Metherell

A small village in Calstock parish, east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4069).


Exceat

A locality and former village in Cuckmere Valley parish, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV5199).


East Dean and Friston

A civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England, that includes the named places.


Friston

East Dean and Friston
East Dean and Friston#English

A village in East Dean and Friston parish, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV5598).

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM4160).


Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley

A civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England.


Chittlehampton

A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6325).


Climping

A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0002).


Atherington

A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5923).

A small coastal settlement in Climping parish, Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0000).


Bradley Fold

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England, halfway between Bury and Bolton town centres (OS grid ref SD7508).


Guyhirn

From Old French guie (“guide”) and Old English hyrne (“corner”); there is a bend in the River Nene here.

A village in Wisbech St Mary parish, Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3903).


Salehurst and Robertsbridge

A civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England, that includes the named places.


Lower Bentley

Bentley Pauncefoot
Bentley Pauncefoot#English

A hamlet in Bentley Pauncefoot parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9865).


Upper Bentley

A small village in Bentley Pauncefoot parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9966).


Bentley Pauncefoot

Pauncefoot, Pauncefoote, or Pauncefote is a medieval surname used as a manorial affix.

A civil parish in Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England.


Broadwindsor

A village and civil parish (served by Broadwindsor Group Parish Council) in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST4302).


Buckland in the Moor

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Dartmoor, Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7273).


Holne

A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7069).


Redlake

Bucknell is divided by a small, attractive river, the Redlake.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 95:

A minor river mostly in Shropshire, England, which joins the River Clun.


Calveley

Alpraham and Calveley
Alpraham and Calveley#English

A village in Alpraham and Calveley parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5958).


Alpraham

A village in Alpraham and Calveley parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5859).


Dallington

A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ6519).

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A western suburb of Northampton, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP7361).


Bucklers Hard

Possibly from the surname Buckler, Hard is from hard, sense 1.

A village on the tidal Beaulieu River in Beaulieu parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4000).


Burnham Thorpe

Burnham is thought to derive from the River Burn, Norfolk.

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

A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF8541).


Alpraham and Calveley

Formed on 1 April 2023 with the merger of Alpraham and Calveley civil parishes.

A civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, which includes the named places.


Burnham Overy

Burnham Overy Staithe
Burnham Overy Staithe#English

Burnham Overy Town
Burnham Overy Town#English

A civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, which includes the settlements of Burnham Overy Staithe and Burnham Overy Town.


Burnsall

A village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SE0361).


Chilcombe

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY5291)

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

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A hamlet in Bicknoller parish, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST1138).


Dudwell

Burwash, spread along a ridge between the rivers Rother and Dudwell, was an important centre of the iron industry three centuries ago when the Weald was England's main source of iron ore.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 98:

The River Dudwell, a tributary of the River Rother in East Sussex, England.


Caldbeck

Although [John] Peel's grave is the main attraction, Caldbeck is a captivating little village in its own right, with fine views southwards to the Lake District's serried peaks.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 100:

A village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY3239).


Eaton Constantine

Leighton and Eaton Constantine
Leighton and Eaton Constantine#English

A small village in Leighton and Eaton Constantine parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5906).


Leighton and Eaton Constantine

A civil parish west of Telford, Shropshire, England, that includes the named places.


Leighton Bromswold

A village in Leighton parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1175).


Carlton Town

A civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, that includes the village of Carlton, and previously in Richmondshire district.


Kelsale cum Carlton

A civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district, that includes the named places.


Kelsale

Kelsale cum Carlton
Kelsale cum Carlton#English

A village in Kelsale cum Carlton parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3865).


South Acre

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF8114).


West Acre

A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF7815).


Castle Combe

A village and civil parish in north-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8477).


By Brook

A river in Wiltshire, England, with a short length in Somerset at Batheaston and Bathford, where it joins the Bristol River Avon.


Castle Rising

A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6624).


Cerne

A minor river in Dorset, England, which joins the River Frome at Dorchester.


Cerne Abbas

Cerne refers to the River Cerne; Abbas is from Latin abbas (“abbot”).

A village and civil parish (served by Cerne Valley Parish Council) in Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district (OS grid ref ST6601).


Chelsworth

A village and civil parish (without a council) in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9847).


