Hoole

Hoole (countable and uncountable, plural Hooles)

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A suburb of Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4267).


Sidcup

A suburban area of the borough of Bexley, Greater London.


Chislehurst

A suburban area in the borough of Bromley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4470).


Eltham

'Elta's homestead', from Old English personal name Elta + hām (“homestead”).

A suburban area of London in Greenwich borough.


Plaistow

A hamlet in Crich parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3556).

A suburban area in the borough of Bromley, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4070).

A suburban area in the borough of Newham, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4083).

A village and civil parish (served by Plaistow and Ifold Parish Council) in Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ0030).


Bethnal Green

An urban area of London, in the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London. (OS grid ref TQ3482).


Blackheath

A suburban area of London, in the borough of Lewisham and borough of Greenwich, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3976).

A settlement and heath in Wonersh parish, Waverley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0346).

A town in Sandwell borough, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9786).


Golders Green

/ɡəʊldəz ɡɹiːn/

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


Leyton

en-proper noun

Leyton (countable and uncountable, plural Leytons)

From the name of the River Lea + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Luton.

der

A suburban area in the borough of Waltham Forest, Greater London.


Homerton

A suburban area of London, in the borough of Hackney, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3685).


Wanstead

en-proper noun

Wanstead (countable and uncountable, plural Wansteads)

Probably from Old English wenn (“wen, cyst”) + stede (“place”), because the place is on rising ground above the River Roding.

A suburban area of the borough of Redbridge, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4088).


Hornchurch

/hɔːnt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ/

A suburban town in the borough of Havering, Greater London.


Finsbury

An urban area of London, in the borough of Islington, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3182).


Kentish Town

Probably derived from Ken-ditch or Caen-ditch, meaning the "bed of a waterway", and otherwise unrelated to the English county of Kent.

An urban area of London, in the borough of Camden, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2985).


Finsbury Park

A park and suburban area (named after the park) in the borough of Islington, borough of Haringey and borough of Hackney, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3187).


Stanmore

Stanmore (countable and uncountable, plural Stanmores)

Recorded as Stanmere in the Domesday Book, the placename is named with Old English stān (“stone”) + mere (“pool”).

A hamlet in Beedon parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU4778).

A suburban town in the borough of Harrow, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1691).

A suburb of Winchester, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4628).

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Sow-Stao#Stab-Stao

A locality in Worfield parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7492).


Portesmuða

English: Portsmouth


Portesmuða

Portesmūða (canonical masculine)
Portesmuða (nominative singular)
Portesmuðan (nominative plural)
Portesmuðan (accusative singular)
Portesmuðan (accusative plural)
Portesmuðan (genitive singular)
Portesmuðena (genitive plural)
Portesmuðan (dative singular)
Portesmuðum (dative plural)

Middle English: Portesmuða

English: Portsmouth


Addiscombe

A suburban area in the borough of Croydon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3466).


Bermondsey

An urban area in the borough of Southwark, London (OS grid ref TQ3479).


Mill Hill

A suburban area in the borough of Barnet, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2192).

An area of Westham, Wealden district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ6304).

A small village in Hockley parish, Rochford district, Essex (OS grid ref TQ8293).

A hamlet near Bream, West Dean parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO6006).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A suburb of Bolton, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7209).

A suburb of Deal, Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR3651).

Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen#English

A suburb of Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD6626).

A hamlet in Burgh le Marsh parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF5365).

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Mill#Mill

A hamlet in Shimpling parish, Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8551).


Crouch End

A suburban area in the borough of Haringey, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3088).


Wallington

Wallington (countable and uncountable, plural Wallingtons)

From Old English wealh (“foreigner; Briton, Welshman”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A suburban town in the borough of Sutton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ294645).

A village in Fareham borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5806).

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

A small village and civil parish (served by Rushden and Wallington Parish Council) in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2933).


Totteridge

A village in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2494).

A northern suburb of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SU8794).


Bexleyheath

A suburban town in the borough of Bexley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4975).


Abbey Wood

A suburban area in the borough of Greenwich and borough of Bexley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4779).


Beckton

A suburban area in the borough of Newham, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4381).


Seven Kings

First recorded as Sevekyngg or Sevekyngges in 1285

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


Hadley Wood

A suburb of the borough of Enfield, on the edge of Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2698).


Tolworth

Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames#English

A suburban area of Kingston upon Thames borough, Greater London.


Chessington

/t͡ʃɛsɪŋtən/

A southern suburb of the borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England, historically in Surrey (OS grid ref TQ1863).


Worcester Park

Named after Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester

A suburban area in both borough of Sutton, Greater London and Epsom and Ewell borough, Surrey. Part of the postcode area, KT4, is also in Kingston upon Thames.


Bedfont

A suburban area of the borough of Hounslow, on the edge of Greater London.


Fulwell

Inherited from Old English fūl (“dirty”), definite form fūla + wella (“spring”).

Richmond upon Thames
Richmond upon Thames#English

A small suburban area of Richmond upon Thames borough, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1472).

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A hamlet in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3723).

A hamlet in Mixbury parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire; the former Fulwell & Westbury railway station was across the border in Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP6234).

A residential area in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3959).


Harlington

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0330).

A village in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ0877).

A village in Barnburgh parish, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4802).


Hanworth

A suburb of Bracknell, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8666).

A suburban area in the borough of Hounslow, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1272).

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1935).


Norwood Green

Norwood Green
Norwood Green, West Yorkshire

A suburban area of Southall, borough of Ealing, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1378).

A village in Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1426).


Hanwell

A suburb of London, in the borough of Ealing, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1580).

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4343).


Winchmore Hill

Winchmore Hill
Winchmore Hill, Buckinghamshire

A suburban area of the borough of Enfield, Greater London.

A village in Chiltern district, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SU9395).


Queensbury

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Queen's Rangers
United Empire Loyalist

From queen's + -bury. In particular, the New York town is named for the British queen consort Charlotte. The New Brunswick parish is named for the Queen's Rangers, a Loyalist unit during the American Revolution similarly named for Queen Charlotte. The West Yorkshire village derives from earlier Queenshead, both named in honor of a local pub. Cf. Kingsbury.

A suburban area in the borough of Brent and borough of Harrow, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1889).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1030).


Sudbury

From Old English suþ (“south”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Southbury.

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1632).

A suburb in the borough of Brent, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1685).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8741).


Kensal Green

A suburban area of Greater London, mainly in the borough of Brent (OS grid ref TQ2382).


Alperton

In Alperton, two miles from her old home, she could descend into waterside avenues of calm, unpeopled in comparison to the streets thick with noise through which she’d travelled to arrive there.

2017, Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire, Bloomsbury (2018), page 20:

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


Perivale

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


Palmers Green

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


Shepherd's Bush

Hammersmith and Fulham
Hammersmith and Fulham#English

A suburban area in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2380).


Maida Vale

A main road in the same area which forms part of the A5.

City of Westminster
City of Westminster#English

An inner suburb of the borough of the City of Westminster, London (postcode W9, OS grid ref TQ2582).


Ickenham

A suburban area in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ0786).


South Northamptonshire

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A former district in Northamptonshire, England, abolished on 1 April 2021 and merged into West Northamptonshire.


North Kensington

Kensington and Chelsea
Kensington and Chelsea#English

A suburban area of London in borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, separated by Notting Hill from Kensington itself.


