Ripley

en-proper noun

Ripley (countable and uncountable, plural Ripleys)

From the Old English folk name for the Anglian tribe, Hrype, genitive case Hrypa + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3950).

A hamlet in Sopley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SZ1698).

A small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE2860).

A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0556).


Martock

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4619).


Cornwallis

(dated) Cornwall (a duchy and county of England, United Kingdom)


Beaconsfield

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in South Bucks district (OS grid ref SU9391).


Eea

A short river in south Cumbria, England, that flows into the estuary of the River Leven, on Morecambe Bay.


Isle of Thanet

An area in northeastern Kent, England, bordering onto the North Sea and English Channel, which was an island at one time. The main towns in Thanet are Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate.


Wick

Wick (countable and uncountable, plural Wicks)

A placename
A village in Dorset, England.

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A village in Wick and Abson parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7072).

A placename
A village in West Sussex, England.

A placename
A village in Worcestershire, England.


Norland

Norland (countable and uncountable, plural Norlands)

From Old English norþ (“north”) + land (“land”).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE065225).


Delph

(For the village) from Old English delf, gedelf (“quarry”)

A village in Saddleworth parish, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD9807).


Welbeck

Welbeck (countable and uncountable, plural Welbecks)

Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck#English

A locality and former civil parish in Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5674).


Southgate

An area in the borough of Enfield, Greater London, England.


Bakewell

Bakewell (countable and uncountable, plural Bakewells)

From the Old English personal name Baduca + wella (“spring, stream”).

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A market town and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2168).


Tamworth

Tamworth
Tamworth pig
Tamworth, Staffordshire

A town in Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2203).

A local government district with borough status in Staffordshire with its headquarters in the town.


Duffield

Duffield (countable and uncountable, plural Duffields)

A village and civil parish in Amber Valley borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3443).


Roos

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA2930).


Pill

From the common Welsh placename element Pil meaning "tidal pool, harbor," itself borrowed from English pill (“tidal creek”).

Pill and Easton-in-Gordano
Pill and Easton-in-Gordano#English

A village in Pill and Easton-in-Gordano parish, North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5275).


Avon Gorge

A gorge on the river Avon in Bristol, crossed by the Clifton Suspension Bridge


Londona

Londona (nominative singular)
Londonu (accusative singular)
Londonas (genitive singular)
Londonai (dative singular)
Londonu (instrumental singular)
Londonā (locative singular)
Londona (singular vocative)

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


Bloomsbury

Recorded 1291 as Blemondesberi “manor held by the Blemond family”, from Blémont in France.

An area in the borough of Camden, London, known for its array of garden squares and its literary connections.


Beccles

A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4290).


Holme

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1987).

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD5278).

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A hamlet in Messingham parish, North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SE9206).

A small village in Holme Valley parish, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1006).

A river in West Yorkshire, England, which flows into the River Colne at Huddersfield.


Westcott

Westcott (countable and uncountable, plural Westcotts)

From Old English west (“west”) + cot (“cottage; shelter”).

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7117).

A hamlet in Bridford parish, Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7886).

A village (unparished) west of Dorking, Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1448).


Isle of Ely

Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely

A historical area in northern Cambridgeshire, England; administered as its own county between 1890 and 1965, when it was absorbed into Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely.


Downend

A northern suburb of Bristol in Downend and Bromley Heath parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, between Fishponds, Frenchay and Mangotsfield (OS grid ref ST6576).


Boothroyd

Boothroyd (countable and uncountable, plural Boothroyds)

From Northern Middle English bothe (“booth, hut, shed”) + royd (“clearing”).

der

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE235215).


Corby

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8888).

A former borough in Northamptonshire, abolished on 1 April 2021 and merged into North Northamptonshire.


Standish

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

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

A small village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8008).


Purbeck

A former local government district in Dorset, abolished on 1 April 2019 and merged into the Dorset unitary authority.


دربي

head

دَرْبِي • (darbī) f

دَرْبِي (canonical)
darbī (romanization)

Derby (a city and unitary authority in Derbyshire, in the East Midlands, England)


Barden

A civil parish (without a council) in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE05).

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Constable Burton and Finghall Parish Council) in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1493).


Cranberry

A hamlet in Standon parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8236).


Mountfield

A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ7420).


Hove

A town on the south coast of East Sussex, England, west of Brighton


Isle

A river in Somerset, England, which flows into the River Parrett.


Needles

A set of three stacks of chalk off the western coast of the Isle of Wight, England.


Dutton

en-proper noun

Dutton (countable and uncountable, plural Duttons)

The village in Cheshire is from Old English dūn (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), while the civil parish in Lancashire is from the Old English personal name Dudda + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ575767).

A civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD662368).


Laycock

A small village west of Keighley, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0341).


Wing

A large village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8822).

A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8903).


Mountain

Mountain (countable and uncountable, plural Mountains)

A hamlet near Queensbury, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0930).


Oakes

Oakes (countable and uncountable, plural Oakeses)

From the plural of oak. The surname could also derived from a partial translation of the Irish surname Mac Dubhdara (“son of Dubhdara”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) and darach, genitive of dair (“oak”).

A suburban area of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE112341).


Salcombe

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in South Hams district, southern Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7339).


Upham

Upham (countable and uncountable, plural Uphams)

From Old English upp (“upper”) + hām (“homestead”).
The civil parish in New Brunswick is named after Loyalist military officer and politician Joshua Upham (1741 - 1808).

A village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU531202).


Pickford

Pickford (countable and uncountable, plural Pickfords)

A hamlet in Allesley parish, Metropolitan Borough of Coventry, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP2881).


Heaton

Heaton (countable and uncountable, plural Heatons)

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

A district of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD695095).

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ950626).

A suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE142193).

Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne#English

A suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2766).


Stowe

From Middle English stowe, from Old English stōw (“place”).

A civil parish and former village in Buckinghamshire.

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Sto-St Q#Stoo–Stoz

A hamlet in St Briavels parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO5606).

A hamlet in Whitney-on-Wye parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO2847).

A small village and civil parish in south-west Shropshire, also spelt Stow (OS grid ref SO3173).

A suburb of Lichfield, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK1210).


Effingham

From Old English, "Effa's farmstead," from Effa + -ing + ham (“home”). The first element is a variant of Æffa, Uffa, a king of the Angles (c. 575), attested in names such as Abridge, Uffington, and Ufford, but of uncertain origin.

A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1253).


Stanbury

Stanbury (countable and uncountable, plural Stanburys)

From Old English stān (“stone”) + -bury.

Haworth and Stanbury
Haworth and Stanbury#English

A small village in Haworth and Stanbury parish, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0037).


Charing

From char (to bend), itself from Old English ċierr.

A village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9549).


Lydgate

A village in Saddleworth parish, Oldham borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9704).

A suburban village north-west of Todmorden, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9225).


Fleetwood

From Old English flēot (“pool, stream”) + wood.

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3348).


Sowerby

Sowerby (countable and uncountable, plural Sowerbys)

From Old Norse saurr (“mud, dirt, sour ground”) + bý (“farmstead”).

der

A hamlet in Inskip-with-Sowerby parish, Wyre district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4738).

A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4381).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0423).


Freeland

Any of a number of places in English-speaking countries:

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4112).

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English


Sandford

From Old English sand (“sand”) + ford (“ford”).

Winscombe and Sandford
Winscombe and Sandford#English

A village in Winscombe and Sandford parish, North Somerset, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4259).

A hamlet in Severn Stoke parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8545).


Wingate

en-proper noun

Wingate (countable and uncountable, plural Wingates)

From Old English wind (“wind”) + ġeat (“gate”).

(uncountable) Any of a number of towns in English-speaking countries:

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4037).


Grafton

Grafton (countable and uncountable, plural Graftons)

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

Any of various towns across the English-speaking world:

A village and civil parish in Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO496493).

A village in Marton cum Grafton parish, Harrogate district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE416633).

Marton cum Grafton
Marton cum Grafton#English

A hamlet in Grafton and Radcot parish, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP2600).

Grafton and Radcot
Grafton and Radcot#English

A hamlet in Pimhill parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ430189).

A civil parish in eastern Wiltshire, which includes the settlements of East Grafton and West Grafton.

A hamlet in Beckford parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO987372).


Walden

From Old English walh (“Welshman”), genitive plural wala + denu (“valley”).

A valley and locality in Burton-cum-Walden parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE0183).


Fairfield

Fairfield (countable and uncountable, plural Fairfields)

From Old English fæġer (“beautiful, fair”) + feld (“field”).