Cheriton Fitzpaine

Manorial affix added for the 13th century Fitzpayn family.

A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS8606).


Sutcombe

A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS3411).


Brendon and Countisbury

A civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England, that includes the named places.


Countisbury

Brendon and Countisbury
Brendon and Countisbury#English

A small village in Brendon and Countisbury parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7449).


Norton Malreward

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

A small village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6065).


Norton Hawkfield

Norton Malreward
Norton Malreward#English

A hamlet in Norton Malreward parish, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5964).


Stanton Drew

Manorial affix from possession by Drogo or Drew in 1225; recorded as Stanton Drogonis in 1253.

A small village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5963).


Chiddingfold

A village and civil parish in Waverley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9535).


Childswickham

A village and civil parish in the Vale of Evesham, Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0738).


Cowthorpe

A small village in Tockwith parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate district (OS grid ref SE4252).


Vale of Evesham

A plain in southern Worcestershire, England, named after the town of Evesham.


Boscobel

A number of Britain's ancient and historic trees have been preserved. One of the most famous is the Royal Oak at Boscobel, in Salop.

1980, AA Book of English Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 119:

A civil parish (served by Donington and Boscobel Parish Council) in eastern Shropshire, England.


Peper Harow

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Waverley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9344).


Botolph Claydon

A hamlet in East Claydon parish, Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7324).


East Claydon

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7325).


Clee St Margaret

Located on the Clee Brook on the edge of the Clee Hills. Its church is dedicated to St Margaret.

A village and civil parish in southern Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5684).


Stickling Green

A hamlet in Clavering parish, Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL4732).


Clunton

A village by the River Clun in Clunbury parish, south-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3381).


Clifton upon Teme

A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7161).


Colsterworth

A village and civil parish (served by Colsterworth and District Parish Council) in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9324).


Smite

A river in Nottinghamshire, with its headwaters in Leicestershire, England, which joins the River Devon, near Shelton.


Colwall Stone

Colwall Stone, a large piece of limestone, stands in the centre of this big and sprawling village set on the wooded western slopes of the Malvern Hills. According to one legend a giant who lived in a cave beneath the nearby Herefordshire Beacon hurled the stone at his beautiful but faithless wife, killing her on the spot. Another version says that the stone was put there by the Devil, and that each midnight the stone turns around. No one, however, has seen this happen.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 130:

A village in Colwall parish, east Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO7542).


Little Comberton

A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9643).


Great Comberton

A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9542).


Pucklechurch

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6976).


Coniston Water

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A lake in the Lake District, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district.


Old Man of Coniston

A mountain, 803 metres high, in Coniston parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD2797).


Porth Navas

From Cornish; porth is cognate with Welsh porth (“port”).

A small coastal village in Constantine parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7527).


Crantock

A village and civil parish near Newquay, on the north coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7960).


Cranborne Chase

An area of chalk downland in Dorset, Wiltshire, and Hampshire, England.


Crayke

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE5670).


Craster

From Old English crāwe + ceaster (“fortification or earthwork haunted by crows”), recorded as Craucestre in 1242.

der

A village and civil parish on the coast of Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2519).


Ealand

Crowle and Ealand
Crowle and Ealand#English

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A village in Crowle and Ealand parish, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE7811).


Crowle

A market town in Crowle and Ealand parish, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE7712).

A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9256).


Crowle and Ealand

A civil parish with a town council in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England, which includes the named places.


Cuxham with Easington

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A civil parish (without a council) in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, which includes the named places.


Ainthorpe

A village in Danby parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref SE7008).


Saxtead

A civil parish and small village in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM2665).


Saxtead Green

A settlement in Saxtead parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM2564).


Exbury

From Old English personal name *Eohhere, genitive case *Eohheres + byriġ, dative singular of burh (“fort”).


Exford

From Old English Ex (“Exe river”) + ford, 'the ford across the river Exe".


Exbourne

From Old English ġēac (“cuckoo”), dative singular, ġēaces + burna (“stream”).

A village and civil parish of Devon, Southern England.


Cranborne

From Old English cran + burna, recorded as Creneburne in 1086 (DB).

A village and civil parish (served by Cranborne and Edmondsham Parish Council) in East Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU0513).


Deene

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish (served by Deene and Deenethorpe Parish Council) in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9492).


