457).

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8540).

A hamlet in All Cannings parish, Wiltshire, east of Devizes (OS grid ref SU0663).

A village and civil parish (served by Allington with Boscombe Parish Council) in Wiltshire, near Amesbury (OS grid ref SU2039).

Chippenham Without
Chippenham Without#English

A small village in Chippenham Without parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8975).


Rosedale

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

A housing estate in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3403)

The valley of the River Seven in North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7196)


Rosedale Abbey

Rosedale East Side
Rosedale East Side#English

A village in Rosedale East Side parish, Rosedale, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district, named after the abbey that once stood there (OS grid ref SE7295).


Whale

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A hamlet in Lowther parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5221).


Smethwick

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0287).


Sandwell

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

A metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, England.


トッテナム

Tottenham (a suburban area in northern London)


Liverpūle

Liverpūle (nominative singular)
Liverpūli (accusative singular)
Liverpūles (genitive singular)
Liverpūlei (dative singular)
Liverpūli (instrumental singular)
Liverpūlē (locative singular)
Liverpūle (singular vocative)

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


Halliwell

en-proper noun

Halliwell (countable and uncountable, plural Halliwells)

From Old English hāliġ (“holy”) + wielle (“well, spring”).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

An area of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD705105).


Landan

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


Penk

A river in Staffordshire, England, which joins the River Sow.


Grom

The River Grom, a minor tributary of the River Medway, that forms part of the boundary between East Sussex and Kent, England. The village of Groombridge might be named after it.


Venta

la-proper noun

Venta f (genitive Ventae); first declension

Ventae (genitive)
Venta (nominative singular)
Ventae (nominative plural)
Ventae (genitive singular)
Ventārum (genitive plural)
Ventae (dative singular)
Ventīs (dative plural)
Ventam (accusative singular)
Ventās (accusative plural)
Ventā (ablative singular)
Ventīs (ablative plural)
Venta (singular vocative)
Ventae (plural vocative)

Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *wentā (“town, place”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wen- (“place (?)”).

der

the name of several towns of Britannia, modern England


Clausentum

la-proper noun

Clausentum n sg (genitive Clausentī); second declension

Clausentī (genitive)
Clausentum (nominative singular)
Clausentī (genitive singular)
Clausentō (dative singular)
Clausentum (accusative singular)
Clausentō (ablative singular)
Clausentum (singular vocative)
Clausentī (locative singular)

[kɫ̪äu̯ˈs̠ɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]

A town in Britannia, now Bitterne Manor, Southampton, Hampshire, situated near Venta Belgarum


Westbury-on-Trym

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


Brandreth

A fell in the Lake District, Cumbria, England


बर्मिंघम

hi-proper noun

बर्मिंघम • (barmiṅgham) m (Urdu spelling برمنگھم)

barmiṅgham (romanization)
برمنگھم (Urdu)
बर्मिंघम (direct singular)
बर्मिंघम (oblique singular)
बर्मिंघम (singular vocative)

/bəɾ.mɪŋ.ɡʱəm/

[bɐɾ.mɪ̃ŋ.ɡʱɐ̃m]

Birmingham (a major city and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, England)


लेस्टर

लेस्टर • (lesṭar) m (Urdu spelling لیسٹر)

lesṭar (romanization)
لیسٹر (Urdu)
लेस्टर (direct singular)
लेस्टर (oblique singular)
लेस्टर (singular vocative)

Leicester (a city in Leicestershire, East Midlands, England)


साउथॉल

साउथॉल • (sāuthŏl) ?

Borrowed from English Southall. Compare Punjabi ਸਾਊਥਾਲ (sāūthāl).

Southall (a district of London, England)


ਸਾਊਥਾਲ

pa-proper noun

ਸਾਊਥਾਲ • (sāūthāl) ?

Borrowed from English Southall. Compare Hindi साउथॉल (sāuthŏl).


मैनचेस्टर

maincesṭar (romanization)
मैनचेस्टर (direct singular)
मैनचेस्टर (oblique singular)
मैनचेस्टर (singular vocative)

[mɛ̃ːn.t͡ʃeːs.ʈɐɾ]

hi:मैन्चेस्टर

Manchester (a major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England)


Hallamshire

(historical) An area in South Yorkshire, England, in the current city of Sheffield.


Mudeford

A town in Christchurch borough, Dorset, in southern England, lying at the entrance to Christchurch Harbour.


Hett

Croxdale and Hett
Croxdale and Hett#English

A hamlet in Croxdale and Hett parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2836).