Yiewsley

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


South Bucks

A former local government district in Buckinghamshire, England; renamed from Beaconsfield in 1980 and abolished on 31 March 2020 when Buckinghamshire became a unitary authority.


Harrow Weald

A suburban area of the borough of Harrow, Greater London.


Notting Hill

Likely from the Saxon personal name Cnotta + Old English ing (“belonging to”) + hyll (“hill”).

Notting Gate
Notting Hill
Notting Hill, Victoria

A suburb of London in Kensington and Chelsea borough.


Eastcote

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

A suburban area in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1187).

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A village in Pattishall parish, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP6854).

A small village in Barston parish, Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP1979).


Bayswater

An inner suburb of London, in the City of Westminster, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2680).


Spitalfields

An area of the East End of London, in the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3381).


Leytonstone

A suburban area in the borough of Waltham Forest, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3987).


Old Ford

Named after a former ford across the River Lea.

A suburban area of the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London.


Mile End

In London, first recorded as La Mile ende in 1288, from Middle English mile ende, representing the distance from Aldgate (actually closer to two miles by today's measurement).

An inner suburb of London in the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3682).

A western suburb of Newton Abbot, Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8472).

A suburban village in Myland parish, Colchester borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL9927).


Canning Town

Thought to be named after Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning

A suburb of London in Newham borough, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3981).


Chelsfield

A suburb and separate village in the borough of Bromley on the outskirts of Greater London, England (OS grid refs TQ4664 (suburb), TQ4864 (village)).


St Mary Cray

A suburban area and former market town in the borough of Bromley, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4768).


Grove Park

/ɡɹəʊv pɑːk/

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

A small suburban area of London in Chiswick district, borough of Hounslow, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2077).


Plumstead

en-proper noun

Plumstead (countable and uncountable, plural Plumsteads)

From Old English plūme (“plum”) + stede (“place”).

A suburban area in Greenwich borough, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4477).

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1334).


Sanderstead

A suburban area in the borough of Croydon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3361).


Harefield

A large village in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ0590).

A suburb of Southampton, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4613).


Selsdon

A suburban area in the borough of Croydon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3562).


Hertsmere

From Herts (“Hertfordshire”) + mere (“boundary”).

af

A local government district with borough status of Hertfordshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Borehamwood


Welwyn Hatfield

Named after its main towns, Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield.

Welwyn Garden City
Welwyn Garden City#English

A local government district with borough status of Hertfordshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Welwyn Garden City


Broxbourne

A town in Broxbourne borough, south-east Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL3607).

A local government district with borough status in Hertfordshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Cheshunt


Tandridge

A village in Tandridge district, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ3750).

A local government district of Surrey, England, formed in 1974 and named after the village, with its headquarters in Oxted. The old Tandridge Hundred was in the same area.


Reigate and Banstead

A local government district with borough status of Surrey, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Reigate


Mole Valley

Named after the valley of the River Mole.

A local government district of Surrey, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Dorking


Oxted

Appears in the Domesday Book as Acstede, "place where oaks grew"

A town and civil parish in and the administrative centre of Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ3952).


Surrey Heath

A local government district with borough status of Surrey, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Camberley


Bracknell Forest

A local government district with borough status of Berkshire, England, renamed from Bracknell in May 1988, and converted to a unitary authority in April 1998.


Rushmoor

From Old English risc (“rush”) + mor (“moor”).

A local government district with borough status of Hampshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Farnborough

A village in Waverley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU8740)


Aylesbury Vale

A local government district of Buckinghamshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Aylesbury. The district was abolished on 1 April 2020 when Buckinghamshire became a unitary authority.


Shepway

The name is recorded in 1227 as Shepweye, meaning "route for sheep", and later as Shepway. Equivalent to sheep + way.

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

the former name for Folkestone and Hythe district in Kent, which was renamed in April 2018


Folkestone and Hythe

A local government district of Kent, England, renamed from Shepway in April 2018, with its headquarters in Folkestone


Tonbridge and Malling

A local government district with borough status of Kent, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in West Malling


Ribble Valley

A local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Clitheroe.


Fylde

A local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England.


South Ribble

Situated on the south side of the River Ribble

A local government district with borough status of Lancashire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Leyland


West Lancashire

A local government district with borough status of Lancashire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Ormskirk


Rossendale

The Rossendale Valley and Forest of Rossendale are within the borough.

A local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Bacup.


Blackburn with Darwen

A borough and unitary authority in Lancashire, England, formed in 1974 and renamed from Blackburn in May 1997


Hyndburn

A local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England, formed in 1974 and named after the river, with its headquarters in Accrington

Two minor rivers in Lancashire, the River Hyndburn which joins the Hyndburn Brook before flowing into the River Calder


Bedworth

Nuneaton and Bedworth
Nuneaton and Bedworth#English

A market town in Nuneaton and Bedworth borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3586).


Nuneaton and Bedworth

A local government district with borough status in Warwickshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Nuneaton.


Hinckley and Bosworth

The Bosworth part of the name is Market Bosworth.

A local government district with borough status of Leicestershire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Hinckley


Market Bosworth

Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth#English

A small market town and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4003).


Breckland

A local government district in Norfolk formed in 1974 and named after the region, with its headquarters in Dereham


Narborough

A large village in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5497).

A village in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF7412).


Blaby

en-proper noun

Blaby (countable and uncountable, plural Blabys)

From the unattested Old Norse personal name *Blár, a byname from blár (“dark”), + bý (“farmstead”).

A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5697).

A local government district in Leicestershire, formed in 1974 and named after the village, with its headquarters in Narborough.


King's Lynn and West Norfolk

A local government district with borough status of Norfolk, England, formed in 1974 with the name West Norfolk and renamed in 1981. Its headquarters are in King's Lynn.


Oadby and Wigston

A local government district with borough status of Leicestershire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Wigston Magna


Wigston

Oadby and Wigston
Oadby and Wigston#English

A town in Oadby and Wigston borough, Leicestershire, England


Harborough

Market Harborough
Market Harborough#English

A local government district in Leicestershire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Market Harborough (after which it was named)


Charnwood

A local government district with borough status in Leicestershire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Loughborough. It was named after Charnwood Forest.


Cannock Chase

A local government district in Staffordshire formed in 1974 and named after the above area, with its headquarters in the town of Cannock


East Staffordshire

Burton upon Trent
Burton upon Trent#English

A local government district with borough status in Staffordshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Burton upon Trent


Staffordshire Moorlands

A local government district of Staffordshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Leek


Wrekin

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

Former name of Telford and Wrekin (“local government district in Shropshire”), renamed in 1998.


Telford and Wrekin

A unitary authority with borough status in Shropshire, England, formed in 1974 as The Wrekin District and renamed in 1998.


Wansdyke

With Arthur it was clearly the Falklands factor writ large. Actions such as organizing and building the Wansdyke or Cadbury 11 (the refortification) would have strengthened the authority and extended the power of whichever king was the organizer.

2003, Rodney Castleden, King Arthur: The Truth Behind the Legend:

Medieval earthworks in the West Country of England.


Mendip

A former local government district in Somerset, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Shepton Mallet, and abolished in 2023 without replacement.


Bath and North East Somerset

A unitary authority in the historical county of Somerset, England formed in April 1996 on the abolition of the County of Avon from Bath and Wansdyke districts. Not administered as a part of Somerset although historically in that county.