An eastern suburb of Buxton, High Peak district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK0673).

A suburb in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ4119).

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD8211).

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ9097).

A village in Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO9475).

A suburb of Evesham, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0342).

Wolverley and Cookley
Wolverley and Cookley#English

A settlement next to Wolverley, Wolverley and Cookley parish, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8279).


Denham

A large village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in South Bucks district (OS grid ref TQ0486).

A small village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1974).

A small village and civil parish (served by Barrow cum Denham Parish Council) in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL7561).


Worth

Worth (countable and uncountable, plural Worths)

A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR3356).

A civil parish in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, which formerly included the village.

A village in Crawley borough, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ3036).

A river in West Yorkshire, the River Worth, which joins the River Aire at Keighley.


లండను

te-proper noun

లండను • (laṇḍanu) ?

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


Rye

* As an English surname, variant of Rea.
* Also as an English surname, from the noun rye.
* As a Norwegian surname, from several farmsteads whose name derive from Old Norse rjóðr (“forest clearing”); see the verb ryðja (“to clear”).
* As a Danish surname, from the town Ry in Skanderbord.
* The town in England is perhaps derived from Old English riþ (“river, stream”).

River Rye, Yorkshire
Rye (disambiguation)
Rye, East Sussex
Rye, New York

A small town and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ9220).

A hamlet in Odiham parish, Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7750).

A river in North Yorkshire, England, that flows through Ryedale to join the Derwent.


Cheshunt

A town in Broxbourne borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3502).


Healey

An area in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD8815).

A rural estate, hamlet, and civil parish in southern Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ0158).

A small village and civil parish (served by Fearby, Healey and District Parish Council) in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1880).

A suburb of Batley, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2324).

A village near Ossett, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, the site of Healey Mills Marshalling Yard (OS grid ref SE2719).


Poplar

en-proper noun

Poplar (countable and uncountable, plural Poplars)

From poplar, also as a topographic surname for a person who lived by this tree.

A suburban area in East London, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3780).


曼徹斯特

ㄇㄢˋ ㄔㄜˋ ㄙ ㄊㄜˋ

/män⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹/

/maːn²² t͡sʰiːt̚³ siː⁵⁵ tɐk̚²/

/me²² t͡sʰəʔ⁵⁵ sz̩³³ dəʔ²¹/

/män⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹/

/maːn²² t͡sʰiːt̚³ siː⁵⁵ tɐk̚²/

/me²² t͡sʰəʔ⁵⁵ sz̩³³ dəʔ²¹/

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

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


Bela

The River Bela, a short river in south Cumbria, England, which flows into the estuary of the River Kent.


Goodrich

A village and civil parish (served by Goodrich and Welsh Bicknor Group Parish Council) in south Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5719).


Idle

en-proper-noun

Idle (countable and uncountable, plural Idles)

A suburb in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1737).

A river, the River Idle in Nottinghamshire, England, which flows into the River Trent.


Epping

en-proper noun

Epping (countable and uncountable, plural Eppings)

From Old English yppe (“upland”) + ing (“meadow”).

A market town and civil parish in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL455025).


Banbury

From Old English Bannanburg, from Old English *Banna (“name of a 6th-century Saxon chieftain said to have built a stockade in that place”) or bana, banna (“a byname meaning ‘felon, murderer’”) (see bane) + burgh (“borough; settlement; town”).

der

A market town and civil parish with a town council, on the River Cherwell in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4540).


Sandringham

The town in Newfoundland is named after Sandringham House to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

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 TF6928).


Litchfield

en-proper noun

Litchfield (countable and uncountable, plural Litchfields)

From Old English Lyccid, from Common Brittonic, Letocetum, a placename meaning "greywood" + feld (“field”).

Litchfield and Woodcott
Litchfield and Woodcott#English

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A village in Litchfield and Woodcott parish, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4653).


לאָנדאָן

head

לאָנדאָן • (london) ?

yi-proper noun

לאָנדאָן • (london) ?

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


Wass

en-proper noun

Wass (countable and uncountable, plural Wasses)

Byland with Wass
Byland with Wass#English

A village in Byland with Wass parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE5579).


Shitterton

An Old English name related to shit, referring to an open sewer.


Picton

Picton (countable and uncountable, plural Pictons)

From either the Old English personal name Pīca or pīc (“point, peak, pinnacle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4107).

A hamlet in Mickle Trafford parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4371).

A former civil parish of Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, now part of Mickle Trafford parish.

A ward of Liverpool, Merseyside, Lancashire, England.


Brunton

en-prop

Brunton (countable and uncountable, plural Bruntons)

From a metathesized form of Old English burna (“stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). This surname is also common in Ireland.

A village in Newton-by-the-Sea parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2024).

Collingbourne Kingston
Collingbourne Kingston#English

A hamlet in Collingbourne Kingston parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2456).


Cocker

* As an English surname, from the verb cock (“to fight, wrangle”), itself from the bird. The river in Lancashire is also from the bird.
* Also as an English surname, from the noun cock (sense 3) (“heap of hay”).
* As a German surname, Americanized from Kocher.
* The river in Cumbria is of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *kukrā (“the crooked one”).

der

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

A short river in Lancashire, England, which flows into the Lune estuary.


Latimer

en-proper noun

Latimer (countable and uncountable, plural Latimers)

From latimer (“interpreter, speaker of Latin”), q.v. The village was named after a landowner with this name.

Latimer and Ley Hill
Latimer and Ley Hill#English

A village in Latimer and Ley Hill parish, Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Chiltern district (OS grid ref TQ0098).


Tame

English surname, from the adjective Middle English tame as a nickname, and in some cases a habitational surname from Thame in Oxfordshire.

A river in the West Midlands, Warwickshire and Staffordshire, England, a tributary to the Trent.

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A river in Greater Manchester, England, which joins the River Goyt at Stockport, then becoming the River Mersey.


Hare

* As an Irish surname, from ó hír (“descendant of Ír”), a personal name related to Old Irish sír (“long-lasting”).
* Also as an Irish surname, from ó Haichir (“descendant of Aichear”), from aichear (“sharp”).
* As an English surname, from the noun hare, originally as a nickname.
* Also as an English surname, from Ayre.
* Also as an English surname, from the obsolete Old English hær (“stone”).
* Also as an English surname, variant of Hair.
* As a French surname, from the verb harer (“to stir up, excite”), from Old French harier, from Frankish *hariōn, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną (“to devastate, lay waste”).
* As a German surname, variant of Harr.

der

A hamlet in Broadway parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2915).


Cowgill

A village in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England.


Torre

A suburb of Torquay, Torbay borough, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9064).

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

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


ลอนดอน

th-proper noun

ลอนดอน • (lɔn-dɔn)

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


Settle

en-proper noun

Settle (countable and uncountable, plural Settles)

From Old English setl (“sitting, residence”).

A town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD816640).


Westward Ho!

Chosen as an unusual name to attract tourists, after Charles Kingsley's best-selling novel Westward Ho! (1855), which was set in nearby Bideford. The phrase itself comes from westward + ho (variant of hey), the call of Thames ferrymen indicating their proffered direction.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Westward Ho!.

A seaside village in Northam parish near Bideford, Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4329).

another village with an exclamation mark in its name


Langford

Langford (countable and uncountable, plural Langfords)

Two main origins:
* From Old English lang (“long”) + ford (“ford”).
* The village in Nottinghamshire derives from the Old English personal name Landa + ford.

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1840).

A village and civil parish in Maldon district, Essex (OS grid ref TL838089).

A hamlet in Ickburgh parish, Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TL8396).

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK8258).

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP2402).


Macclesfield

From the Old English name Maccel, hence meaning field of Maccel. The Domesday Book records the name of Maclesfeld.

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England.

A former borough in Cheshire, abolished on 1 April 2009 and merged into Cheshire East.


Loftus

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England.


Chilwell

Chilwell (countable and uncountable, plural Chilwells)

A village and suburb of Nottingham in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5135).


Mánchester

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


Coates

Coates (countable and uncountable, plural Coates or Coateses)

A village in Whittlesey parish, Fenland district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3097).

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9700).

A suburban area and ward in Barnoldswick parish, Pendle borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8847).

A hamlet in Stow parish, West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, seemingly the same as Coates by Stow (OS grid ref SK9083).

A hamlet in North Leverton with Habblesthorpe parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK8281).

North Leverton with Habblesthorpe#English

A hamlet in Barlavington parish, Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU9917).


Hough

A village and civil parish (served by Hough and Chorlton Parish Council) south of Crewe, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7150).

