Knott End

Recorded as Cnote in the 13th century (Middle English knot (“a hillock”)). The spelling Knot-End was used in the 19th century (see quotation).

The Garstang & Knot-End Railway was incorporated by an Act of June 30, 1864, to construct a line from the Lancaster & Preston Junction Railway (afterwards the L.N.W.R.) to Knott End, a distance of 11¾ miles. [...] From Pilling to Knot-End (then spelled thus) there was a grass-grown half-completed railway, and eventually a new company called the Knott End Railway Company was incorporated in 1898 to complete this.

1942 May-June, “The Why and the Wherefore: The Knott End Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 191:

Knott End-on-Sea
Knott End-on-Sea#English

Ellipsis of Knott End-on-Sea: a large coastal village in Preesall parish, Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3548).


Preesall

From Cumbric *pres (“bush”) + Old English hǫfuð (“head”).

A village and civil parish (with a town council) in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3647).


Hackney Bottom

Hampstead Norreys
Hampstead Norreys#English

A valley and locality in Hampstead Norreys parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5377).


Oxshott

A village and surrounding settlement in Elmbridge borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1460).


Hinchley Wood

A suburban village in Elmbridge borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1565).


Whiteway

en-proper noun

Whiteway (countable and uncountable, plural Whiteways)

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + weġ (“way, road”).

A village, also known as Whiteway Colony, in Miserden parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9110).


Miserden

A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9308).


Williton

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A large village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST0741).


Harthill

en-proper-noun

Harthill (countable and uncountable, plural Harthills)

From Old English heorot (“deer, hart”) + hyll (“hill”).

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5055).

Harthill with Woodall
Harthill with Woodall#English

A village in Harthill with Woodall parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4980).


Heyshott

A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8918).


Elford

en-proper noun

Elford (countable and uncountable, plural Elfords)

From either the Old English personal name Ella or alor (“alder”) + ford (“ford”).

A village and civil parish in Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1810).


Walton-on-Trent

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2118).


Roudham

Roudham and Larling
Roudham and Larling#English

A small settlement in Roudham and Larling parish, Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TL9587).


Larling

A hamlet in Roudham and Larling parish, Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TL9789).


East Meon

A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6722).


West Meon

Situated in the valley of the River Meon.

A village and civil parish in City of Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6424).


Maulden

Maulden (countable and uncountable, plural Mauldens)

From Old English mǣl (“mark, sign; cross, crucifix”) + dūn (“hill”).

der

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL048377).


Upperton

en-proper-noun

Upperton (countable and uncountable, plural Uppertons)

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

der

A hamlet in Tillington parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9522).


Staincross

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, near the boundary with West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3310).


Tollesbury

A coastal village and civil parish in Maldon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL9510).


Farnley Tyas

See Farnley; the affix Tyas is a feudal name from the family who held land in this neighbourhood.

A village in Kirkburton parish, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1612).


Condover

A village and civil parish south of Shrewsbury, central Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4906).


Waskerley

A hamlet in Muggleswick parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ0545).


Muggleswick

A small village and large civil parish in County Durham, England, west of Consett and bordering on Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ0449).


Girtford

From Old English grēot (“grit, sand, gravel”) + ford (“ford”).

A hamlet in Sandy parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1649).


Seddington

en-prop

Seddington (countable and uncountable, plural Seddingtons)

From Old English sūþ (“south”) + -ing + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A hamlet in Sandy parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1747).


No Place

A small village in Stanley parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2153).


Waldridge

en-proper noun

Waldridge (countable and uncountable, plural Waldridges)

From the Old English personal name Wealda + hryċġ (“ridge”). The surname could also be a variant of Wooldridge.

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England, west of Chester-le-Street; the civil parish includes part of Chester-le-Street (OS grid ref NZ2550).


Mundford

en-proper-noun

Mundford (countable and uncountable, plural Mundfords)

Mundfords (plural)
Montford (alternative)

From the unattested Old English personal name *Munda + ford (“ford”).

A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TL8093).


Cockwood

A coastal village in Dawlish parish, Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9780).


Danzey Green

A hamlet in Tanworth-in-Arden parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1269).


Tanworth-in-Arden

A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1170).


Selworthy

A village and civil parish (served by Selworthy and Minehead Without Parish Council) in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9146).


Wybunbury

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6949).


Aysgarth

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE0088).


Gamlingay

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2352).


Longsdon

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9654).


Mottisfont

A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3226).


Great Wishford

Recorded as Wicheford in 1086 (DB), from Old English wice + ford, the ford where wych-elms grow. Great Wishford was also known as Wishford Magna.