Coleford

A hamlet in Colebrooke parish, Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7701).

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO5710).

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST6849).


Rushcliffe

A local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in West Bridgford.


West Bridgford

A town in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England, just across the River Trent from Nottingham.


Newark and Sherwood

A local government district of Nottinghamshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Newark-on-Trent


West Lindsey

A local government district of Lincolnshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Gainsborough


Bassetlaw

A local government district in Nottinghamshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Worksop.


Brighton and Hove

A unitary authority and city in East Sussex, England, formed in 1997 on the merger of the towns of Brighton and Hove. It was granted city status in 2001.


North East Lincolnshire

A unitary authority in Lincolnshire, England, formed in 1996 from the boroughs of Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes on the abolition of the county of Humberside, with its headquarters in Grimsby. It is not administered as part of the county of Lincolnshire.


Redcar and Cleveland

A borough and unitary authority in North Yorkshire, England , with its headquarters in Redcar. It was originally formed in 1974 as Langbaurgh, receiving its present name in 1996 on the abolition of Cleveland County.


East Hertfordshire

Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford#English

A local government district of Hertfordshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Bishop's Stortford


North Hertfordshire

A local government district of Hertfordshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Letchworth


Mid Suffolk

A local government district of Suffolk, England, formed in 1974


Tendring

A village and civil parish in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM1424).

A local government district in Essex formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Clacton-on-Sea. Named after the Tendring Hundred, which was named after the village.


Basingstoke and Deane

A local government district with borough status in Hampshire, England, formed in 1974 as Basingstoke and renamed in 1978


Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

A unitary authority in Dorset, England, formed on 1 April 2019, which replaced and merged the boroughs in these three towns


Shoreham-by-Sea

A coastal town and port in Adur district, West Sussex, England.


Haywards Heath

Recorded as Heyworth in 1261, from Old English hege + worð (“enclosure with a hedge”), and as Haywards Hoth in 1544.

der

A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3323).


Adur

A river in West Sussex, England, which flows into the English Channel

A local government district of West Sussex, formed in 1974 and named after the river, with its headquarters in Shoreham-by-Sea


Wilby

en-proper noun

Wilby (countable and uncountable, plural Wilbys)

Various origins:
* The village in Norfolk is named with Old English welig (“willow”) + Old Norse bý (“farmstead”).
* The village in Northamptonshire is named with the Old Norse personal name Villi + bý (“farmstead”).
* The village in Suffolk is named with Old English welig (“willow”) + bēag (“ring, circle”).

A village in Quidenham parish, Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM0389).

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8666).

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2472).


Mid Sussex

A local government district of West Sussex, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Haywards Heath


London Bridge

From Old English Lundene bryċġ (literally “London's Bridge” or “the Bridge of London”).

inh

The area of London, in the borough of Southwark immediately surrounding the station (OS grid ref TQ3280).


Exanceaster

Exanċeaster (canonical neuter)
Exanċeaster (nominative singular)
Exanċeastre (accusative singular)
Exanċeastre (genitive singular)
Exanċeastre (dative singular)

Middle English: Exchestre

English: Exeter

From Ex (“River Exe”) + ċeaster (“fortress, fortified town”), in some forms influenced by Latin Isca, both from Proto-Brythonic *Uɨsk.

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Exeter (a cathedral city in modern Devon, England)


Cholsey

Ultimately from Old English Ċēoles (“Ceol's”) + īeġ (“island”), from the original settlement's location on an island in the Thames.

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish near Wallingford in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU5886).


Stanway

en-proper noun

Stanway (countable and uncountable, plural Stanways)

A village and civil parish in Colchester borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL9424).

A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0632).


Petty France

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A hamlet in Hawkesbury parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7885).


Wadworth

A village and civil parish of South Yorkshire, England.


Brendon

Brendon and Countisbury
Brendon and Countisbury#English

A small village in Brendon and Countisbury parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS7648).

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Bre-Bri#Bre

A hamlet in Sutcombe parish, Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS3513).

A hamlet in Thornbury parish, Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS3607).


Lizard

Recorded as Lisart 1086 (Domesday Book); probably a corruption of Cornish lys ardh (“high court”), influenced by lizard.

A peninsula in southern Cornwall, England.


Lizard

A village in Landewednack parish, on the peninsula near Lizard Point, Cornwall, the most southerly village in England, also known as Lizard Town (OS grid ref SW7012)


Eastengle

Ēastengle (canonical masculine plural)
Ēastengle (nominative plural)
Ēastengle (accusative plural)
Ēastengla (genitive plural)
Ēastenglum (dative plural)

[ˈæ͜ɑːstˌeŋ.ɡle]

late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
And of Engle cōman Ēastengle ⁊ Middelengle ⁊ Myrċe ⁊ eall Norðhembra cynn...

And from Anglia came the East Angles and the Middle Angles and the Mercians and all the Northumbrians...

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 838

Herebryht and many others were killed by pagans in Mercia, and the same year many more people in Lindsey and East Anglia and Kent were killed by the pagan army.

Herebeorht wæs ofslæġen fram hǣðnum mannum and maniġe mid him on Miersċwarum and þȳ ilcan ġēare eft on Lindesiġe and on Ēastenglum and on Cantwarum wurdon maniġe menn ofslæġene fram þām herġe.


Sandhurst

Bracknell Forest
Bracknell Forest#English

A town and military academy in Bracknell Forest borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8361)

A village in Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8223)

A village in Tunbridge Wells district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7928)


Hessle

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0326)


Irt

A river in Cumbria, England, which flows from Wast Water, and into the Irish Sea.


Biggleswade

From the Old English personal name Biccel or Biceil + -s- + wæd (“ford”).

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A market town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1944).


Ollerton

A village and civil parish (served by Ollerton with Marthall Parish Council) in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7776).

Ollerton and Boughton
Ollerton and Boughton#English

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A small town in Ollerton and Boughton parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6567)

A small village in Stoke upon Tern parish, between Telford and Market Drayton, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6425).


Leagrave

From the rare Old English personal name Lihtla + grāf (“grove”).

A suburb and former village in Luton, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0523).


Braybrooke

Braybrooke (countable and uncountable, plural Braybrookes)

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

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering district (OS grid ref SP7684).


Sundon

From the Old English personal name Sunna, a byname from sunna (“sun”), + dūn (“hill”).

A civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England, in which the villages of Upper Sundon and Lower Sundon are located (OS grid ref TL0427).


Polesworth

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

A large village and civil parish in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SK2602).


Colwich

(in Kansas) A portmanteau of Colorado + Wichita after the Colorado and Wichita Railroad.

A village and civil parish in Stafford district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0121).


Toton

A settlement and former village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5034).


Castle Donington

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

A village, small market town, and civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid reference SK4427).


Chaddesden

A suburb of Derby in Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3737).


Willington

A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1049).

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5366).

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2928).

Greater Willington
Greater Willington#English

A village in Greater Willington parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ1935).

A suburb of Maidstone, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7853).

A village in North Tyneside borough, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ3167).

A village in Barcheston parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2639).


Lostwithiel

From Cornish, the exact origin is unknown; possibly Old Cornish lost gwydhyel (“tail-end of the woodland”), for the second element see Breton gwez. More at Lostwithiel.