Alre

Back-formation from Alresford, as in New Alresford, Hampshire.

A tributary of the River Itchen in Hampshire, England.


Langton by Spilsby

A civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England, which includes the settlements of Langton and Sutterby.


Fonthill Gifford

A village and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9231).


North Nibley

A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7495).


Brightwalton

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4279).


Greatworth and Halse

Renamed from Greatworth on 1 April 2019.

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district.


Mickleover

From Middle English Mycheloure, from Old English miċel (“great”) + ōfer (“ridge”). Recorded as Ufram Majorem in 1087 from Old English ōfer + Latin maior (“great”), and as Magna Oura in 1223 from Latin magnus (“large”) + Old English ōfer.

A large suburban village and ward on the west side of the City of Derby, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3034).


Marnham

A civil parish (served by Normanton on Trent and Marnham Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England.


Shobdon

A village and civil parish in north-west Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3961).


Tenbury

A civil parish with a town council in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England.


Yearsett

A locality in Linton parish, (Bromyard Bringsty ward) in eastern Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO7053).


Suckley

A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7251).


Knightwick

A small village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7355).


Dunsley

en-proper-noun

Dunsley (countable and uncountable, plural Dunsleys)

From Old English personal name Dunn, in the genitive case Dunnes + lēah (“forest clearing”).

A civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England.

A hamlet in Kinver, Staffordshire, England.


Stottesdon

A village and civil parish in south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO6782).


Hemlington

A suburb in south-west Middlesbrough council area, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4914).


Brayford

A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6834).


Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet

A civil parish in Basildon district, Essex, England, that includes the named places.


Bowers Gifford

From Old English būr (“bower”), with manorial affix from the Giffard family in the 13th century.

Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet#English

A small village in Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet parish, Basildon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ7588).


Lintz Green

A hamlet in north-west County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1556).


Lamorna

St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul
St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul#English

A village, valley and cove in St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4424).


St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul

Formed on 1 April 2021 from the civil parishes of St Buryan and Paul.

A civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England, which includes the villages of St Buryan and Lamorna, but not the village of Paul.


St Buryan

A village and former civil parish, now in St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4025).


Doddington and District

Created 1 April 2023 on the merger of six civil parishes – Blakenhall, Bridgemere, Checkley cum Wrinehill, Doddington, Hunsterson, and Lea – which were all abolished.

A civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England.


Cranwell

From Old English cran (“crane”) in the genitive plural, crana + wella (“spring”), 'the spring frequented by cranes'.

A village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England.


Cransford

From Old English cran (“crane”) in the genitive plural, crana + ford, 'the cranes' ford'.

A village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England.


Shereford

From Old English scīr (“clear”), definite form scīra + ford.

A small village in the North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England.


Sherbourne

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

A village and civil parish in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England.


Dunsfold

A village and civil parish in Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0036).


Drewsteignton

From the name Drew, the River Teign (on the southern boundary of the parish), and Old English tūn.

A village and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7390).


Eardisland

A village and civil parish in northern Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4158).


East Quantoxhead

Named for its position at the north end of the Quantock Hills.

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A village and civil parish (without a council) in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST1343).


West Quantoxhead

West Quantoxhead, 1½ miles to the south-west, has some handsome houses and an imposing mansion, St Audries - now a girls' school - built in the Tudor style in the 19th century, at the same time as the pinkish-buff stone Church of St Ethelreda - also called St Audrey - which has an elegant tapering spirelet.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 160:

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST1141).


Morborne

From Old English mōr (“marsh”) + burna (“stream”).

A village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England.


Quantock Hills

A range of hills in western Somerset, England.


East Hendred

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, historically in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU4588).


Eastleach Martin

A village in Eastleach parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England, on the east bank of the River Leach (OS grid ref SP2005).


Eastleach Turville

Manorial affix from the de Turville family.

A village in Eastleach parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England, on the west bank of the River Leach (OS grid ref SP1905).


Eastnor

A village and civil parish (served by Eastnor Donnington Parish Council) east of Ledbury, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO7337).


Muxton

Donnington and Muxton
Donnington and Muxton#English

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A suburban village in Donnington and Muxton parish, Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7113).


Shaw cum Donnington

A civil parish north of Newbury in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England, that includes Donnington, but only a small part of Shaw, the rest of Shaw is in Newbury parish.