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, north-west of Salisbury (OS grid ref SU0735).


Heytesbury

A village and civil parish (served by Heytesbury, Imber and Knook Parish Council) in Wiltshire, England, east of Warminster; the parish includes part of the Salisbury Plain (OS grid ref ST9242).


Knook

A small village and civil parish (served by Heytesbury, Imber and Knook Parish Council) in Wiltshire, England, east of Warminster (OS grid ref ST9341).


Dilton Marsh

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, west of Westbury (OS grid ref ST8449).


Overley

en-proper noun

Overley (countable and uncountable, plural Overleys)

From Old English uferra (“higher”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A hamlet in Alrewas parish, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1515).


Milbourne

Milbourne (countable and uncountable, plural Milbournes)

Milbournes (plural)
Milbourn (alternative)

From Old English mylen (“mill”) + burna (“stream, bourn”); compare the doublet Milburn.

A village in Ponteland parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1175).

St Paul Malmesbury Without
St Paul Malmesbury Without#English

A hamlet in St Paul Malmesbury Without parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9487).


Bar Hill

"Bar" refers to a toll bar or gate, which apparently still exists.

A modern village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3863).


Lindal-in-Furness

Lindal and Marton
Lindal and Marton#English

A village in Lindal and Marton parish, Barrow-in-Furness borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD2575).


Lindal

Ellipsis of Lindal-in-Furness: a village in Lindal and Marton parish, Barrow-in-Furness borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD2575).


Hollingworth

Hollingworth (countable and uncountable, plural Hollingworths)

Hollingworths (plural)
Hollingsworth (alternative)
Hollinsworth (alternative)

From Old English holen (“holly”) + worþ (“worth”).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SK0096).


Kelham

Kelham (countable and uncountable, plural Kelhams)

Kelhams (plural)
Kallam (alternative)
Kellam (alternative)

Recorded as Calun in the Domesday Book, the village's name probably derives from the dative plural form of Old Norse kiǫlr (“keel, ridge”), with reference to the line of hill north-west of the village.

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7755).


Lightwater

A large village in Windlesham parish, Surrey Heath borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9262).


Windlesham

A village and civil parish in Surrey Heath borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9363).


Shalbourne

A village and civil parish in eastern Wiltshire, England, south-west of Hungerford, West Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3163).


St Pinnock

A hamlet and civil parish in eastern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2063).


East Halton

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA1319).


Tattershall

A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2158).


Langrick

A village in Langriville parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2648).


Cleator

Cleator (countable and uncountable, plural Cleators)

From Old Norse klettr (“rock, cliff”) + erg (“shieling”), because of the presence of an outcrop of limestone cliffs near the village.

A village in Cleator Moor parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland district (OS grid ref NY0113).


Bordley

Bordley (countable and uncountable, plural Bordleys)

Bordleys (plural)
Boardley (alternative)

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

A village in Hetton-cum-Bordley parish, Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9464).


Chicksands

From the Old English personal name Cicca + sand (“sand”).

Campton and Chicksands
Campton and Chicksands#English

A village in Campton and Chicksands parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1238).


Askam

Askam and Ireleth
Askam and Ireleth#English

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A village in Askam and Ireleth parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Barrow-in-Furness borough (OS grid ref SD2177).


Ireleth

A village in Askam and Ireleth parish, Barrow-in-Furness borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD2177).


Broomielaw

Streatlam and Stainton
Streatlam and Stainton#English

A hamlet in Streatlam and Stainton parish, north-east of Barnard Castle, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ0818).


Kensworth

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

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0318).


Meppershall

Recorded as Maperteshale in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from the rare Old English personal name Mæþelbeorht, which is formed by the elements mæþel (“assembly”) and beorht (“bright, clear”), + -s- + healh (“corner, recess, nook”).

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1436).


Stotfold

From Old English stōd (“stud, stallion”) + fald (“fold, stable, enclosure”).

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2136).


Hanthorpe

Morton and Hanthorpe
Morton and Hanthorpe#English

A village in Morton and Hanthorpe parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0824).


Babworth

A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6880).


Wighill

From Old English wīċ (“village; farm”) + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).

A village and civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4746).


Longwitton

A hamlet in Netherwitton parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0788).


Walmersley

Walmersley (countable and uncountable, plural Walmersleys)

Walmersleys (plural)
Walmesley (alternative)
Walmisley (alternative)
Walmsley (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Waldmǣr, which is composed of the elements weald (“power, authority”) and mǣre (“famous”), + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8013).


Herringfleet

Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet#English

A hamlet in Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Waveney district (OS grid ref TM4797).