A hamlet near Alderley Edge, Cheshire East, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8578).


Watford

Watford (countable and uncountable, plural Watfords)

From either Old English wæt (“wet”) or wāþ (“hunting, chase”) + ford (“ford”).

A town and borough in Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TQ1196).

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP6068).


Watford Gap

A pass between hills in the English Midlands, near the village of Watford, Northants, crossed by the M1 motorway and West Coast Main Line.


Ore

* From Old English ora (“edge, stream bank, brink”)
* For the river, a back-formation from Orford, Suffolk.

der

Ore, East Sussex
River Leven, Fife
River Ore

A suburban area, formerly a village, in Hastings borough, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ8311).

A river in Suffolk, England, in two sections; a non-tidal section that joins the River Alde, and a tidal section, a renaming of the Alde parallel to the coast south of Aldeburgh, passing Orford before entering the North Sea.


လန်ဒန်

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


Blenheim

Battle of Blenheim
Höchstädt an der Donau

The house was named to commemorate the Allied victory at the 1704 Battle of Blindheim (near Höchstädt an der Donau in Bavaria). Other places are named after the house, often with an association to the Duchy of Marlborough.

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A civil parish (without a council) west of Woodstock, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire.

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A suburban area in Garsington parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5702).

A small inner city area of Leeds, West Yorkshire.


Helston

From Cornish Hellys (meaning "old court), with the -ton suffix added.

A town and civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6527).


Clacton-on-Sea

A town and coastal resort in Tendring district, Essex, England. (OS grid ref TM1715).


Clacton-on-Sea

Langs kysten i Essex ligger flere populære badesteder, blant annet Clacton-on-Sea.

Along the coast of Essex are several popular seaside resorts, including Clacton-on-Sea.

Clacton-on-Sea (a resort town in Tendring district, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom)


Stockwell

en-proper noun

Stockwell (countable and uncountable, plural Stockwells)

From Old English stocc (“tree trunk, stump”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

A suburb in the borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3076).

A hamlet in Birdlip parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9414).


יאָרק

head

יאָרק • (york)


Ilkeston

A town in Erewash district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4641).


チェシャー

ja-pos

チェシャー • (Cheshā)

Cheshire (a county in northwestern England)


Tunstall

en-proper noun

Tunstall (countable and uncountable, plural Tunstalls)

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

der

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A small village in Roos parish, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA3032).

A village and civil parish south of Sittingbourne, Swale district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ8961).

A small village and civil parish in Lancaster district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD6073).

A small village in Halvergate parish, Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG4108).

A hamlet in Newby parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ5212).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE2195).

A hamlet in Adbaston parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ7727).

A town in the City of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, one of the Potteries (OS grid ref SJ864516).

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM3655).

A suburban village between Ryhope and New Silksworth, Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ3953).


לונדון

he-proper noun

לוֹנְדּוֹן • (lóndon) f

לוֹנְדּוֹן (canonical)
lóndon (romanization)

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


Hawkshaw

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7515).

Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen#English

A suburb of Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6823).


Cardew

en-proper noun

Cardew (countable and uncountable, plural Cardews)

From Cumbric *cair (“a fort”) + Cumbric *du (“black”).

City of Carlisle
City of Carlisle#English

A hamlet in the City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY340492).


Anstey

Anstey (countable and uncountable, plural Ansteys)

From Old English ān (“one; a, an”) + stig (“path”). Compare Ansty, which shares the same etymology.

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A small village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL4032).

A village in Charnwood district, Leicestershire, England.


Shanklin

A town and civil parish with a town council on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5881).


Cowes

A town on the north coast of the Isle of Wight, England.


Ventnor

A town and civil parish with a town council on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5677).


Ryde

Once a Regency seaside resort, visitor numbers in Ryde were up and down historically, then down for good 1970s onwards (cheap Mediterranean charter flights).

2019, Isabel Waidner, We Are Made of Diamond Stuff, Dostoyevsky Wannabe Originals, page 33:

A town and civil parish with a town council on the northeast coast of the Isle of Wight, England.


Sandown

A ‘slum zoo’ in Sandown and a nation in decline, but here we go. What a life.

2019, Isabel Waidner, We Are Made of Diamond Stuff, Dostoyevsky Wannabe Originals, page 101:

A town and civil parish with a town council on the southeast coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5984).


Coniston

From Old Norse konungr (“king's”) + Old English tūn (“town, manor”), after the model of other settlements known as Cinges tūn or Cynges tūn (“king's town”). Doublet of Coniston Cold. Cf. also Conington, Conisbrough, Coningsby, Kingston, Kingstown, Kingstone, Kingsburg, and Kingsville.

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1535).

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A village and civil parish next to Coniston Water in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD3097).


モントピリア

From English Montpelier, from French Montpellier. Doublet of モンペリエ (Monperie).

Montpelier (an area of Brighton, England)


セントジョンズ

St Johns (a village in Worcestershire, England)


Duckmanton

A village and ward in Staveley parish, Chesterfield borough, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4472).


Hoxton

An area in the East End of London, in the borough of Hackney, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3383).


Grays

A town in Thurrock borough, Essex, England, on the north side of the River Thames; also known as Grays Thurrock (OS grid ref TQ6177).


Rainham

A town in the borough of Havering, on the eastern edge of Greater London, England, originally in Essex (OS grid ref TQ5282).

A town, originally a village, within the Medway Towns conurbation in north Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8166).


Medway Towns

A conurbation in North Kent, England, mainly comprising the three large towns of Chatham, Gillingham, and Rochester.


Richmond upon Thames

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Richmond, London

A London borough in Greater London, the only one on both sides of the Thames; incorporating parts of both Surrey and Middlesex.


Hammersmith and Fulham

A London borough of Greater London, England.

London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham


Wandsworth

Partly derived from the River Wandle, which flows through the town and into the Thames.

A town in southwest London, England, on the south side of the River Thames.


Crystal Palace

An area mainly in the borough of Bromley, south-east Greater London, England, named after the "palace" that was erected there for The Great Exhibition of 1851 (OS grid ref TQ3471).


Fulham

From Old English Fullanhām, Fullanhōm, from personal name Fulla + Old English hamm (“riverbend land”).

An area in southwestern London, England, on the north side of the River Thames.


Havering

A London borough on the east side of Greater London.


Hounslow

London Borough of Hounslow
Richard Hounslow

A town in western Greater London, England.


Hillingdon

A London borough on the west side of Greater London.

A suburban area in Greater London, within the same borough (OS grid ref TQ0783).


Hammersmith

As for Hammersmith itself, that's now a transport hub, but unfortunately cars were invited to the party, so the centre is a roaring roundabout.

2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 50:

Hammersmith and Fulham
Hammersmith and Fulham#English

A town in west London, in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2378).

An outer suburb of Ripley, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3951).


Walthamstow

/ˈwɔːlθəmstəʊ/

The principal town of the borough of Waltham Forest, Greater London, and the borough's administrative headquarters.


Harringay

Old form of the name Hornsey, revived in the 19th century. Doublet of Hornsey.

A suburban area in the borough of Haringey, Greater London, England (note the different spellings) (OS grid ref TQ3188).


Tower Hamlets

A London borough in the East End, Greater London.


Haringey

Variant of Harringay. First recorded in 1864. Doublet of Hornsey.

A London borough in northern Greater London.


City of Westminster

A city and London borough in central Greater London.


Harrow

From Old English hearg (“altar; grove, temple”), from Proto-Germanic *harugaz.

inh

Harrow School
Harrow, London
London Borough of Harrow

A town in northwestern Greater London, England.


Newham

An industrial suburb of Truro, Cornwall, England, located on the Truro River (OS grid ref SW8343).

A London borough in eastern Greater London, England, comprising East Ham and West Ham.

A hamlet in Ellingham parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1728).


Redbridge

A suburban area in the borough of Redbridge, Greater London, England, originally in Essex (OS grid ref TQ4288).

A London borough in north-east Greater London.

A residential and industrial area in the city of Southampton, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3713).

An area on the western boundary of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5103).


Uxbridge

From Wixan + Old English bryċġ (“bridge”), meaning, "the bridge leading to the Wixan", a Saxon tribe which settled near the Lincolnshire fens.

A town in the borough of Hillingdon, on the western edge of Greater London, England, originally in Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ0584).


Upminster

First recorded in 1062 as Upmynstre, and recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as Upmunstra. Formed from Old English upp and mynster, meaning "the large church on high ground".