क्राइस्टचर्च

hi-proper noun

क्राइस्टचर्च • (krāisṭcarc) ? (Urdu spelling کرائسٹ چرچ)

krāisṭcarc (romanization)
کرائسٹ چرچ (Urdu)

/kɾɑː.ɪsʈ.t͡ʃəɾt͡ʃ/

[kɾäː.ɪsʈ.t͡ʃɐɾt͡ʃ]

Borrowed from English Christchurch, from Christ + church.

hi:क्राइस्टचर्च

Christchurch (a town in Dorset, England)


ऑक्सफ़ोर्ड

ऑक्सफ़ोर्ड • (ŏksforḍ) m (Urdu spelling اوکسفرڈ)

ŏksforḍ (romanization)
اوکسفرڈ (Urdu)
ऑक्सफ़ोर्ड (direct singular)
ऑक्सफ़ोर्ड (oblique singular)
ऑक्सफ़ोर्ड (singular vocative)

hi-ndecl

//ऑक्स्फ़ोर्ड<M.sg>

hi:ऑक्सफ़ोर्ड


साउथहैंपटन

hi-proper noun

साउथहैंपटन • (sāuthhaimpṭan) m (Urdu spelling ساؤتھمپٹن)

sāuthhaimpṭan (romanization)
ساؤتھمپٹن (Urdu)
साउथहैंपटन (direct singular)
साउथहैंपटन (oblique singular)
साउथहैंपटन (singular vocative)

hi-ndecl

//साउथहैम्प्टन<M.sg>

/sɑː.ʊt̪ʰ.ɦɛːmp.ʈən/

[säː.ʊt̪ʰ.ɦɛ̃ːmp.ʈɐ̃n]

hi:साउथहैंपटन

Southampton (a city in Hampshire, England)


लिवरपूल

hi-proper noun

लिवरपूल • (livarpūl) m (Urdu spelling لیورپول)

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

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


ब्रैंपटन

ब्रैंपटन • (braimpṭan) ? (Urdu spelling برامپٹن)

[bɾɛ̃ːmp.ʈɐ̃n]

Brampton (a village in Cumbria, England)


सरी

Borrowed from English Surrey, from Old English Sūþrigē, Sūþrigēa (“southern region”), from sūþerne (“southern”) + gē (“district, region”).


Unthank

A hamlet in Dalston parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY3948).

A hamlet in Glassonby parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY6040).

A hamlet in Skelton parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4536).

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A hamlet in Holmesfield parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3076).

A hamlet just south of Stanhope, Stanhope parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NY9939).

A hamlet in Alnham parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU0111).

Plenmeller with Whitfield
Plenmeller with Whitfield#English

A locality in Plenmeller with Whitfield parish, Northumberland, which includes Unthank Hall, and the hamlets of East Unthank and West Unthank (OS grid ref NY7363).


Richmond Hill

A residential area and named road in Richmond, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1874).

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


Teddington

Richmond upon Thames
Richmond upon Thames#English

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

A village in Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9633).


Chesterton

en-proper noun

Chesterton (countable and uncountable, plural Chestertons)

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

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, on the outskirts of Peterborough (OS grid ref TL1295).

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

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5621).

A hamlet in Worfield parish, south-east Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7897).

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

Chesterton and Kingston
Chesterton and Kingston#English

A small village in Chesterton and Kingston parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP3558).


Lavant

A civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8508).


Knotty Ash

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


ឡុងដ៍

km-proper noun

ឡុងដ៍ • (long)

ទីក្រុងឡុងដ៍

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


Hebden

en-proper noun

Hebden (countable and uncountable, plural Hebdens)

From Old English hēope (“rosehip”) + denu (“valley”).

A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0262).


Blackwater

The principal water-barrier of this type is the muddy estuary of the tidal River Blackwater, which is last bridged in the seaward direction at the ancient town of Maldon. […] In those days, yachting on the east coast was a favourite relaxation, and it was proposed to extend the line for 1¾ miles to a pier on the River Blackwater, where yachts could be moored.

1950 December, R. C. J. Day and R. K. Kirkland, “The Kelvedon & Tollesbury Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, pages 838, 839:

A river in Essex, England, which flows into the North Sea at Bradwell.

A river in Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire, England, which joins the River Loddon; the Hampshire town of Blackwater is on this river.

A river in Wiltshire and Hampshire, England, which joins the River Test.