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX1059).


Ashchurch

A village in Ashchurch Rural parish, Tewkesbury district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9233).


Upton-on-Severn

A small town and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8540).


Westerham

Westerham (countable and uncountable, plural Westerhams)

From Old English westerne (“western”) + hām (“homestead”).

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ4454).


Southwerk

English: Southwark

From Old English Sudweca, from sūþ (“south”) + weorc (“work”).

In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay
Redy to wenden on my pilgrymage

c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, line LINES:

In Southwark, at the Tabard, as I lay
Ready to go on pilgrimage and start

Southwark (a borough of London, England)


Newton Heath

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A suburb of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8700)


Farringdon

A district of the City of London, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3181). Farringdon station is just to the north in the borough of Islington.

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY0191).

Lower Farringdon
Lower Farringdon#English

Upper Farringdon
Upper Farringdon#English

A civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England, including the villages of Lower Farringdon and Upper Farringdon (OS grid ref SU7035).

A suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3653).


Westbourne

From Old English west + burna (“bourne”).

The river carried in the pipe at Sloane Square is the Westbourne, and the pipe is said to shake in a rainstorm. Behind one of the innocent-looking doors on the platform at Sloane Square is a horizontal metal grille, beneath which is a pump, working away in the seething tributaries of the Westbourne.

2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 31:

A river, the River Westbourne in London, England, which is now placed underground.

City of Westminster
City of Westminster#English

An area in the borough of the City of Westminster, Greater London near Bayswater and Paddington (OS grid ref TQ2581). Another name used here is Westbourne Park.

A suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0791).

A suburb of Ipswich, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1445).

A village and civil parish of Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU7507).


Radlett

A large settlement in Aldenham parish, Hertsmere district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TQ1699).


Heighington

A village and civil parish in Darlington borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2422).

A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0369).


Hampstead Heath

Meronym: Vale of Health

We had a nice picnic over at Hampstead Heath.

A large park or open space located mainly in the borough of Camden, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2786).


Ongar

A civil parish iand post town with a town council in Epping Forest district, Essex, England.


High Ongar

A village and civil parish of Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5603).


Chipping Ongar

A small market town in Ongar parish, Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5503).


Burscough

A small town and civil parish with a town council in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4411).


Helpston

Soke of Peterborough
Soke of Peterborough#English

A village and civil parish in the Peterborough unitary authority area, Cambridgeshire, England; historically it was in the Soke of Peterborough (OS grid ref TF1205).


Millom

A town in Copeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD1780).


Drigg

Drigg and Carleton
Drigg and Carleton#English

A village in Drigg and Carleton parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland district (OS grid ref SD0699).


Bidston

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ2890)


Tibberton

A village in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7621).

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A village in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6820).

A village in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9057).


Newton Aycliffe

A new town (founded in 1947) in Great Aycliffe parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2724).


Warsop

A small town in Mansfield district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5667).


Gilsland

A village in England in both City of Carlisle district, Cumbria and Thirlwall parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NY6366).


Fratton

A suburb of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6500).


Saxmundham

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM3863).


Totton

Totton and Eling
Totton and Eling#English

A town in Totton and Eling parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3613).


Kirkdale

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3493).


Waver

A river in northern Cumbria, England, which flows into the Solway Firth.


Birkdale

A suburb of Southport, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD3315).

A valley and hamlet in Muker parish, Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NY8301). The valley is also spelt as Birk Dale on maps.


Hunt's Cross

A suburb and village in Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4385).


Marks Tey

A village and civil parish in Colchester borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL9023).


Brundall

Brundall (countable and uncountable, plural Brundalls)

From an unclear first element, perhaps Old English brōmig (“broomy, overgrown with broom”), + healh (“nook, corner, angle”).

der

A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3208).


Brantham

A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1034).


Manningtree

From Old English manig (“many”) + treow (“tree”).

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM1031).


Brigg

From Middle English brigge, from Old English brycġ (“bridge”). Doublet of bridge and Bruges.

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A market town in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0007).


Livesey

en-prop

Livesey (countable and uncountable, plural Liveseys)

From an unrecorded Old English cognate of Old Norse hlíf (“cover, protection”) + īeġ (“island”).

Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen#English

A civil parish and separate suburb in Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England.


Newhey

A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9311).


Failsworth

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8901).


Hollinwood

An urban area of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9002).

A small village in Whixall civil parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5236).


Derker

A residential area in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9305)


Moston

A civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, containing the village of Moston Green (OS grid ref SJ7261).

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4070).

A suburb of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8702).

A hamlet in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5626).


Trafford Park

A mainly industrial area in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7996).


Bordesley

An urban area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0886)

A village in Alvechurch parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0370).


Fishlake

A village and civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6513).


Moorgate

An area, a railway station and street in the City of London, Greater London, named after a former gate in London's wall (OS grid ref TQ3281).


Brading

A small town and civil parish with a town council on the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ6086).


Stainforth

A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD8267).

A town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6411).


Pontrilas

A village in Kentchurch parish, southern Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3927).


West Devon

A local government district with borough status of Devon, England.


East Brent

A village and civil parish of Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3452)


Berrow

en-proper noun

Berrow (countable and uncountable, plural Berrows)

From Old English bearu (“grove”), which is from Proto-Germanic *barwaz (“grove”). Compare Beer (“a village in East Devon”).

A village and civil parish in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2952).

A small village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7934).


Coryton

From the surname Cory + -ton (in Cardiff and Essex).

A former oil refinery (and village?) in Thurrock borough, Essex, England, named after Cory & Co circa 1922, and formerly named Kynochtown (OS grid ref TQ7482).

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Lewdown Grouped Parish Council) in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4583).


Long Marston

A village in Tring Rural parish, Dacorum borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP8915).

A village and civil parish in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5051).

A village and civil parish (served by Marston Sicca Parish Council) in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1548).


Southam

Southam (countable and uncountable, plural Southams)

From Old English sūþ (“south”) + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9725).

A market town and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4161).


Heaton Park

A park in the city of Manchester and adjacent suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8203).


West Hampstead

An urban area of London, in the borough of Camden, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2585).


Eggesford

A civil parish and railway station in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6810).


Umberleigh

A small village on the River Taw in Atherington parish and Chittlehampton parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6023).


Lapford

A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, England (OS grid ref SS7308).


Stoke Gifford

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6279).


Yeoford

A village in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7898).


King's Nympton

A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6819).


Copplestone

en-prop

Copplestone (countable and uncountable, plural Copplestones)

Perhaps from Old English copel (“unsteady, rocking”) + stān (“stone”). Alternatively, the first element might be related to Old English copp (“top, summit”), through the adjective coppel (“peaked, rounded”).

A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7602).


Cricklade

A small town and civil parish in northern Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1093).


Marsh Barton

An area and trading estate in the city of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9290).


Haltwhistle

A small town and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY7064).


St Erth

A village and civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5535).


South Gosforth

Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne#English

A residential area in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2567).


Howdon

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3267).


Toddington

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0028).

A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0332).

A suburb of Littlehampton, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0303).


Gosforth

Gosforth
Gosforth, Cumbria
Gosforth, New South Wales

A village and civil parish in Copeland borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY0603).

A residential area in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2468).


Foleshill

A suburb of Coventry, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP3582).


Goostrey

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7770).