A town in the borough of Havering, on the eastern edge of Greater London, England, originally in Essex (OS grid ref TQ5686).


Waltham Forest

A London borough in northeastern Greater London, which comprises Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.


Bexley

From Old English byxe (“box tree”) + leah (“wood”), equivalent to box + -ley (“lea”).

A suburban town in the borough of Bexley, south-east Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4973).


Clapham Junction

It has never been satisfactorily explained how Clapham Junction came by its name. It is in Mid-Battersea, and is so indicated in Bradshaw.

1951 March, M. D. Greville, “The Nomenclature of Railway Stations”, in Railway Magazine, page 193:

(rail transport) A major rail transport hub in south-west London, England, which has the distinction of being the busiest railway station in Britain.


Ilford

The name is first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Ilefort, meaning "ford over the Hyle" (an old name for the River Roding that means "trickling stream"). Equivalent to Hyle + ford.

A large town in north-eastern Greater London, England, and the administrative headquarters of the London borough of Redbridge.


Brentford

A town in the borough of Hounslow, in western Greater London, England, on the north side of the River Thames.


Colgate

en-proper noun

Colgate (countable and uncountable, plural Colgates)

→ Dutch: Colgate

→ Aukan: golugeiti (“toothpaste”)

The toothpaste brand was named after the company founder, William Colgate. The surname derives from the place name, which is probably from Old English col (“coal”) and ġeat (“gate”).
The Philippine sense is a genericized trademark from the toothpaste brand, Colgate. Compare Cebuano kulgit.

Colgate (name)
Colgate (toothpaste)
Colgate, West Sussex

A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ2332).


Barras

A hamlet in Stainmore parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England, historically in Westmorland (OS grid ref NY8411).


Bole

From earlier Bolle, ultimately from either the dative singular bolde or dative plural boldum of bold (“house”); the latter is perhaps suggested by its attestation in the Domesday Book as Medieval Latin Bolun.

A village and civil parish of Nottinghamshire, England.


Υόρκη

Yórki (romanization)
Υόρκες (plural)
Υόρκα (nominative singular)
Υόρκες (nominative plural)
Υόρκας (genitive singular)
Υόρκα (accusative singular)
Υόρκες (accusative plural)
Υόρκα (singular vocative)
Υόρκες (plural vocative)

English York + feminine suffix -η (-i). Compare to the loanword Γιορκ (Giork).

Older spelling: Ὑόρκη

(dated) York (a city in northern England)


Freshwater

A large village and civil parish in the west of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ3387).


Troon

A village in Camborne parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6638).


Gensing

A district of St Leonards, and ward in Hastings borough, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ8009).


Lądek

Lądek (nominative singular)
Lądka (genitive singular)
Lądkowi (dative singular)
Lądek (accusative singular)
Lądkiem (instrumental singular)
Lądku (locative singular)
Lądku (singular vocative)

From a situational gag in the cult comedy film Miś, where a post office clerk refuses to send a telegram, saying that “There is no such city as London. There is Lądek, Lądek-Zdrój...”, maliciously pretending not to realize that the customer wants to send the telegram to England.

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


लंदन

landan (romanization)
لندن (Urdu)
लंदन (direct singular)
लंदन (oblique singular)
लंदन (singular vocative)

Borrowed from English London, from Middle English London, from Old English Lunden, a borrowing from Latin Londīnium.

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


Hadleigh

A town and former civil parish in Castle Point borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8187).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0242).


Kenley

* Shortened from McKenley, variant of McKinley
* Habitational from Old English Cena (“a man's name”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).

A suburb in the borough of Croydon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3259).


Everleigh

Everleigh (countable and uncountable, plural Everleighs)

From Old English eofor (“wild boar”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Compare the Dutch toponym Everlo.

A village and civil parish of Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU204538).


Ansley

Ansley (countable and uncountable, plural Ansleys)

From Old English ānsetl (“hermitage”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2991).


Brixton

(district of London): Thought to originate from Brixistane, meaning "the stone of Brixi (a Saxon lord)".

A district of the borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3175).

A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5552).


Harlow

From Old English hær (“rock”) or here (“army”) + hlæw (“hill”).

A town and local government district of Essex, England.


Ryland

From Old English ryge (“rye”) + land (“land”).

A suburban area of Welton, West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0180).


Kinsley

Kinsley (countable and uncountable, plural Kinsleys)

From Old English Cyne (“Royal (a man's name)”) + -s (“'s”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).

inh

A village in the City of Wakefield district Metropolitan District, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4114).


Easton

From Old English ēast (“east”) + tūn (“settlement”). Doublet of Aston.

A hamlet in Welford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU4172).

An inner-city district in Bristol, divided into Lower Easton and Upper Easton (OS grid ref ST6074)

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1371)

A hamlet in Arthuret parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in City of Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY4372).

A hamlet in Bowness parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY2759).

Isle of Portland
Isle of Portland#English

A village in Portland parish, Isle of Portland, Dorset (OS grid ref SY6971).

A village in Itchen Valley parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU5132).

A village in Freshwater parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ3486).

A small village and civil parish (served by Stoke Rochford and Easton Parish Council) in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK9226).

A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG1310).

A village in St Cuthbert Out parish, Mendip district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST5147)

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM2858).


Billericay

/bɪləˈɹɪkiː/

Various theories; see Billericay#Toponym. First recorded in 1291 as Byllyrica.

A town and civil parish in Basildon borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6794).


Nar

Back-formation from Narborough, a town through which the river flows.

A river in Norfolk, England, tributary to the Great Ouse.


Savile Row

→? Japanese: 背広 (sebiro)

Burlington Estate
Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Burlington

Originally named Savile Street, it was built between 1731 and 1735 as part of the development of the Burlington Estate and named after Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Burlington (née Savile; 1699–1758).

A street in Mayfair, borough of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, known for its bespoke tailoring for men.


Stow

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8881).


Hotwells

A district of Bristol, England named for its hot springs


Spath

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A small village in Uttoxeter Rural parish, East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0835).


Helton

From helde ‘slope’ + tun ‘farmstead or settlement’. The Old English surname is said to have originated in Cumbria, England. The motto is Artibus et armis which means by art and arms. The name could be a derivative of Hilton or Elton.

A village in Eden district, Cumbria, England


伯明翰

ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄢˋ

/pu̯ɔ³⁵ miŋ³⁵ xän⁵¹/

/paːk̚³ mɪŋ²¹ hɔːn²²/

/paʔ³³ min⁵⁵ ɦø²¹/

/pu̯ɔ³⁵ miŋ³⁵ xän⁵¹/

/paːk̚³ mɪŋ²¹ hɔːn²²/

/paʔ³³ min⁵⁵ ɦø²¹/

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

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


Marr

* As a Scottish surname, from the district of Mar in Aberdeenshire, itself named after the clan (see also Clan Mar).
* As an English surname, from placenames derived from Old Norse marr (“marsh, pool, fen”).
* As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 馬 /马 (mǎ), see Ma.

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5105).


Whitefield

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD8006).

A hamlet in Morden parish, Dorset, previously in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY9094).

A suburb of Nelson, Pendle district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8537).

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A hamlet in Wiveliscombe parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, previously in Taunton Deane district (OS grid ref ST0729).


Hemsworth

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

A hamlet in Witchampton parish, east Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9605).

A suburb of the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3683).

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4213).


Woolwich

A town in the borough of Greenwich, in southeast London, England.


Wolverton

Wolverton and Greenleys
Wolverton and Greenleys#English

A constituent town of Milton Keynes in Wolverton and Greenleys civil parish, Buckinghamshire, located at its northern edge (OS grid ref SP8140).

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A small village in Baughurst parish, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU5558).

A small village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2062).

A hamlet in Zeals parish, south-west Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST7830).


Ouse

From Old English Usa, probably of Romano-British Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *udso-, from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”).

River Ouse, Yorkshire: A river in North Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire.

River Ouse, Sussex: A river in both West Sussex and East Sussex.


ハートフォード

ja-pos

ハートフォード • (Hātofōdo)

Hartford (a village in Huntingdonshire, England)

Hartford (a village in Cheshire, England)


ハートフォード

ハートフォード • (Hātofōdo)

Hertford (a town in Hertfordshire, England)


Hanley

en-proper noun

Hanley (countable and uncountable, plural Hanleys)

From Old English hēan, weak dative case of hēah (“high”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Compare Henley, which shares the same etymology.

A town in Staffordshire, England, one of the Potteries (OS grid ref SJ880480).

A civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO668659).