Wroxeter and Uppington

A civil parish between Shrewsbury and Telford, Shropshire, England, that includes the named places.


Uppington

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Uppi-Uz#Uppi-Upz

A hamlet in Hinton parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU0106).

Wroxeter and Uppington
Wroxeter and Uppington#English

A small village in Wroxeter and Uppington parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5909).


Donnington and Muxton

A civil parish in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England, that includes the named places.


Wroxeter

A small village in Wroxeter and Uppington parish, Shropshire, England, originally a Roman settlement (OS grid ref SJ5608).


Howick

A small village in Longhoughton parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref SU2517).


Peasemore

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4577).


Hell Corner

A hamlet in Inkpen parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3864).


Small Hythe

A small village in Tenterden parish, Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8930).


Buscot

A small village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, historically in Berkshire (OS grid ref SP2397).


Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth

A village in Colsterworth parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9224).


Edith Weston

Named after Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor.

A village and civil parish in Rutland, England, on the south side of Rutland Water (OS grid ref SK9205).


Blaise Hamlet

A hamlet near Henbury, City and County of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST5578).


Egton

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ8006).


Egton Bridge

A village on the River Esk in Egton parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ8005).


Key Green

A small village in Congleton parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8963).

From the south, in a zigzag plunge from Egton High Moor, the road just past Key Green suddenly reveals delightful views of a rich, placid landscape.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 171:

A hamlet in Egton parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ8004).


Elmley Castle

A village and civil parish with the remains of a castle in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9841).


Elsdon

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Ef-El#Elp-Ely

A hamlet in Lyonshall parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3254).

A village and civil parish in central Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ9393).


Elterwater

Located near the Elter Water, a small lake.

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A village in Lakes parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref NY3204).


Elter Water

A small lake in Lakeland, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3304).


Skelwith

A civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district.


Skelwith Bridge

A small village in Lakes parish and Skelwith parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref NY3403).


Ewelme

A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6491).


Eyam

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2176).


Chapmanslade

A village and civil parish in western Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8247).


Coquet

The River Coquet, a river in Northumberland, England, which flows into the North Sea at Amble.


Winceby

Lusby with Winceby
Lusby with Winceby#English

A small village in Lusby with Winceby parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3268).


Lusby with Winceby

A civil parish (without a council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England, that includes the named places.


Asgarby

A hamlet in Lusby with Winceby parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3366).

Asgarby and Howell
Asgarby and Howell#English

A small village in Asgarby and Howell parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF1145).


Asgarby and Howell

A civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England, that includes the named places.


Horham

A village and civil parish (served by Horham and Athelington Parish Council) in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2172).


Hungarton

A small village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6907).


Burton and Dalby

A civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England, which includes the settlements of Burton Lazars, Great Dalby and Little Dalby.


Great Dalby

Burton and Dalby
Burton and Dalby#English

A village in Burton and Dalby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7414).


Burton Lazars

Lazars is a corruption of Lazarus, for a lepers' hospital founded there in the 12th century.

A village in Burton and Dalby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7616).


Little Dalby

A small village in Burton and Dalby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7714).


Barnstone

Langar cum Barnstone
Langar cum Barnstone#English

A village in Langar cum Barnstone parish, Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7335).


Langar

A village in Langar cum Barnstone parish, Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7234).


Langar cum Barnstone

A civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England, which includes the named places.


Redmile

A village and civil parish (served by Barkestone, Plungar and Redmile Parish Council) in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7935).


Plungar

A village in Redmile parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7634).


Barkestone-le-Vale

A village in Redmile parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7834).


Menthorpe

A hamlet in North Duffield parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE7034).


North Duffield

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE6837).


Somersete

English: Somerset

→ Old French: Sumersete

From Old English Sumorsǣte; compare somer (“summer”).


Dalton-on-Tees

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district. The River Tees forms the boundary with County Durham (OS grid ref NZ2908).


Dulcote

A small settlement in St Cuthbert Out parish, Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5644).


Dorsete

English: Dorset

→ Old French: Dorsete

From Old English Dorsǣte, Dornsǣte; compare Dorchestre.


Wilteschire

desc

English: Wiltshire; Wilsher, Wilshire, Willshire (surnames)

From Old English Wiltūnsċīr; compare Wilton.