Oxenholme

From Old English oxna, genitive plural of oxa (“ox”) + Old Norse holmr (“pasture near a water source”).

der

A village in Kendal parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD5389).


Boreham

en-proper noun

Boreham (countable and uncountable, plural Borehams)

From Old English bor (“elevated place; hill”) + hām (“village, hamlet”).

der

A village and civil parish in the city of Chelmsford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7509).

A former hamlet, now a suburb of Warminster, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8844).


Tide Mills

A derelict village in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4500).


Shackerstone

Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth#English

A village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK3706).


Lenham

A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8952).


Cornholme

A village in Todmorden parish, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9026).


Longtown

A small town in Arthuret parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in the City of Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY3868).

A linear village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3229).


Bedlington

A town in West Bedlington parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2581).


Seaton Delaval

A large village in Seaton Valley parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ3075).


Newsham

A suburb of Blyth, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ3080).

Newsham with Breckenbrough
Newsham with Breckenbrough#English

A small village in Newsham with Breckenbrough parish, Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3884)

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref NZ1010).


Bebside

A village in Blyth parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2881).


Ashington

A town and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2787).

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole#English

A hamlet in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole borough, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0098).

A small village in Chilton Cantelo parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5621).

A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1316).


Northumberland Park

An area in Tottenham, borough of Haringey, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3491).

A modern estate in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3071).


Balcombe

en-proper noun

Balcombe (countable and uncountable, plural Balcombes)

Recorded as Baldecombe (1279) and Balecumba (late 11th century). Probably from the Old English personal name Bealda + cumb (“valley”).

A village and civil parish in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3030).


Chathill

A hamlet in Ellingham parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1826)


Lynemouth

From Lyne + mouth; situated alongside the (Northumberland) River Lyne and near its mouth.

A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2991).


Pegswood

A village and civil parish north-east of Morpeth, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2287).


Aln

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


Acklington

A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2301).


Alnmouth

From Aln + mouth, 'at the mouth of the River Aln'.

A coastal village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2410).


Widdrington Station

Widdrington Station and Stobswood#English

A settlement in Widdrington Station and Stobswood civil parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2494).


Seghill

A village in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2974).


Palmersville

A suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2970).


Widdrington

Widdrington (countable and uncountable, plural Widdringtons)

→ Translingual: Widdringtonia

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

Widdrington Village
Widdrington Village#English

A village in Widdrington Village parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2595).


Binstead

Binstead (countable and uncountable, plural Binsteads)

From Old English bēan (“bean”) + stede (“stead”); compare the doublet Binsted.

A village in the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5792).


Isle of Grain

A civil parish (served by St James, Isle of Grain Parish Council) on the eastern part of the Hoo Peninsula in Medway borough, Kent, England.


Grain

A village on the Isle of Grain, Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8876).


Warkworth

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A small village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP4840).

A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2405).


Barnham

A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL8779).

Barnham and Eastergate
Barnham and Eastergate#English

A village in Barnham and Eastergate parish, Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9604).


Gidea Park

A suburb of Romford, in the borough of Havering, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ5289).


Three Bridges

A built-up area within the town and borough of Crawley, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ2837).

A hamlet in Saltfleetby parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4388).


Tisbury

From Old English personal name *Tyssi, genitive case *Tysses + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”).

A village and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9429).


Blackhall Colliery

A village and former colliery in Monk Hesleden parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4539).


Kingskerswell

A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8867).


Galgate

A village in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4855).


Cranbrook

Many more people join at intermediate stations, such as the newish station at Cranbrook, which serves a huge new housing estate; […].

2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55:

A new town and civil parish with a town council in East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY0095).

Cranbrook and Sissinghurst
Cranbrook and Sissinghurst#English

A small town in Cranbrook and Sissinghurst parish, Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7736).

A suburb of Ilford, borough of Redbridge, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4387).


Ebbsfleet

An area next to Ebbsfleet International railway station, in Dartford borough, north-west Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6173).

A short river, the Ebbsfleet River in the same area of Kent, which flows into the Thames.

A hamlet in Minster parish, Thanet district, East Kent (OS grid ref TR3363).


Ketton

A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK9804).


Ribblesdale

The dale or upper valley of the River Ribble in North Yorkshire, England (OS grid refs SD85, SD86, SD87).


Horton in Ribblesdale

A small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD8072).


East Dorset

A former local government district of Dorset, England, formed in 1974 and abolished in 2019 when the Dorset unitary authority was formed.


Hinkley Point

nuclear power station
nuclear power station

A headland in West Somerset, Somerset, England, which is the location of two nuclear power stations, with a third under construction in 2019 (OS grid ref ST2146).


Elmswell

A village in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9863).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9958).


Castlefield

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

An inner city area of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8397).


Groton

In Suffolk, recorded as Grotena in 1086 (DB), probably from Old English groten + ēa (“sandy or gravelly stream”). Places in the United States were directly or indirectly named after this village.

der

A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9541).


Meriden

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England, historically in Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2482).

A suburb of Watford borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TQ1299).


Framlingham

/ˈfɹæmlɪŋəm/

A market town and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM2863).


Halfway

A hamlet in Welford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4068).

An outer suburb of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4381).

A hamlet (Halfway Houses) in Upton Scudamore parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8748).


Dullingham

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL6258).


Waterbeach

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4965).

A hamlet in Westhampnett parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8908).


Shippea Hill

A rural location with a railway station in Ely parish, East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL6484).


Littleport

A large village and civil parish with a town council in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL5686).


Bosham

A coastal village and civil parish in the City of Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8004).


Fishbourne

A village on the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5592).

A village and civil parish of Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8304).


Nutbourne

A village in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU7705).

A village in Horsham district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ0718).


Shelford

From Old English sċeald (“shallow”) + forde (“ford”). Doublet of Scalford and Shalford.

A railway station in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, serving the villages of Great Shelford and Little Shelford (OS grid ref TL4652).

A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6642).

A locality in Burton Hastings parish, Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4288).


Soham

Inherited from Old English Soegham, from a compound of sǣ (“sea”) and hām (“homestead”).

A town and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL5973).


Southbourne

A suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ1491).

A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU7605).


Warblington

A suburb of Havant, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7206).


Adwick

Adwick le Street
Adwick le Street#English

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

Short for Adwick le Street in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, and the name of the local railway station (OS grid ref SE5408).


Brighouse

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1423).


Shirebrook

A town and civil parish with a town council in Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK5267).


Moorthorpe

South Kirkby and Moorthorpe
South Kirkby and Moorthorpe#English

A village in South Kirkby and Moorthorpe parish, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4611).


Meadowhall

From meadow + hall; the area is shown as Meadow Hall on OS maps of the 1980s.

transport interchange
transport interchange

A shopping centre and transport interchange in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3991).


Hampole

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5010).


Conisbrough

From Old English Cyningesburh, from cyninges (“king's”) + burh (“fort; manor; town”). Doublet of Kingsbury, Kingsberry, Kingsburg, and Kingsburgh. Cf. also Kingstown, Kingston, Kingstone, Kingsville, Coniston, Coniston Cold, Coningsby, and Conington.

doublet

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK5198).


Kirkby Stephen

A small market town and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7708).


East Didsbury

A suburban area of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8590).


Berrington

en-proper noun

Berrington (countable and uncountable, plural Berringtons)

Perhaps from Old English burg (“fortified place, stronghold”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

der

A small village in Kyloe parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0043).