Stockley

Stockley (countable and uncountable, plural Stockleys)

From Old English stocc (“log, stump, tree trunk”) + lēah (“clearing, glade”). Equivalent to stock + -ley (“lea”).

der

Okehampton Hamlets
Okehampton Hamlets#English

A hamlet in Okehampton Hamlets parish, West Devon district, Devon, England, adjacent to Stockley Hamlet (OS grid ref SX6096).

A village in Calne Without parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU002674).


Nuttall

en-proper noun

Nuttall (countable and uncountable, plural Nuttalls)

→ Translingual: Nuttallia, Nuttallides, Nuttallina, Nuttallochiton, Nuttallornis, nuttallii, nuttalli, nuttallianus, nuttalliae

From Old English hnutu (“nut”) + healh (“nook, corner”).

w:List of United Kingdom locations: North H-Nz#Nu

A suburb of Ramsbottom, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7915).


Toft

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3656).

A small village and civil parish (served by Plumley with Toft and Bexton Parish Council) in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7576).

A village in Toft with (or cum) Lound and Manthorpe parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0617).

A hamlet in Dunchurch parish, Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4770).


Haymarket

Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne#English

Any of various placenames, particularly a street in the City of Westminster, London, and the Theatre Royal Haymarket in that street.

An inner city area of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2464).


Bideford

From Old English personal name, Bȳda + ford.

A historic port town and civil parish with a town council on the estuary of the River Torridge in Torridge district, Devon, south-west England (OS grid ref SS4526).


Cheam

The earliest alleged form is Cegeham in 727, referencing a prior land grant from 675. From this, Eilert Ekwall proposes an origin from Old English *ceg + hām, where the first element is from a Germanic root possibly meaning "stump". While the 727 document is of dubious authenticity, the name Cegham or Ceigham is attested in various other sources, such as a will from c. 950.

A suburban village in the borough of Sutton, Greater London, on the border with Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2463).


Arrow

Arrow with Weethley
Arrow with Weethley#English

A village on the River Arrow in Arrow with Weethley parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP0856).

A river in Warwickshire and Worcestershire, England, which flows into the Warwickshire Avon.

A river in Powys, Wales and Herefordshire, England, which flows into the River Lugg.


Wiske

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


Плимут

ru-proper noun+

Пли́мут • (Plímut) m inan (genitive Пли́мута)

Пли́мут (canonical)
Plímut (romanization)
Пли́мута (genitive)
Пли́мут (nominative singular)
Пли́мута (genitive singular)
Пли́муту (dative singular)
Пли́мут (accusative singular)
Пли́мутом (instrumental singular)
Пли́муте (prepositional singular)

ru:Плимут (Англия)


Esk

Possibly derived from Proto-Brythonic *Uɨsk, a river name perhaps originally meaning "abundant in fish". Cognate to the river names Axe, Exe, and Usk.

A river in North Yorkshire, England that flows through Eskdale to Whitby.

A river in Cumbria, England, which also flows through Eskdale, and into the Irish Sea.


Bristole

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


Flushing

A coastal village in Mylor parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8134).


Silvertown

From Silver + town, after S. W. Silver and Co, a company that established a rubber works there in 1852.

In 1852, Silver and Company established a factory adjacent to the line, and prospered to such an extent that the locality became known as Silvertown.

1946 May and June, J. G. Holmes, “The North Woolwich Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 174:

An industrial district, south of West Ham in the borough of Newham, Greater London, on the north bank of the Thames (OS grid ref TQ4180).


Hayle

A harbour town and civil parish with a town council in West Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5537).

A short river in Cornwall which flows into the Atlantic Ocean near the town.


Willingham

en-proper noun

Willingham (countable and uncountable, plural Willinghams)

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

A village and civil parish of South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL408707).


Goldstone

Goldstone (countable and uncountable, plural Goldstones)

A small village in Cheswardine parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7028).


Ascot

From Old English ēast (“east”) + cot (“cottage, hut”). Doublet of Eastcote.

Sunninghill and Ascot
Sunninghill and Ascot#English

Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead#English

A town in Sunninghill and Ascot parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England, and the location of the famous Ascot Racecourse.


Sheerness

A town and civil parish with a town council on the Isle of Sheppey in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9274).


Sunbury-on-Thames

A town in Spelthorne borough, Surrey, England (formerly in Middlesex), commonly known as Sunbury.


Bracknell

First recorded in a Winkfield Boundary Charter of AD 942 as Braccan heal, perhaps meaning "nook of land belonging to a man called Bracca".

Bracknell Forest
Bracknell Forest#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Bracknell Forest district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8669).


Minehead

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9746).


Northallerton

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE3693).


Congleton

Congleton (countable and uncountable, plural Congletons)

/ˈkɒŋɡəltən/

From Old English cung (“mound”) + hyll (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A town and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ854628).

A former borough in Cheshire, abolished on 1 April 2009 and merged into Cheshire East.


Broadstairs

Broadstairs and St Peter's
Broadstairs and St Peter's#English

A coastal town on the Isle of Thanet, in Broadstairs and St Peter's parish, Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3967).


Camberley

In Surrey, originally named Cambridge Town in 1862 after the Duke of Cambridge. Camberley was coined in 1877 at the behest of the Post Office, presumably to avoid confusion with the Cambridgeshire city. The place in New Zealand would have been named after the Surrey town.

A town in Surrey Heath borough, Surrey, England.


Runcorn

The earliest written reference to the town is in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, where it is spelled "Rumcofan", literally meaning "a wide cove or bay". This word is derived from the Old English words "rúm" ("wide" or "broad") and "cofa" ("cave" or "cove"). Other historical spellings of Runcorn include "Rumcoven", "Ronchestorn", "Runckhorne", and "Runcorne".

A town in Halton borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5183).


Worksop

A town in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England.


Lichfield

Lichfield (countable and uncountable, plural Lichfields)

From Old English Lyccid, from Common Brittonic, Letocetum, a placename meaning "greywood" + feld (“field”).

A cathedral city in Staffordshire, England.

A local government district in Staffordshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the city.


Workington

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cumberland unitary authority, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough, and historically in the county of Cumberland (OS grid ref NX9928, NY0028).


Sittingbourne

From Latin Sydingeburn, from Old English Saedingburga, from Old English Sedingbourne.

A large town in Swale district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9063).


Whitstable

A coastal town in the north of Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1066).


Ellesmere Port

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A town and port in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4076).


Widnes

Usually explained to be of Danish origin, from vid (“wide”) or ved (“wood”) + næse (“nose”).

A town in Cheshire, England, originally in Lancashire.


Bagshot

A large village in Windlesham parish, Surrey Heath borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9163).

A hamlet in Shalbourne parish, eastern Wiltshire, England, south-west of Hungerford, West Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3165).


Keighley

Keighley (countable and uncountable, plural Keighleys)

Recorded as Middle English Chichelai in the Domesday Book, the town is named with the Old English personal name Cyhha + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0641).


Altrincham

/ˈɒltɹɪŋɡəm/

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


Tewkesbury

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

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


Kettering

Kettering (countable and uncountable, plural Ketterings)

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A town with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8678).

A former borough in Northamptonshire with its headquarters in the town, abolished 1 April 2021 and merged into North Northamptonshire.


Rotherham

Rotherham (countable and uncountable, plural Rotherhams)

From Rother (“a river in South Yorkshire”) + Old English hām (“homestead, estate”).

Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham
Rotherham

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

A large town and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4392).


Clevedon

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4071).


Aylesbury

A town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8113).


Farnborough

A town in Rushmoor district, north-east Hampshire (OS grid ref SU8655).

A small village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU4382).

A suburb in the borough of Bromley, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4464).

A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP4349).


Sevenoaks

A local government district of Kent, England.


Tonbridge

Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge and Malling#English

A market town in Tonbridge and Malling district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5946).


Evesham

Inherited from Middle English Evesham, from Old English Eofeshamm (literally “Eof's enclosure”), from Eof (given name) + hamm (“enclosure”).

inh

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0343).


Trowbridge

en-proper noun

Trowbridge (countable and uncountable, plural Trowbridges)

From Old English trēow (“tree”) + brycġ (“bridge”).

A town and civil parish in and the county town of Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8557).


Leamington Spa

Royal Leamington Spa
Royal Leamington Spa#English

A spa town in Royal Leamington Spa parish, Warwick district, Warwickshire, England, also known as Royal Leamington Spa or just Leamington (OS grid ref SP3165).


Tunbridge Wells

A town in Kent, England, officially Royal Tunbridge Wells (OS grid ref TQ5839).