Wiltshire (a county of southwestern England)


Hampteschire

English: Hampshire; Hamptonshire (remodelled after Southhampton or Old English Hāmtūnsċir)

From late Old English Hamtesċīr, from earlier Hāmtūnsċīr; compare Hampton (“Southampton”).

Hampshire (a county of southern England)


Lydd-on-Sea

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

A coastal settlement in Lydd parish, Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0819).


West Shepton

A western suburb of Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6143).


Barrokschire

English: Berkshire

From Old English Bearrocsċīr, Berrocsċīr.

Berkshire (a county of southern England)


Berry Hill

A village in West Dean parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO5712).

An eastern suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9046).

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A suburb of Droitwich Spa, Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8963).


Figheldean

A village and civil parish on the Salisbury Plain in eastern Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1547).


লিভারপুল

সে লিভারপুলে বসবাস করে।

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

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


Nepcote

A hamlet in Findon parish, Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1208).


Feckenham

A village and civil parish in Redditch district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0061).


Finsthwaite

A small village in Colton parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD3687).


Fittleworth

A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0119).


Etal

A small village in Ford parish, northern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NT9239).


Fownhope

A village and civil parish in south-east Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5834).


Woolhope

A village and civil parish in eastern Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO6135).


Frampton on Severn

A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7407).


Rotherbridge

'Ox bridge' from Old English hrȳþer (“cattle”), genitive plural hrīþra + brycg (“bridge”).


Fulbeck

From Middle English Fulebek, from Old English fūl (“dirty”), definite form fūla + Old Norse bekkr (“stream”). An isolated form Fulebroc attested in 1194 suggests that bekkr may have replaced an original Old English brōc (“brook”) in the second element.

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9450).


Rotherwick

'The cattle farm', from Old English hrȳþer (“cattle”) + wīċ (“farm”).

A village and civil parish in Hart district, Hampshire, England.


Stratton-on-the-Fosse

Named for its location on the Fosse Way.

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST6550).


Stolford

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A small coastal village in Stogursey parish, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2245).


Stogursey

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2043).


Hatch Beauchamp

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST3020).


Ilton

A hamlet in Ilton-cum-Pott parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate district (OS grid ref SE1878).

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3517).


Ilton-cum-Pott

A civil parish (served by Fearby, Healey and District Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate district, which includes the hamlet of Ilton.


Belstone

A village and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6293).


Chicheley

/ˈt͡ʃɪt͡ʃli/

From Old English personal name *Ċiċa + lēah (“clearing”).

A village and civil parish in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.


Lealholm

A village in Glaisdale parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ7607).


Gnosall Heath

A village in Gnosall parish, Stafford district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8220).


Limpsfield

A village and civil parish in Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ4053).


Birchmore

From Old English birċe (“birch”) + either an assimilated (labialized) form of mere (“pond, lake”) or else mōr (“moor, mountain”).

An early attested site in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England.


Bedgebury Cross

A hamlet in the Bedgebury area of Goudhurst parish, Tunbridge Wells district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7134).


Bedgebury

Sir Alexander [Colepeper] […] had a foundry at Bedgebury, just south of the village [of Goudhurst], and there he cast many of the guns that smashed the Armada.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 203:

A largely forested area in the south of Goudhurst parish, Tunbridge Wells district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7233).


Chalvey

Inherited from Middle English Chalveye, from Old English *Ċealfīeġ, from ċealf (“calf”) + īeġ (“island”).

A suburb of Slough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU965795).


Grafton Underwood

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire council area, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering district (OS grid ref SP9280).


Rothay

A river in Westmorland and Furness council area, Cumbria, England, that flows through Grasmere and Rydal Water, before joining the River Brathay, and discharging into Windermere.


Great Budworth

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6677).


Great Coxwell

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, historically in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU2693).


Great Horwood

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7731).


Great Salkeld

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5536).


Great Urswick

A village in Urswick parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD2674)


Greystoke

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4430).


Gringley on the Hill

A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7390).


Grinshill

A village and civil parish in northern Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5223).


Guiting Power

Manorial affix is from the le Poer family.

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0924).


Mickleby

From either Old Norse mikill (“big”) or Old English miċel (“big”) + bȳ (“farmstead, village”).

A village and civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England.