A small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5206).

A small village in Tenbury parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO5667).


Manea

A village and civil parish in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4889).


Werrington

A small village and civil parish north of Launceston, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX3287).

A suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF1603).

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9447).


Kirkby

en-proper noun

Kirkby (countable and uncountable, plural Kirkbys)

From kirk + -by. From Old Scandinavian / Old Norse kirkja+býr, a village with a church.

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4198).

A small village in Osgodby parish, West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0692).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ5306).


Edge Hill

An inner city area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3690).


Edgehill

Ratley and Upton
Ratley and Upton#English

A hamlet on the Edge Hill escarpment in Ratley and Upton parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3747).

A suburb of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0386).


Hackney Downs

I used to walk / On my way to school / I’d walk across Hackney Downs / Singing Endlessly

2019, “Consider This”, in Consider This, performed by Amahla:

A park, neighbourhood, and railway station in the borough of Hackney, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3485).


Smardale

A small village in Waitby parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7308).


Perry Barr

A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0691).


Strumpshaw

A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG3507).


Wymondham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1101).

A village and civil parish (served by Wymondham and Edmondthorpe Parish Council) in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK8518).


Lingwood

Lingwood (countable and uncountable, plural Lingwoods)

From either Old Norse lyng (“heather”) or Old English hlinc (“hill, slope, ridge, bank”) + wudu (“wood”).

der

Lingwood and Burlingham
Lingwood and Burlingham#English

A village in Lingwood and Burlingham parish, Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3608).


Newbiggin

A hamlet in Ainstable parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5549).

A village in Dacre parish, Eden district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY4729).

A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY6228).

A village in Aldingham parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref SD2669).

A small village near Lanchester, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1447).

A village and civil parish (served by Middleton-in-Teesdale and Newbiggin Parish Council) in Teesdale, County Durham (OS grid ref NY9127).

A hamlet near Askrigg, Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9591).

A village and civil parish in Bishopdale, Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SD9985).


Oulton Broad

A lake (known as a broad) near Lowestoft in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England.

A suburb of Lowestoft, Suffolk to the south of the broad (OS grid ref TM5292)


Berkeley Road

A settlement by the site of a former railway station in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7200).


Knaresborough

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3557).


Doniford

A settlement in Williton parish, West Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST0842).


Awsworth

A village and civil parish in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4844).


Dorridge

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1775).


Oulton

en-proper noun

Oulton (countable and uncountable, plural Oultons)

Various origins:
* The hamlet in Cumbria derives from the Old English personal name Wulfa + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The village in Norfolk derives from the Old Norse personal name Ouðulf + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The village in West Yorkshire derives from Old English eald (“old”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A hamlet in Allerdale borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY2450).

A village and civil parish of Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1328).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3628).


Bricket Wood

A village in St Stephen parish, St Albans district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1302).


Besses o' th' Barn

A suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8105).


Higham Ferrers

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

A market town in East Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP9668).


Blackfriars

An area within the City of London, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3180).


Denmark Hill

A suburb and thoroughfare of London, in the borough of Southwark and borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3276).


Lakenham

A suburb of Norwich, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2307).


布里斯托爾

ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄙ ㄊㄨㄛ ㄦˇ

/pu⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pou̯³³ lei̯¹³ siː⁵⁵ tʰɔːk̚³ jiː¹³/

/pou̯³³ lei̯¹³ siː⁵⁵ tʰɔːk̚³ jiː¹³/

(Mainland China) Bristol (a city, county, and unitary authority in southwest England)


Saltcoats

Drigg and Carleton
Drigg and Carleton#English

A hamlet in Drigg and Carleton parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref SD0797).


Attleborough

A market town and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM0495).

A suburb of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3790).


Bounds Green

A suburb in the borough of Haringey, in northern Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2991).


Portbury

A village and civil parish in North Somerset, Somerset, England; the Royal Portbury Dock is a mile to the north (OS grid ref ST5075).


Bessacarr

An outer suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6101).


Tebay

A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY6104).


Appleby-in-Westmorland

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district, formerly named Appleby (OS grid ref NY6820).


Bowness-on-Windermere

Windermere and Bowness
Windermere and Bowness#English

A town on Lake Windermere, in Windermere and Bowness parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD4096).


Bowness

A civil parish (served by Bowness-on-Solway Parish Council) in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough.


Grasmere

From Old English græs (“grass”) + mere (“lake”); "the lake with grassy shores".

A village next to a lake of the same name in Lakes parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref NY3307).


Bedwyn

A railway station that serves Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2864).


Templecombe

Abbas and Templecombe
Abbas and Templecombe#English

A village in Abbas and Templecombe parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7022).


Great Bedwyn

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2764).


Pewsey

en-proper noun

Pewsey (countable and uncountable, plural Pewseys)

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

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1660).


Royal Oak

/ˈɹɔɪəl.əʊk/

A hamlet in Heighington parish, Darlington borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2023).

A settlement in Bickerstaffe parish, West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4103).

A settlement in Filey parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref TA1178).

City of Westminster
City of Westminster#English

An underground station (above ground) in the City of Westminster borough, Greater London, originally named after a pub (OS grid ref TQ2581).


Disley

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9784).


Topsham

A town in City of Exeter district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9688).


Euxton

A village and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5518).


Willenhall

A market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9698).

A suburb of Coventry, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP3676).


Grayrigg

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD5797).


Great Heck

A village in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5921).


Gobowen

Selattyn and Gobowen
Selattyn and Gobowen#English

A village in Selattyn and Gobowen parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3033).


Saltwood

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

A village and civil parish in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1535).


Stonea

A hamlet in Wimblington parish, Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4593).


Fellgate

A residential area in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3262).


Kidbrooke

Named after the Kyd Brook, a minor watercourse.

A suburb of Greenwich borough, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4176).


Rushden

From Old English rysċ ("rush", the plant) + dene (“valley”); "valley where the rushes grow".

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9566).

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

A village and civil parish (served by Rushden and Wallington Parish Council) in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3031).


Severn Beach

Pilning and Severn Beach
Pilning and Severn Beach#English

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A village on the Severn Estuary in Pilning and Severn Beach parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST5484).


St Blazey

Named after Saint Blaise; St Blaise is the spelling adopted by the civil parish and the town council.

A small town in St Blaise parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0654).


Stechford

A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1387).


Levenshulme

The second part, 'hulme', likely shares an etymological connection with the placename Hulme.

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A suburb of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8794).


Golborne

Golborne (countable and uncountable, plural Golbornes)

From Old English golde (“marigold”) + burna (“stream, bourn”).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ6097).


Wickham Bishops

In the Domesday Book as Wicham, the land belonged to the Bishop of London.

A village in Maldon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8412).


Ufton Nervet

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU6367).


Gospel Oak

An inner urban area in the borough of Camden, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2885).


Greenholme

A hamlet in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5905).


Shap

A linear village and civil parish (joint with Shap Rural parish) in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5615).


Kings Norton

A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0478).


Wylam

A village in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1164).


Fishwick

A suburb of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5629).


Longsight

An inner city area of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8696).


Temple Mills

Originally these were watermills on the River Lea belonging to the Knights Templar.

An area mainly in Waltham Forest borough, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3785).


Canonbury

From canon + -bury, recorded as Canonesbury 1373, from Middle English canoun + Old English burh, byrig.