A local government district in Kent, the Borough of Tunbridge Wells, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the town.


Bridgwater

Bridgwater (countable and uncountable, plural Bridgwaters)

Recorded as Brigewaltier in the Pipe rolls, the town's name derives from Old English bryċġ (“bridge”) + the personal name Walter, from the local landowner Walter of Douai.

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3037).


Melton Mowbray

A town (unparished) in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England. (OS grid ref SK7519).


Dorking

A market town, the seat of Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1649).


Highbridge

A hamlet in Dalston parish, Carlisle district and Skelton parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3943).

A hamlet in Colden Common parish and Otterbourne parish, Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4621).

Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge
Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge#English

A market town in Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge parish, Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3147).


Bicester

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5822).


Byfleet

A large village within Woking borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0661).


Addlestone

A town in Runnymede borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0564).


Huntingdon

Huntingdon (countable and uncountable, plural Huntingdons)

From Old English Huntandūn, equivalent to hunta (“hunter”) + dūn (“hill, mountain”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, and former county town of Huntingdonshire (OS grid ref TL2372).


Virginia Water

A small town (and lake of the same name) in Runnymede borough, Surrey, England. The lake is partly in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU9968).


Reigate

A market town in, and the administrative headquarters of, Surrey, England.


Petersfield

A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7423).


Godalming

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

A town and civil parish with a town council in Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9643).


Canvey Island

A small but well-populated island in the Thames Estuary which is connected by bridge to the mainland, and which is a town and civil parish with a town council in Castle Point borough, Essex, England.


Tiptree

A large village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district, Essex, England, large enough to be called a town but the villagers rejected town status (OS grid ref TL8916).


Horsham

A market town in West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1730).

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

A hamlet in Martley parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7357).


Hoddesdon

From the Old English personal name Hod + -s- + dūn (“hill”).

A town in Broxbourne district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL365085).


Tilbury

Tilbury (countable and uncountable, plural Tilburys)

From the Old English personal name Tila + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

A town and port in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ639761).


Windermere

"Winand's lake", from Continental Germanic personal name Wînand + Old Norse genitive singular ending -ar + Old English mere (“lake, pond”).

A lake in Cumbria, England, formerly divided between Lancashire and Westmorland.

Windermere and Bowness
Windermere and Bowness#English

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A town near this lake in Windermere and Bowness parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD4198).


Looe

From Cornish logh (“inlet”). Doublet of loch and lough.

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Cornwall, England, situated on the River Looe (OS grid ref SX2553).


Bishop's Stortford

Uncertain. Possibly the Saxon settlement derived its name from 'Steorta's ford' or 'tail ford', in the sense of a 'tail', or tongue, of land. The town became known as Bishop's Stortford due to the acquisition in 1060 by the Bishop of London. The River Stort is named after the town: 16th-century cartographers assumed that the town must have been named after the ford over the river.

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL4821).


Shoeburyness

Shoebury Ness is a ness (flat headland) in the Thames Estuary, on the southern edge of the town. Shoebury is from Old English scēo + burh (“fortress providing shelter”), recorded as Sceobyrig early 10th century, Soberia in 1086 (DB), and Shoberynesse in the 16th century.

der

A town situated on the Thames Estuary in Southend-on-Sea borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ9485).


Maldon

A town and civil parish in Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8507).

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


Waltham Abbey

A town, abbey church, and civil parish with a town council in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL3800).


Westbury

en-proper noun

Westbury (countable and uncountable, plural Westburys)

From Old English west (“west”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”), alternatively west + -bury.

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6235).

A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3509).

A town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST868511).


Leigh-on-Sea

*Recorded as Legra in 1086 (DB), and Legha in 1226.

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Southend-on-Sea borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8386).


Waltham Cross

A town in Broxbourne borough, Hertfordshire, England, just outside Greater London (OS grid ref TL3600).


Burnham-on-Sea

A town in Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge parish, Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3049).


Burnham-on-Crouch

A town and civil parish with a town council in Maldon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ9595).


Farnham

Farnham (countable and uncountable, plural Farnhams)

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).

A village and civil parish in Dorset, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST9515).

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex (OS grid ref TL4724).

A village and civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3460).

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM3660).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Waverley district, Surrey (OS grid ref SU8447).


Bury St Edmunds

A cathedral and market town and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8564).


East Ham

A suburb in eastern London, in the borough of Newham, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4283).


Matlock

Old English mæthel or mæðel "assembly, speech" and āc "oak."

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A town in Matlock Town parish, Derbyshire Dales district, and the county town of Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2960).


High Wycombe

Distinguishing this place from the other Wycombe.

A large town in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8693).


Brentwood

From Middle English brende (“burnt”) + wode (“wood”).

A local government district with borough status of Essex, England, formed in 1974.


Maryport

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cumberland unitary authority, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough, and historically in the county of Cumberland (OS grid ref NY0336).


Didcot

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, formerly in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU5290).


Solway Firth

An arm of the Irish Sea, which forms part of the border between England and Scotland.


Chesham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SP9501).


Wisbech

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF4609).


Diss

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM1179).


Skipton

Skipton (countable and uncountable, plural Skiptons)

From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) (with change from sh to sk due to Scandinavian influence) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD9851).


Wellingborough

Borough of Wellingborough
Wellingborough

A market town with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8967).

A former borough in Northamptonshire, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the town, abolished 1 April 2021 and merged into North Northamptonshire.


Sutton Coldfield

A town in Warwickshire, and the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England.


Saffron Walden

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5338).


Stockton-on-Tees

Borough of Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees

A market town in County Durham, England, known as Stockton for short. Formerly a Metropolitan Borough, and merged into the County Borough of Teesside between 1968 and 1974.

A borough created in 1974 as part of Cleveland County, becoming a unitary authority in 1996 within Tees Valley region, and split between the ceremonial counties of County Durham and North Yorkshire. The River Tees acts as the boundary between the two halves.


Blyth

From Old English blīþe. The surname derives partly from the place names, partly from a nickname.

A town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ3181).

A river in Northumberland, which flows into the North Sea at Blyth.

A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6286).

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


Keswick

From Old English ċȳse (“cheese”) and wīc (“farm”); alternatively, cheese + -wick; the alteration of /tʃ/ to /k/ is down to Old Norse influence.

A market town in Cumbria, England, formerly in Cumberland.


Rugeley

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cannock Chase district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0417).


Thetford

Recorded as Theodford late 9th century, and Tedfort in 1086 (DB), from Old English þēod + ford, "people's or public ford".

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

A civil parish (served by Little Thetford Parish Council) in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire.

A hamlet in Baston parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF1114).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TL8783).


Dewsbury

A minster town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2421).


Bishop Auckland

/ˈbɪʃəp ˈɔːklənd/

A town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2028).


Bolsover

A local government district in Derbyshire.


Wallasey

From Old English wealh (“Celt; Welsh”) + -s- + īeġ (“island”).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3092).


Goole

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7423).


Nantwich

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6552).


Retford

A market town in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England, alternatively known as East Retford (OS grid ref SK7080).


Castleford

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


Clitheroe

Clitheroe (countable and uncountable, plural Clitheroes)

A town and civil parish with a town council in Ribble Valley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7442).


Stamford

An assimilated (labialised) variant of Stanford.

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0207).

A hamlet in Rennington parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2219)


Ramsbottom

Ramsbottom (countable and uncountable, plural Ramsbottoms)

From either Old English ramm (“ram”) or hramsa (“ramsons”) + botm (“bottom, ground”).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A market town in Bury borough, Greater Manchester, England, formerly in Lancashire.


Ulverston

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district, and historically in Lancashire (OS grid ref SD2878).


Hexham

From Middle English Hexham, a contraction of Old English Hestaldesham, Exseldesham, Extoldesham, Hestalasham, Hestoldesham, all variants of Old English Hagustaldeshām (“Hexham”), from Old English Hagustaldes (“Hagustald's”, personal name), from Old English hagosteald (“owner of a fenced-in plot of land, one living in his lord's house, an unmarried man, bachelor, young warrior”) + hām (“home, village, farmstead”). Compare also Hagustaldesēa (“Hexham”, literally “Hagustald's Island”).

der

A market town in Northumberland, England; historically the county town of Hexhamshire.


Tiverton

From *Tiver (a Brythonic element also found in Welsh Teifi) + -ton.
The village in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Devon.

Tilstone Fearnall
Tilstone Fearnall#English

A village in Tiverton and Tilstone Fearnall parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5560).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9512).