Blackwater and Hawley
Blackwater and Hawley#English

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

A village in Arreton parish, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5086).


Swaledale

A valley (dale) in North Yorkshire, England, through which flows the river Swale.


Swale

From Old English *swalwe (“rushing water”), which could be related to swealwe. Also compare the proper noun Swallow.

A river, a tributary of the Ure in North Yorkshire, England.

A local government district with borough status in Kent, England, created in 1974 with its headquarters in Sittingbourne and named after the channel.


Osterley

Osterley (countable and uncountable, plural Osterleys)

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

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


Tolland

A village in Taunton Deane district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST1032).


South Norfolk

A local government district of Norfolk, England, created in 1974, with its headquarters in Long Stratton.


Long Stratton

A large village in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, which is also the headquarters for the district.


Edgefield

A village in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0934).


North Norfolk

A local government district of Norfolk, England, created in 1974, with its headquarters in Cromer.


Smithfield

An area in central London, Greater London, England, best known for its meat market (postal district EC1, OS grid ref TQ3181)

A former inner city area in central Birmingham, England.

A village in City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY4465).


लीड्स

hi-proper noun

लीड्स • (līḍs) m

līḍs (romanization)
लीड्स (direct singular)
लीड्स (oblique singular)
लीड्स (singular vocative)

Borrowed from English Leeds, from Old English Leodis (“a Celtic kingdom”), from Latin Lādenses, of Celtic origin.

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


Windrush

HMT Empire Windrush
West Indies
Windrush

First attested as Old English Uuenrisc, from Old Welsh gwynn (“white”) + reisko (“fen”).
More recent senses derive from the ship HMT Empire Windrush, named after the River Windrush. The arrival of 802 immigrants to the UK from the West Indies onboard the Empire Windrush in 1948 is seen as symbolic of the beginning of mass immigration from the Caribbean to the UK.
The Windrush line was named for its running through several parts of London with large British Caribbean population.

A river in Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, England, a tributary of the Thames.

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, named after the river (OS grid ref SP1913).


Everwich schire

From Old English Eoforwīcsċīr, a compound of Eoforwīċ (“York”) + sċīr (“county”); equivalent to Everwik + shire.


Everwik

→ Old French: Everwich

→ Old Italian: Verrvicche

From Old English Eoforwīċ, from Latin Eborācum. Doublet of York.


Rychemund

English: Richmond

From a name cognate to French Richemont (“town in Normandy”). Equivalent to riche + mund.


リヴァプール

ja:リヴァプール (曖昧さ回避)


Queen's Park

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

A small neighbourhood of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP8213).

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

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

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole#English

A park and ward in Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset (OS grid ref SZ1093).

Brighton and Hove
Brighton and Hove#English

A park and ward in Brighton, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ3204).

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Q#Qu

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

An urban park, an area and ward in the borough of Brent, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2583).

A civil parish and ward in the city of Westminster, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2482).

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

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


Carlele

English: Carlisle, Carlyle

From Old English Carlēol, from Old Welsh Caer Lualid.

Carlisle (a city in modern Cumberland, England)


Ogle

A village in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1378).


Westport

From west + port. From west or the surname West and port.

Hambridge and Westport
Hambridge and Westport#English

A village in Hambridge and Westport parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3820).


Allendale

A civil parish in south-west Northumberland, England, the largest village is named Allendale Town.


Lillington

A hamlet in West Dorset district, Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST6212).

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


Clerkenwell

An area in London, England, comprising parts of the boroughs of Camden and Islington (OS grid ref TQ3182).


Mount Pleasant

A village in Odd Rode parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8556).

A hamlet in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0062).

An area in Clerkenwell, London, England, around a large sorting office (OS grid ref TQ3182).

A village in Spennymoor parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2634).

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

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


Imber

An uninhabited village and former civil parish now in Heytesbury parish, on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, used for Army training (OS grid ref ST9648).


Salisbury Plain

A chalk plateau, mostly in Wiltshire, England, that is rich in archaeology.


Wessington

A village in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3757).


North East Derbyshire

A local government district of Derbyshire, England, created in 1974.


Central Bedfordshire

A unitary authority in Bedfordshire, England, created in 2009 on the merger of Mid Bedfordshire and South Bedfordshire districts.


Campton

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A village in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1338).


Clun

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO2980). The council has the curious title of "Clun Town Council with Chapel Lawn".

A river in Shropshire and Herefordshire, England, which joins the River Teme.