A suburb of London, in the borough of Islington, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3284).


Plumpton Green

A village (separate from Plumpton) in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3616).


Claypole

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8549).


Audley End

A small settlement in Saffron Walden parish, Uttlesford district, Essex (OS grid ref TL5237; the railway station is in Wendens Ambo parish).

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A hamlet in Gestingthorpe parish, Braintree district, Essex (OS grid ref TL8137).

Burston and Shimpling
Burston and Shimpling#English

A hamlet in Burston and Shimpling parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM1482).

A hamlet in Lawshall parish, Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8553).


Plumpton

Plumpton (countable and uncountable, plural Plumptons)

From Old English plūme (“plum”) + tūn (“settlement, town”). Doublet of Plympton.

A village in Hesket parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY4937).

A village and civil parish in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3513). The railway station and racecourse are at Plumpton Green to the north.

Two hamlets, Great Plumpton and Little Plumpton, in Westby-with-Plumptons civil parish, Fylde district, Lancashire, England.

Weston and Weedon
Weston and Weedon#English

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A small village in Weston and Weedon civil parish, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP5948).


Stourton

From rivers by the name of Stour + -ton, except in Leeds.

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English

A village in Kinver parish, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SO8685).

A village and civil parish (served by Cherington and Stourton Joint Parish Council) in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2936).

An industrial area in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3240).

Stourton with Gasper
Stourton with Gasper#English

A village in Stourton with Gasper parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST7733).


Garston

A suburb of Watford borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1100).

A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4084).


Seaforth

en-prop

Seaforth (countable and uncountable, plural Seaforths)

An urban area and dock in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3297).


Drax

A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6726).


Hunslet

From Old English Hūn (“Personal name”) + flēet (“creek, inlet”).

compound

An inner city area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3131).


Moorswater

An industrial suburb of Liskeard, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2364).


West Thurrock

A town in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ5877).


Tunstead

A village in Wormhill parish, High Peak district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1175).

A settlement near Greenfield, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SE0004).

A village and civil parish (served by Tunstead and Sco-Ruston Parish Council) in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2921).


Tuebrook

An inner city area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3892).


Dalston

From Middle English Derleston, Dorleston; from Old English Dēorlāf + tūn. Doublet of Darlaston.

From memories that never change / Of Dalston / Forever Dolphin Love

2011, Connan Mockasin (lyrics and music), “Forever Dolphin Love”:

A residential area in London, in the borough of Hackney, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3484).


Dalston

Uncertain. Bosworth-Toller identifies the Cumbrian village's name as being from Old English Dægsanstān, known for the Battle of Degsastan, but later scholars believe that the battle happened in an area named Dawstane (whoses name could also phonetically descend from Dægsanstān), in Liddesdale to the northeast of Cumbria.

A village and civil parish in Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3650).


Long Drax

A hamlet and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6828).


Bletchley

From Old English personal name, Blæcca + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

Bletchley and Fenny Stratford
Bletchley and Fenny Stratford#English

A town in Bletchley and Fenny Stratford parish and West Bletchley parish, Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8733).

A village in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6233).


Earlestown

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5795).


Trumpington

A village and ward in the City of Cambridge district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4454).


Hartlebury

A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8470).


Westerleigh

From Old English westerra (“western”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

Westerleigh and Coalpit Heath
Westerleigh and Coalpit Heath#English

A village in Westerleigh and Coalpit Heath parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6979).


Ironbridge

From iron + bridge, after the The Iron Bridge.

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A village in The Gorge parish, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6703).


Horwich

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6411).


Newton-le-Willows

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5895).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE2189).


Eardington

A village and civil parish near Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7290).


Hampton Loade

Loade is a variant of lode, referring to the ferry across the Severn to Hampton on the opposite bank.

A hamlet on the east bank of the Severn in Quatt Malvern parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7486).


Jackfield

A village in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6802)


Coalport

A village in The Gorge parish, Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6902).


Beeston

en-proper noun

Beeston (countable and uncountable, plural Beestons)

From Middle English Bestone, from Old English *Bēostūn, from bēos (“bentgrass”) (from Proto-West Germanic *beusu (“rush”)) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A hamlet in Sandy parish, Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref SP1648).

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire; the location of Beeston Castle (OS grid ref SJ5458).

Beeston with Bittering
Beeston with Bittering#English

A village in Beeston with Bittering parish, Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TF9115).

A town in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5236).

A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2830).


Buildwas

A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6304).


Cound

A village in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5505).


Cressage

A village in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5904).


Coalbrookdale

A village in The Gorge parish, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6604).


Upper Arley

A village in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7680).


Much Wenlock

A town and civil parish with a town council in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO6299).


Arley

Aston by Budworth
Aston by Budworth#English

A village in Aston by Budworth parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6781).

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

A civil parish in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England, containing the villages of New Arley (OS grid ref SP2989) and Old Arley (OS grid ref SP2890).


Kingmoor

A civil parish in the city of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England, which includes the villages of Cargo, Crindledyke and Stainton (OS grid ref NY3858).


Bishopton

A village and civil parish in Darlington borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3621).


Denton Holme

An inner city area in Carlisle, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY4054).


Evercreech

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST6438).


Ferryhill

A town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2932).


Steyning

A town and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1711).


Hamworthy

A suburb of Poole, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY9991).


Halwill

A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4299).


Baschurch

A village and civil parish in north-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4221).


Goodrington

A village in Torbay borough, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8958).


Hither Green

A suburb in the borough of Lewisham, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3974).


St Germans

A village and civil parish in east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX3657).


St Leonards-on-Sea

A coastal town in Hastings borough, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ7909).


St Leonards

A village in Chiltern district, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP9107).

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 SU1103).

St Leonards-on-Sea
St Leonards-on-Sea#English

Short for St Leonards-on-Sea, a town in East Sussex, England.


Cosford

A village in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7905).

A hamlet and civil parish of Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4979).


Tattenhall

A village in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4858).


Ossett

From Old English Osleset (“the fold of a man named Osla”).

cog

A market town with some local industry in West Yorkshire, England, mostly within the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield (OS grid ref SE2720).


Saltney

A suburb of Chester, Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England, which adjoins the town in Wales and is known as Higher or Top Saltney.


Washwood Heath

An area in the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1088).


Batley

en-proper noun

Batley (countable and uncountable, plural Batleys)

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

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2424).


Hellifield

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD8556).


Holbeck

An inner city area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2932).

Greetham with Somersby
Greetham with Somersby#English

A hamlet in Greetham with Somersby parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3172).

Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck#English

A village and former civil parish in Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5473).


Saltley

An inner city area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0987).


Witham Friary

A village and civil parish in Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7440).


Roydon

A village in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL4010).

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

A village in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF7023).

A village in South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM0980).


Lower Darwen

Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen#English

A village in Blackburn with Darwen borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6925).


Sowerby Bridge

A market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0523).


South Tottenham

An area in the southern part of Tottenham, borough of Haringey, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3388).


Witton

A village in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3109).

An area in Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0791).


Normanton

An inner suburb and ward of Derby, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3433).

A village in Bottesford civil parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK8140).

A village and civil parish (served by Carlton Scroop and Normanton on Cliffe Parish Council) in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK9446).

A village and civil parish in Rutland (OS grid ref SK9306).