Leyland

en-proper noun

Leyland (countable and uncountable, plural Leylands)

A town in South Ribble district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5421).


Padstow

A corruption of Saint Petroc + Old English stōw.

A small town, civil parish, and fishing port in northern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9175).


Ashby-de-la-Zouch

/ˌæʃbɪ dələ ˈzuːʃ/

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England, often shortened to Ashby (OS grid ref SK3516).


Pershore

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9446).


Paddock Wood

A town and civil parish with a town council in Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6745).


Keynsham

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

A town and civil parish with a town council in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6568).


Bridgnorth

A town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7193).

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


Barrow-in-Furness

A town in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, historically in Lancashire and commonly known as Barrow (OS grid ref SD1969).

A former local government district (the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness) in Cumbria, abolished 1 April 2023 and replaced by Barrow Town Council in Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area.


Avonmouth

An urban area and port in the city and county of Bristol, England, at the mouth of the river Avon.


Uttoxeter

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England. (OS grid ref SK0933).


Cromer

“You should have gone to Cromer, my dear, if you went anywhere.—Perry was a week at Cromer once, and he holds it to be the best of all the sea-bathing places. […]

1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter XII, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 223:

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Norfolk, England, which is the headquarters of North Norfolk district (OS grid ref TG2142).

A hamlet in Ardeley parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2928).


Chester-le-Street

A market town in County Durham, England.


Burnley

From Brun (a river name meaning "brown") + Old English lēah (“meadow, clearing”).

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


Datchet

Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead#English

A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9977).


Wraysbury

A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England, formerly in Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref TQ0074).


Eccles

From Middle English Eccles, from Old English *Eccles, borrowed from pre-Proto-Brythonic *eglēs (“church”), whence Proto-Brythonic *egluɨs. The sound change *ē > *uɨ is regular in Proto-Brythonic, but had evidently not yet occurred when place-name instances of *eglēs in the north were being borrowed into Old English; Jackson (1953) dates this change to the late 7th century. *g > *k is regular assuming borrowing into Old English, which did not have intervocalic /g/ except after a nasal. A number of toponyms in northern Britain are composed of Eccles plus a term of English origin, e.g. Eccleston (+ -ton), Eccleshill (+ hill). Doublet of ecclesia.

A town in Salford, Greater Manchester, England.

A village in Aylesford parish, Tonbridge and Malling district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7260).


Colnbrook

From the Colne Brook, which flows through the village.

Colnbrook with Poyle
Colnbrook with Poyle#English

A village in Colnbrook with Poyle parish, Slough borough, Berkshire, England; formerly in Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref TQ0277).


Brixham

A town, fishing port, and civil parish with a town council in Torbay borough, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9256).


Bromsgrove

A town in Bromsgrove district in Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9670).

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


Borehamwood

Respelling of Boreham Wood, from Boreham + wood. "Boreham" is from Old English bor (“elevated place; hill”) + hām (“village, hamlet”).

der

Elstree and Borehamwood
Elstree and Borehamwood#English

A town in Elstree and Borehamwood parish, Hertsmere district, southern Hertfordshire, England, the original spelling was Boreham Wood (OS grid ref TQ1996).


Redcar

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

A coastal town in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ6025).


Woodhouse

Various places in the United Kingdom and Canada.

A southern suburb of Whitehaven, Copeland borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NX9716).

A village and civil parish in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5415).

A suburban village and ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4284).


Lytham St Annes

St Anne's on the Sea
St Anne's on the Sea#English

A conurbation of two neighbouring seaside towns, Lytham and St Anne's on the Sea, in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England.


Poulton-le-Fylde

A market town in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England, commonly known as Poulton (OS grid ref SD3439).


Selby

en-proper noun

Selby (countable and uncountable, plural Selbys)

From Old Norse selja (“willow, sallow”) + býr (“settlement, farm”).

West Riding of Yorkshire
West Riding of Yorkshire

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE6132).

A former local government district in North Yorkshire headquartered in the town, formed in 1974 and abolished in 2023 without replacement.


Southport

A coastal town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England; formerly in Lancashire (OS grid ref SD3317).


St Ives

* Cornwall: Seen from 1284. From St Ia, a Cornish saint.
* Cambridgeshire: Seen from 1110. From Ivo of Ramsey, a Cornish saint whose relics were found here.
* Dorset: Seen from 1167. 'Place overgrown with ivy' from Old English *īfet. Saint added more recently in reference to other settlements called St Ives.
* New South Wales: Named in 1900, likely from either the Cornish town or after Isaac Ellis Ives, a local politician.

St Ives
St Ives, Cambridgeshire
St Ives, Cornwall
St Ives, Dorset
St Ives, New South Wales

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5140).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, historically in the County of Huntingdonshire (OS grid ref TL3172).

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

A village in St Leonards and St Ives parish, east Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU1204).


Amersham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SU9698).


Wickford

A town and civil parish with a town council in Basildon borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ7493).


Strood

Apparently from Middle English strothe, strode (“marshy land overgrown with brush”), from Old English strōd (“marshy land”). Compare Strother.

inh

A town in Medway district, Kent, England.


Walton-on-Thames

A town in Elmbridge borough, northern Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1066).


Walton-on-the-Naze

Frinton and Walton
Frinton and Walton#English

A small coastal town in Frinton and Walton parish, Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM2521).


Launceston

Launceston, Cornwall
Launceston, Tasmania


Faversham

en-proper noun

Faversham (countable and uncountable, plural Favershams)

From Old English Fefreshām, of which the second element is hām (“homestead”) and the first element is of uncertain origin; it may come from Latin faber (“smith, craftsman”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0161).


Walton-on-the-Hill

Walton-on-the-Hill, Staffordshire
Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey

Reigate and Banstead
Reigate and Banstead#English

A village in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2254).

A settlement in Berkswich parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9620).


Grantham

Grantham (countable and uncountable, plural Granthams)

From either the Old English personal name Granta or grand (“gravel”) + hām (“homestead”).

A market town in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9136).


Stockton

Stockton (countable and uncountable, plural Stocktons)

From Old English stocc (“log; stump, tree trunk”) or stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). By surface analysis, stock + -ton. Doublet of Stoughton.

der

A number of places in Australia, New Zealand, England and United States.

A small village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM3894).

A small village and civil parish in south-east Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7299).

Chirbury with Brompton
Chirbury with Brompton#English

A hamlet in Chirbury with Brompton parish, west Shropshire, on the border with Wales (OS grid ref SJ2601).

Chetwynd Aston and Woodcote
Chetwynd Aston and Woodcote#English

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A hamlet in Chetwynd Aston and Woodcote parish, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ7716).

A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP4363).

A village and civil parish south-east of Warminster, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9838).


Cannock

A town in and the administrative centre of Cannock Chase district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9810).


Market Harborough

A market town in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP7387).


Market Rasen

A small market town and civil parish with a well-known racecourse, in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1089).


West Drayton

A suburban town in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ0679).

A small village and civil parish (served by Gamston with West Drayton and Eaton Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7074).


Farningham

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5466).


Darent

From Proto-Brythonic *dar (“oak”). Cognate to the river Dart.

A river in Kent, England, which flows into the Thames.


Purfleet

A town beside the Thames in Thurrock borough, Essex, England, just outside Greater London (OS grid ref TQ5578).


Gravesham

A borough of Kent, England. The main town is Gravesend.


Swanscombe

Swanscombe and Greenhithe
Swanscombe and Greenhithe#English

A small town in Swanscombe and Greenhithe parish, Dartford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6074).


Northfleet

A town within Gravesham borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6274).


Longfield

en-proper noun

Longfield (countable and uncountable, plural Longfields)

From Old English lang (“long”) + feld (“field”).

Longfield and New Barn
Longfield and New Barn#English

A village in Longfield and New Barn parish, Dartford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ604688).

A suburb of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8657).


Swanley

From Old English sweġen (“swain”) + lēah (“clearing”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England, just outside Greater London (OS grid ref TQ5168).

A small settlement in Burland parish and Baddiley parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6152).


Ockendon

IPA

An area which straddles the boundary between Greater London and Essex, England; North Ockendon is in Greater London and South Ockendon in Essex.


South Ockendon

A large village and parish in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ5881).


Chadwell St Mary

A large village and (non-civil) parish north of Tilbury, Thurrock, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6478).


Chadwell

A village in Scalford parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7824).

A hamlet in Sheriffhales parish, Shropshire, England, on the border with Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ7814).


Stanford-le-Hope

Situated on a small river named the Hope.