Caerloyw

Caerloyw
Gaerloyw (soft)
Nghaerloyw
Chaerloyw

/kaɨ̯rˈlɔɨ̯ʊ/

From caer (“fort, castle”) + gloyw (“bright”).

af

Gloucester (a city and local government district of Gloucestershire, England)


Penbedw

Penbedw
Benbedw (soft)
Mhenbedw
Phenbedw

Birkenhead, A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England.


Caerwysg

Caerwysg
Gaerwysg (soft)
Nghaerwysg
Chaerwysg

/kaɨ̯ˈruːɨ̯sɡ/

/kaɨ̯rˈwɨ̯ːsɡ/

From caer (“fort, castle”) + Wysg (“Exe”).

Exeter (a city and local government district, the county town of Devon, in south-west England).


Caerfaddon

Caerfaddon
Gaerfaddon (soft)
Nghaerfaddon
Chaerfaddon

From caer (“fort, castle”) + baddon (“bath”).

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

Bath (a city in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England)


Hafren

From Old Welsh Habren, from Proto-Brythonic *Haβren, from Proto-Celtic *Sabrinā. Compare Irish Sabhrainn.


Dyfnaint

From Middle Welsh Dyfneint, from Proto-Brythonic *Düβnėnt. Cognate with Cornish Dewnens, Breton Devnent.


Dyfrdwy

Of Brythonic origin. Equivalent to dwfr (“water”) + dwyw (“god”).


Efyrnwy

Vyrnwy (a river in Powys, Wales and Shropshire, England)


Caerliwelydd

Caerliwelydd
Gaerliwelydd (soft)
Nghaerliwelydd
Chaerliwelydd

/ˌkaɨ̯rlɪu̯ˈɛlɨ̞ð/

caer (“fort, castle”) + Lliwelydd, from a Proto-Brythonic from akin to Latin Luguvalium.

Carlisle (a city and local government district in and the county town of Cumbria, and formerly of Cumberland, in northwestern England)


Vyrnwy

A river in Powys, Wales, and Shropshire, England, flowing about 40 miles from Lake Vyrnwy in Powys before joining the Severn near Melverley in Shropshire.


Caerlŷr

Caerlŷr
Gaerlŷr (soft)
Nghaerlŷr
Chaerlŷr

caer (“fort, castle”) + an element derived from *Ligor, a theorised former name for the local River Soar, possibly cognate with Loire. Cf. Old English Leograceaster and medieval Latin Cair Leirion, recorded in the Historia Brittonum and possibly referring to Leicester.

Leicester (a city and unitary authority in and the county town of Leicestershire, England).


Caergrawnt

Caergrawnt
Gaergrawnt (soft)
Nghaergrawnt
Chaergrawnt

Cambridge (a city and local government district in Cambridgeshire, England)


Edenbridge

/ˈiːdənbɹɪd͡ʒ/

From Old English Eadhelms brycg (literally “Eadhelm's bridge”). The name of the River Eden which flows through the town is a back-formation of this.

der

A town and civil parish with a town council in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ4446).


विंडसर

hi-proper noun

विंडसर • (viṇḍsar) m (Urdu spelling ونڈسر)

viṇḍsar (romanization)
ونڈسر (Urdu)
विंडसर (direct singular)
विंडसर (oblique singular)
विंडसर (singular vocative)

hi:विंड्सर, बर्कशायर

Windsor (a city in Essex, Ontario, Canada)


कैंब्रिज

कैंब्रिज • (kaimbrij) m (Urdu spelling کیمبرج)

kaimbrij (romanization)
کیمبرج (Urdu)
कैंब्रिज (direct singular)
कैंब्रिज (oblique singular)
कैंब्रिज (singular vocative)

[kɛ̃ːm.bɾɪd͡ʒ]

Cambridge (a city in England, United Kingdom)


Barrow Gurney

A village in northern Somerset, England whose reservoirs supply water to Bristol


Lessingham

A village and parish of North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3928).


Chinnor

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A large village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP7500).


Hales

A village and civil parish (served by Hales and Heckingham Parish Council) in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM3897).

A village in Loggerheads parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7133).


Tyburnia

A district of London created in the early 19th century as a residential redevelopment of the historic lands of the Bishop of London, known as the Tyburn Estate.


Camberwell

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


Bathe

English: Bath

From Old English baþum, dative plural of bæþ.


Cowbridge

Frithville and Westville
Frithville and Westville#English

A hamlet in Frithville and Westville parish, East Lindsey district and Fishtoft parish, Boston district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3247).