უორიკი

ka-proper noun

უორიკი • (uoriḳi)

English Warwick, likely through an intermediary.

Warwick (a city in Warwickshire, West Midlands, England)


ლესტერი

ლესტერი • (lesṭeri)

English Leicester, likely through an intermediary.

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


შეფილდი

შეფილდი • (šepildi)

English Sheffield, likely through an intermediary.

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


Fulbrook

From Middle English Fulebroc, from Old English fūl (“foul”), definite form fūla + brōc (“brook”).

A village and civil parish Oxfordshire, England.

A small parish and deserted village Warwickshire, England.


Poulton and Pulford

A civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, which includes the named places.


Leasowe

A coastal village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ2791).


Stoke on Tern

A village in Stoke upon Tern parish, north-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6428).


Stoke upon Tern

A civil parish in north-east Shropshire, England, which includes the village of Stoke on Tern.


Wickmere

'The lake by the farm', from Middle English Wikemere (1166), from Old English wīċ (“farm”) + mere (“pond, lake”). The lake in reference is today extinct.

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk, Norfolk County, England.


Fisherwick

A small settlement and civil parish (served by Whittington and Fisherwick Parish Council) in Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1708).


Oxenfordschire

English: Oxfordshire

From late Old English Oxnafordsċīr, Oxenafordsċīr; equivalent to Oxenford (“Oxford”) + schire (“shire, county”).

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Oxfordshire (a county of central England)


Bedefordschire

English: Bedfordshire

From late Old English Bedanfordsċīr; equivalent to Bedeford (“Bedford”) + schire (“shire, county”).

Bedfordshire (a county of central England)


Hertfordschire

English: Hertfordshire

From late Old English Heortfordsċīr; equivalent to Hertford (“Hertford”) + schire (“shire, county”).

Hertfordshire (a county of southeastern England)


Chestreschire

English: Cheshire

/ˈt͡ʃɛʃiːr(ə)/

From late Old English Ċeastersċīr; equivalent to Chestre (“Chester”) + schire (“shire, county”).

Cheshire (a county of northwestern England)


Saughall

Saughall and Shotwick Park
Saughall and Shotwick Park#English

A village in Saughall and Shotwick Park parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3670).


Saughall and Shotwick Park

A civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England.


Lancastreschire

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obsolete <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Lancastshire</i>

English: Lancashire (obsolete Lancastshire)

From Lancastre (“Lancaster”) + schire (“shire, county”); the county was formed after the Old English period.

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Lancashire (a county of northwestern England)


Caldy

A coastal village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ2285).


Thurstaston

A small village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ2484).


Hilton House

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A hamlet in Westhoughton parish, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6308).


Rowlands Gill

A village beside the River Derwent, in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ1658).


ბირმინგემი

ბირ‧მინ‧გე‧მი

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


South Wimbledon

A suburb of Wimbledon, borough of Merton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2570).


Fillingham

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9485).


Greatmoor

Initially, however, it is possible that NR will opt only to build a single-track section from Quainton to the Greatmoor Energy from Waste facility (EfW). […] The new railhead at Greatmoor will be on the eastern side of the HS2 tracks, whereas the waste facility is on the western side.

2024 December 27, Chris Howe, “HS2's complex alignments at Calvert”, in RAIL, number 1025, page 34:

Grendon Underwood
Grendon Underwood#English

A locality in Grendon Underwood parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP7022).


Goadby

A village and civil parish (without a council) in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP2598).


Halton Holegate

A village and civil parish (served by Halton Holegate and Halton Fenside Parish Council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4165).


Halton Fenside

A settlement in Halton Holegate parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4263).


Hambleden

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU7886).


Kirtling

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish (served by Kirtling and Upend Parish Council) in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England. (OS grid ref TL6856).


Upend

A hamlet in Kirtling parish, East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL7058).


Monkton Farleigh

A village and civil parish in western Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8065).


Cheriton Bishop

Manorial affix from the Bishop of Exeter.

A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7793).


Claife

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district.


Near Sawrey

A village in Claife parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD3695).


Hemingford Grey

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2970).


Hemingford Abbots

Manorial affix from possession by the Abbot of Ramsey.

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2771).


Ranworth

A small village near Ranworth Broad in Woodbastwick parish, Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3514).


Horninghold

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP8097).


Woodbastwick

A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3315).