A town in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6882).


Deben

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


Needham Market

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0855).


Wickham Market

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England; previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3056).


Chadwell Heath

Named after the former nearby settlement of Chadwell (Street), inherited from Middle English Chaldwelle, from Old English *Ċeald(an)wielle, from ċeald (“cold”) + wielle (“well”).
A spurious connection of the name St. Chad was popular in the 19th century.

inh+

Barking and Dagenham
Barking and Dagenham#English

A suburb which lies mainly within the borough of Barking and Dagenham, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4887).


Needham

en-proper noun

Needham (countable and uncountable, plural Needhams)

From Old English nīed (“need, necessity”) + hām (“homestead”), i.e. a place that provided a poor living.

A small village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM2281).


Redditch

A town and local government district in Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0467).


Halesowen

From Old English halas, plural of halh (“nook”) + Welsh personal name Owain (Owen).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England; previously in Worcestershire, historically an exclave of Shropshire (OS grid ref SO9683).


Greenhithe

When ready for sea we went up to Greenhithe, that their lordships might inspect us, and then to Portsmouth, to take troops to Cork, a pleasant trip; […]

1892, Sir George Giffard, Reminiscences of a Naval Officer, page 45:

A small town in Swanscombe and Greenhithe parish, Dartford borough, Kent, England.


Oldbury

From old + -bury. Doublet of Aldborough, Aldbrough, and Aldeburgh. Compare Oldenburg.

doublet

A town in Sandwell borough, West Midlands, England.


Hartcliffe

A suburb and council estate in southern Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST5867).


Leominster

A market town and civil parish with a town council in northern Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4958).


Bedminster Down

A suburb of Bristol, England, to the south of Bedminster (OS grid ref ST5769).


Wychavon

Coined in 1973 from Wych (Hwicca, a Saxon Kingdom) and Avon (“river”)

A local government district of Worcestershire, comprising the towns of Droitwich, Evesham, and Pershore and surrounding rural areas.


Droitwich

/ˈdɹɔɪtwɪt͡ʃ/

A town in Droitwich Spa parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8963).


Windsor and Maidenhead

A royal borough in Berkshire, England, comprising those two towns and the surrounding area.


Bedminster

A district of Bristol, England, originally a small town in Somerset.


Old Windsor

A village in Berkshire, England, near the town of Windsor.


Bishopsworth

A district in southern Bristol, England, formerly a village within Bedminster


Isle of Dogs

Unknown, but many theories have been proposed; see Wikipedia.

A peninsula (not a true island) formed by a large meander in the River Thames in East London, England.


Filton

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A suburban town and civil parish with a town council just to the north of Bristol, in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6079).


Bishopston

An inner-city suburb of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST5875).


Sunningdale

Derived from the neighbouring village of Sunninghill in the 19th century, by substituting dale for hill.

A large village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England, which was also partly in Surrey until 1995 (OS grid ref SU9567).


Frenchay

A village in Winterbourne parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, also partly a suburb of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST6377).


Cotham

An inner suburb of Bristol, England, between Clifton, Redland and St Pauls (OS grid ref ST5874).

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7947).


Brislington

A suburb on the south-east edge of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST6270).


Broadmead

A small suburb of South Petherton, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4316).


Hanham

A suburban area and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, just outside Bristol (OS grid ref ST6472).


Greenbank

An urban district of Bristol, England, between Easton, Eastville and Whitehall.

A large civil cemetery in this district.

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A suburb of Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6472).


Downham Market

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

A market town and civil parish with a town council in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6103).


Woodbridge

A hamlet in Farway parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY1895).

A hamlet in Holwell parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST7112).

A small settlement in Withington parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0314).

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM2749).

A settlement and inn (The Woodbridge) in North Newnton parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1357).


Great Malvern

The town centre of Malvern parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7845).


Consett

A town (unparished) in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1051).


Bloxwich

A town in Walsall borough, West Midlands, England.


Shenfield

A suburb of Brentwood, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6194).


Downham

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

A civil parish (served by Little Downham Parish Council) in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire.

South Hanningfield
South Hanningfield#English

A small village in South Hanningfield parish, Chelmsford district, Essex (OS grid ref TQ7296).

A suburban area in the borough of Lewisham, Greater London, named after Lord Downham (OS grid ref TQ3971).

A small village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD7844).

The train carrying the body of King George VI from Wolferton to London approaching Downham, Norfolk, on February 11, headed by the standard class "7" 4-6-2 engine No. 70000, "Britannia"

1952 April, “The Passing of King George VI”, in Railway Magazine, page 234, image caption:

A place in England:
Short for Downham Market, Norfolk.


Chingford

A suburb in the borough of Waltham Forest, Greater London, England; formerly a borough in Essex (OS grid ref TQ3894).


Horfield

A northern suburb of Bristol, England, between Filton and Lockleaze (OS grid ref ST5976).


Lockleaze

A northern suburb of Bristol, England, between Filton, Horfield and Frenchay (OS grid ref ST6177).


Hengrove

A southern suburb and council estate of the City of Bristol, England, between Whitchurch, Knowle and Hartcliffe.


Mangotsfield

A suburban village in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, on the northeast boundary of Bristol (OS grid ref ST6576).


Patchway

A suburban town and civil parish with a town council to the northwest of Bristol in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, next to Filton (OS grid ref ST6081).


Totterdown

An inner suburb in southern Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST6071).


Southmead

A northern suburb of the City of Bristol, England, next to Horfield and Henleaze (OS grid ref ST5878).


Henleaze

A northern suburb of Bristol, England, between Horfield, Bishopston and Redland.


Shirehampton

A district in northwestern Bristol, England, next to Avonmouth (OS grid ref ST5376).


Southville

An inner-city district in Bristol, England, next to Bedminster (OS grid ref ST5871).


Redland

A suburb of Bristol, England, United Kingdom, between Clifton, Cotham and Bishopston


Warmley

A suburban village in Siston parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, between Bristol and Bath (OS grid ref ST6673).


Fishponds

An outer suburb of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST6375).


Stockwood

en-proper noun

Stockwood (countable and uncountable, plural Stockwoods)

An outer suburb of Bristol, England; a southern district between Whitchurch, Brislington and Keynsham (OS grid ref ST6268).

A small village and civil parish (served by Chetnole and Stockwood Parish Council) in Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST5807).


Knowle

A district of Bristol, England, between Brislington, Whitchurch, Hengrove and Totterdown.

A village in Wickham parish, Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5609).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1876).


Henbury

A northern suburb of Bristol (OS grid ref ST5678).

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8873).

Sturminster Marshall
Sturminster Marshall#English

A hamlet in Sturminster Marshall parish, Dorset (OS grid ref SY9598).


Brownhills

A town in Walsall borough, West Midlands, England, and formerly in Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0405).


Cheswick

en:Cheswick, Northumberland
en:Cheswick, South Gloucestershire

From Old English ċȳse + wīc; alternatively, cheese + -wick.

A small village in Ancroft parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0346).


Yate

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7182).


Rickmansworth

A town, the administrative centre of Three Rivers district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TQ0594).


Malvern

From Old English Malferna, from an Old Welsh form equivalent to Modern Welsh moelfryn (“bald hill”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England. See also Great Malvern.


Kingswood

Kingswood (countable and uncountable, plural Kingswoods)

From Old English cyning (“king”) + -s- + wudu (“wood”).

A suburban town in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England, to the northeast of Bristol (OS grid ref ST6573).

A village in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7491).

A village in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2455).

A hamlet in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1871).


Sawbridgeworth

From Middle English Sabrigeworth, Sabriccheworth, Sabrichewurth, from Old English Sabrixteworde.

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England, which borders on Essex (OS grid ref TL4814).


Henley-on-Thames

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council, on the River Thames in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU7682).


Henley-in-Arden

A small town and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1566).


Redcliffe

A district of Bristol, England immediately south of the River Avon


Chipping Sodbury

A market town in Sodbury parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England.


Chorleywood

A large village and civil parish in Three Rivers district, Hertfordshire, England, which borders onto Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref TQ0296).


Chiltern Hills

A hilly region in southern England, extending from Oxfordshire through Buckinghamshire into Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.


Chiltern

Chiltern (usually uncountable, plural Chilterns)

Unknown, but thought to derive from a Celtic toponym, presumably related to height. The other placenames derive from the English hills.

(historical) A former local government district in Buckinghamshire, England, abolished on 31 March 2020.


Wimborne Minster

A market town in Dorset, England, often known as just Wimborne.