Shibden

From Old English [Term?], equivalent to sheep + dene.


Halsham

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village and civil parish of the East Riding of Yorkshire.


Hailsham

From Old Saxon Haegels Ham (“settlement of Haegel/Hella”).

der

A civil parish and town, the largest of the five towns in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5809).


Burwood

A hamlet in Diddlebury parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO4887).


Edgware

/ɛd͡ʒwɛə(ɹ)/

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


Birchwood

A civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6491).

A housing estate in Lincoln borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9369).


Highgate

en-prop

Highgate (countable and uncountable, plural Highgates)

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

An upper-class suburb of London, in the borough of Haringey, borough of Camden and borough of Islington, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2887).

A village in Hawkhurst parish, Tunbridge Wells district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7630).

An inner city area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0785).

A village in Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0197).


Chiswick

en-proper noun

Chiswick (countable and uncountable, plural Chiswicks)

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

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


Finchley

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

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


North West

North West (South African province)
North West England

A region of England, consisting of the counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.


Herne Bay

From Herne, a neighbouring village in Kent.

A coastal town in northern Kent, England.


Docker

Probably from Old Norse dǫkk (“hollow”) + erg (“hill-pasture”).

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district and Westmorland (OS grid ref SD5695).

A hamlet in Whittington parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5774).


Tilehurst

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

A civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, just to the west of the suburb and borough boundary.


Yoxall

From Old English ġeoces halh (yoke's nook).

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1419).


Abridge

From Middle English Affebrigg, from Old English [Term?], from Æffa (personal name) + brycg (“bridge”). For the first element see Effingham.


Aconbury

From Middle English Akornebir, from Old English [Term?], from ācweorna (“squirrel”) + burg (“fort”).


Alphamstone

From Middle English Alfelmestuna, from Old English [Term?], from Ælfhelmes (male personal name, genitive) + tūn (“farmstead”).


Saltaire

From Salt (surname of Titus Salt) + Aire (name of a river).


Haltemprice

From Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman [Term?], from haut (“high”) + emprise (“enterprise”).

An area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.


Salmonby

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English Salmondebi, from Old Norse [Term?], from Salmundr (male given name) + býr (“farm; village”).

A small village in Tetford parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3273).


Ackworth

en-proper noun

Ackworth (countable and uncountable, plural Ackworths)

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

Ackworth Moor Top
Ackworth Moor Top#English

A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, including the villages of Ackworth Moor Top, High Ackworth and Low Ackworth.


Abberley

From Old English Eadbeald (a given name) + leah (“forest clearing, meadow, lea”).

A small village in Worcestershire, England.


Sherwood Park

* (hamlet in Alberta, Canada): Originally named Campbelltown, after the Campbell family, who first settled in the area, but is renamed by Canada Post because of duplication with other places in Canada with that name.

Royal Tunbridge Wells
Royal Tunbridge Wells#English

A community in the town of Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.


デンバー

ja-pos

デンバー • (Denbā)


ドーバー

ドーバー • (Dōbā)


スプリングフィールド

ja:スプリングフィールド

Springfield (a parish of Essex, England)


Evenlode

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England, adjacent to the River Evenlode (OS grid ref SP2229). It was in a detached part of Worcestershire until 1931.

A river with its source in Gloucestershire, England, which flows into the River Thames in Oxfordshire.


Lindisfarne

Uncertain. From Old English Lindisfarena. It is thought the first element refers to the Lindsey area of Lincolnshire (from Old English Lindesēġe). The second element -farne may be from Old English farena, genitive plural of fara (“traveller”). Thus a plausible translation of the full name would be, "island of the travellers to and from Lindsey".

A tidal island off the northeast coast of England, constituting the civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland; once an important centre of Celtic Christianity.


Enderby

en-proper noun

Enderby (countable and uncountable, plural Enderbys)

From the Old Norse personal name Eindrithi + bý (“farmstead; village”).

A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5399).


Theydon Bois

/ˌθeɪdᵊn ˈbɔɪz/

A large residential village and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of the county of Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ4599).


Marylebone

/ˈmɑːləbəʊn/

Corruption of St Mary le Bourne, related to archaic bourne (“boundary”).

An area in the West End of London, England, which is part of the City of Westminster.


Chestre

English: Chester

From Old English Ċeaster, from ċeaster, a borrowing from Latin castrum (“camp”). The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique forms.

Chester (a city in modern Cheshire, England)


Clowne

A large village and civil parish in Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4975).