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3822).

Wilsford cum Lake
Wilsford cum Lake#English

A hamlet in Wilsford cum Lake parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1340).


Wheathampstead

A village and civil parish in City of St Albans district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1713).


Wavertree

An area in Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3889).


Hawkhurst

A village and civil parish in Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, (OS grid ref TQ7630).


Quainton

From Old English Cwēnton, from cwēn (“queen”) + tūn (“town”). Doublet of Queenstown and Queenston.

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7420).


Allhallows

A civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough.

A village and civil parish on the Hoo Peninsula in Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8377).


Grimesthorpe

A suburb of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3790).


Fairford

From Old English fæġer (“beautiful”) + ford.

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1501).


Long Melford

A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL8645).


Wakes Colne

A village and civil parish in Colchester borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8928).


Birdbrook

A village in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7041).


Lidlington

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

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9939).


Northwood Hills

A locality in southeastern Northwood, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1090).


Moor Park

A residential estate in Batchworth parish, Three Rivers district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TQ0893).

A park and surrounding area in Blackpool borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3239).

A park and electoral ward in Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5431).

A residential area in Crosby, Sefton borough, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD3200).


Rose Grove

A suburban area in Burnley, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8132).


Cleckheaton

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD1825).


Patricroft

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

An urban area of Eccles, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7698).


Grateley

A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2741).


Eryholme

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref NZ3208).


Garforth

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4033).


Ulleskelf

A village in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5140).


Tollerton

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE5164).

A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6134).


Cross Gates

An outer suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3634).


Micklefield

From Old English miċel (“big”) + feld (“field”).

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4433).

A ward and suburban area in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SU8892).


Rainhill

A large village in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4991).


Glazebury

Culcheth and Glazebury
Culcheth and Glazebury#English

A village in Culcheth and Glazebury parish, Warrington borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6797).


Birstall

A large village and civil parish in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5909).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2226).


Miles Platting

An urban area of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8599).


Lea Green

A small village in Church Minshull parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6661).

A suburb of St Helens, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5092).


Farnley

Farnley (countable and uncountable, plural Farnleys)

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to fern + -ley (“lea”) and doublet of Farley.

A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2532).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE2147).


Droylsden

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9098).


Whiston

Whiston (countable and uncountable, plural Whistons)

Various origins:
* The villages in Merseyside and South Yorkshire are named from Old English hwīt (“white”) + stān (“stone”).
* The villages in Staffordshire are named from the unattested Old English personal name *Witi + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The village in Northamptonshire is probably named from Old English Hwiċċe (“a local tribe”) + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4791).

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A small village in South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8460).

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English

A small village in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8914).

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A village in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0347).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4590).


Saddleworth

A civil parish and moor (Saddleworth Moor) in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.


Chiltern Green

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A hamlet in Hyde parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England, next to Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL1319).


Ampthill

Mentioned as Ammetelle in the Domesday Book, this placename derives from Old English ǣmethyll (“anthill”), probably because this site was once infested by ants.

A town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0337).


Irchester

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in the borough of Wellingborough (OS grid ref SP9265).


Sharnbrook

From Old English sċearn (“dung”) + brōc (“brook, rivulet”).

A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9959).


Glendon

An unincorporated community in Moore County, North Carolina, United States.


East Langton

A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP7292).


Desborough

Desborough (countable and uncountable, plural Desboroughs)

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

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering borough (OS grid ref SP8083).


Kibworth

Kibworth Beauchamp
Kibworth Beauchamp#English

Kibworth Harcourt
Kibworth Harcourt#English

An area in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England, including the two villages of Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt.


Kegworth

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

A village in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4826).


Sileby

From Old Norse Sigólfr (“a personal name”) + býr (“settlement”).

A village and civil parish in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6015).


Hathern

A village in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5022).


Barrow upon Soar

A village and civil parish in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5717).


Syston

A town in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6211).

A village and civil parish (served by Barkston and Syston Parish Council) in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9240).


Great Glen

A village in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP6597).


Elstow

Though almost engulfed by Bedford, Elstow's claim to villagedom is still maintained by two fine rows of timber-framed, overhung, black-and-white cottages and the timber and herringbone-brick Swan pub.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 174:

A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0546).


Draycott

A village in Draycott and Church Wilne parish, Erewash borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4433).

A village in Blockley parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1835).

A village in Rodney Stoke parish, previously in Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4750).

A hamlet in South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST5521).

A hamlet in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8547).


Borrowash

A village in Erewash borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4234).


Spondon

A suburb and ward in the city of Derby, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4035).


Millbrook

Millbrook (countable and uncountable, plural Millbrooks)

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

A small village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0138).

A civil parish and village in southeast Cornwall (OS grid ref SX4252).

A suburb of Axminster, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY3098).

A hamlet in North Molton parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS7530).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ9799).

A suburb and former civil parish in Southampton, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3913).


Gomersal

A large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2025).


Slaithwaite

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0814).


Battyeford

A village in Mirfield, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1920).


Houghton Conquest

A village and civil parish of Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0441).


Tibshelf

A village in Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4460).


Alsager

/ˈɔːlseɪd͡ʒə/

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7955).


Heckmondwike

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2123).


Longwood

A village and suburb of Huddersfield, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1016).


Chapeltown

A village in Blackburn with Darwen borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7315).

A large village in Ecclesfield parish, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3596).

A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3135).


Edgbaston

A suburban area in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, historically in Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP0584).


Bardon Mill

A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY7864).


Goathland

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ8301).


Mobberley

A village in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7879).


Bourne End

A hamlet in Bletsoe parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0260).

A hamlet in Cranfield parish, Central Bedfordshire (OS grid ref SP9644).

A village mostly in Wooburn parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU8987).

A village in Dacorum district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL0206).


Eaglescliffe

A suburban village in Egglescliffe parish and Preston-on-Tees parish, Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4215)


Cliffsend

A coastal village and civil parish in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3464).


Micheldever

A village and civil parish in the city of Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5139).


Micheldever Station

A village surrounding Micheldever railway station in Micheldever parish, Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5142).


Halesworth

A market town in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM3877).


Arnos Grove

A suburban area in the borough of Enfield, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2992).


Bavington

A civil parish in central Northumberland, England.


Haddenham

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7408).

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4675).


Marholm

A village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF1402).


Petts Wood

The wood (wooded area) of the Pett family.

A suburb in the borough of Bromley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4467).


Tottenham Hale

An area in Tottenham, borough of Haringey, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3489).


Longport

An area within the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8549).


Seaford

Seaford (countable and uncountable, plural Seafords)

From Old English sǣ (“sea”) + ford (“ford”); equivalent to sea + ford.

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV4899).


St Pancras

After Saint Pancras of Rome, whose relics were supposedly housed at the church in this location.

An area in the borough of Camden, in central London, in which St Pancras railway station is situated (OS grid ref TQ3082).


Swaythling

A suburb of Southampton, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4415).


Dunbridge

From Dun + bridge, the bridge over the River Dun.

A hamlet in Mottisfont parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3126).


Westdean

A village in Cuckmere Valley parish, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV5299).


West Dean

A civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England.

A village and civil parish in the city of Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8612).

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, on the Hampshire boundary (OS grid ref SU2527).


Ash Vale

A village in Guildford borough, Surrey, England, near the town of Ash (OS grid ref SU8952).