Iffley

A suburban village in the City of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5303).


Porton

A village in Idmiston parish, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1936).


Benfleet

A town, properly known as South Benfleet, in Castle Point borough, Essex, England.


South Benfleet

A town in Castle Point borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ7887).


Castle Point

Castle Point, Missouri
Castle Point, New York

A local government district with borough status in southern Essex, England


North Benfleet

Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet#English

A village in Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet parish, Basildon borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ7589)


Tean

A river in Staffordshire, England, a tributary of the River Dove (in Staffordshire/Derbyshire).


Backbarrow

A village in Haverthwaite parish, Westmorland and Furness, northeast of Ulverston, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD3584).


Cadbury

From personal name Cada + Old English byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”), meaning "Cada's fort".

A small village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9104).


Yeading

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


Northolt

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

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


Speke

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

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


Telegraph Hill

From telegraph + hill.
From once hosting a telegraph station upon the hill.

A hill in Devon, England, United Kingdom.


Isleworth

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


Molesey

Elmbridge Borough
Elmbridge Borough#English

A town in Elmbridge Borough, Surrey, England, on the opposite side of the River Thames from Hampton Court. Divided into East and West Molesey.

a river flowing into the Thames at East Molesey


Surbiton

Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames#English

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


Romford

Romford (countable and uncountable, plural Romfords)

From Old English rūm (“broad, spacious”) + ford (“ford”).

A large town in the borough of Havering, Greater London; historically a market town in Essex (OS grid ref TQ5188).


Greenford

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


Hornsey

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

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


Deptford

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

An urban area of London in Lewisham borough (OS grid ref TQ3777).


Cricklewood

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


Willesden

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


Harlesden

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


Elephant and Castle

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-Elephant and Castle.wav

An area surrounding a major road junction in London, in the borough of Southwark, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3279).


Neasden

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


Ruislip

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

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


Rotherhithe

From Old English hrȳþer (“cattle”) + hȳþ (“hithe, a landing place or small harbor”).

An urban area by the Thames, in the borough of Southwark, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3579).


Shoreditch

/ˈʃɔː(ɹ)dɪt͡ʃ/

If she commanded it, I too would go to Shoreditch, and nurse myself in exile.

2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 16:

An urban area of London, in the borough of Hackney, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3382).


Streatham

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


Carshalton

/kɑːˈʃɔːltən/

/kɑːˈʃɒltən/

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


Park Royal

/pɑːk ɹɔɪəl/

A mixed industrial and residential area of London in borough of Brent and borough of Ealing, Greater London.


Knightsbridge

From Old English cniht (“young man”) (later interpreted as "knight") + brycg (“bridge”).

An urban area and named street to the south of Hyde Park, London (OS grid ref TQ2679).

Elmstone Hardwicke
Elmstone Hardwicke#English

A hamlet in Elmstone Hardwicke parish, Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8926).


Erith

A riverside town in the borough of Bexley, Greater London.


Thamesmead

A large housing estate by the Thames, in the borough of Bexley and borough of Greenwich, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4780).


Crayford

From Old English Creċġanford, Creċġan ford, Creċċan ford, equivalent to Cray (River) + ford.

A town in the borough of Bexley, on the edge of Greater London.


Coulsdon

A town mainly in the borough of Croydon, on the edge of Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2959).


Green Street Green

In Greater London, first recorded as La Grenestrete c1290 (a green or grassy hamlet), compare with Middle English grene + strete. The 2nd green (meaning village green) was added by 1819.

A village in the borough of Bromley, on the outskirts of Greater London, historically in Kent (OS grid ref TQ4563).

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Gree-Gz#Green

A hamlet in Darenth parish, Dartford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5870).


Biggin Hill

A built-up area and airport in the borough of Bromley, on the edge of Greater London; originally in Kent.


Catford

Catford (countable and uncountable, plural Catfords)

‘My grandma lived in Catford. I spent a lot of time there growing up.’

2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water, Viking, page 40:

A suburban town in the borough of Lewisham, Greater London, England.


Belvedere

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


Battersea

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


Roehampton

Roehampton (countable and uncountable, plural Roehamptons)

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

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


New Cross

Former name: Hatcham

An urban area in the borough of Lewisham, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3677).


New Malden

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

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


Nunhead

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


Sydenham

Sydenham (countable and uncountable, plural Sydenhams)

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

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

A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP7301).

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

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


Raynes Park

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


Dulwich

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

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

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


Beckenham

A suburban town in the borough of Bromley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3769).