Shottle

Shottle and Postern
Shottle and Postern#English

A small village in Shottle and Postern parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3149).


Tasburgh

A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM2095).


Upper Heyford

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP6659).

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4926).


Great Wolford

A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2434).


Little Wolford

A hamlet and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2635).


Barrow Haven

Barrow upon Humber
Barrow upon Humber#English

A hamlet and small port in Barrow upon Humber parish, North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0623).


Barrow upon Humber

A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0721).


Swinden

From Old English Suindene, from swīn (“swine, pig”) + denu (“valley”). Compare the name Swindon.

A hamlet in Hellifield parish, Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD8654).


Ottershaw

A village in Runnymede borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0263).


Lamerton

en-prop

Lamerton (countable and uncountable, plural Lamertons)

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

A village and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4476).


Leadgate

A hamlet in Alston Moor parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7043).

A village east of Consett, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1251).

A hamlet in Hedley parish, south Northumberland, England, on the boundary with the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead (OS grid ref NZ1159).


Rushall

en-proper-noun

Rushall (countable and uncountable, plural Rushalls)

The village in Wiltshire is named with the Old English personal name *Rust + -s- + healh (“angle, corner, nook”).

A hamlet near Ledbury, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO6434).

Dickleburgh and Rushall
Dickleburgh and Rushall#English

A village in Dickleburgh and Rushall parish, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM1982).

A large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SK0201).

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1255).


Dickleburgh

From the Old English personal name Dicel + burg (“fortress, castle, fortified place”).

A village in Dickleburgh and Rushall parish, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM1682).


Branxton

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

A village and civil parish in northern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NT8937).


Crowden

A hamlet in Tintwistle parish, High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0799).

A hamlet in Northlew parish, West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4999).


Northlew

A village and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5099).


Car Colston

A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7142).


Colston Bassett

See Colston. The suffix Bassett is from Ralph Bassett, the holder of this estate in the 12th century.

A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7033).


Broughton Cross

A hamlet in Brigham parish, Allerdale borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY0730).


High Westwood

A hamlet in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1155).


Intwood

From the Old English personal name Inta + wudu (“wood”).

Keswick and Intwood
Keswick and Intwood#English

A small village in Keswick and Intwood parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1904).


Blickling

Recorded as Blikelinga in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from the unattested Old English personal name *Blīcla, which is probably related to the verb blīcan (“to shine”), + -ing (“belonging to”).

A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1728).


Laughton en le Morthen

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK5188).


Morthen

A hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4789).


Thurcroft

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4989).


Thrybergh

From Old English þrēo (“three”) + beorg (“mountain, hill”).

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4695).


Braithwell

A village and civil parish (served by Braithwell with Micklebring Parish Council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK5394).


Micklebring

A small village in Braithwell parish, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK5194).


Staveley-in-Cartmel

A small village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD3786).


Hesketh Bank

Hesketh with Becconsall
Hesketh with Becconsall#English

A village in Hesketh with Becconsall parish, West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4423).


Stoke Rochford

A small village and civil parish (served by Stoke Rochford and Easton Parish Council) in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9127).


Georgeham

A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4639).


Goodleigh

A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5934).

A hamlet in Uffculme parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST1110).


Compton Bishop

The "Bishop" affix is from its early possession by the Bishop of Wells, in Somerset.

A village and civil parish in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3955).


Sidley

From Old English sīd (“wide”) + lēah (“clearing”).

A suburban village on the northern outskirts of Bexhill, Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ7309).


High Harrington

A village inland from Harrington, Allerdale borough, Cumbria, England, and in the Harrington ward of Workington (OS grid ref NY0025).


Grayson Green

A small village in the ward of Harrington, Workington civil parish, Allerdale borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NX9924).


Cringleford

Perhaps from Old Norse kringla (“circle”) + Old English ford (“ford”).

A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1905).


Outwell

From Old English ūt (“out, outer”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

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

A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF5103).


Little Musgrave

A village in Musgrave parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7513).


Bostock Green

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A model estate village in Bostock parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6769).


Wingham

en-proper noun

Wingham (countable and uncountable, plural Winghams)

From the Old English personal name Wīga, a byname from wīġ (“war”), + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2457).


Balderstone

en-proper-noun

Balderstone (countable and uncountable, plural Balderstones)

Balderstones (plural)
Balderston (alternative)
Bolderston (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Bealdhere, which is composed of the elements beald (“bold, brave”) and here (“army”), + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6232).


Dagnall

en-proper noun

Dagnall (countable and uncountable, plural Dagnalls)

From the unattested genitive form of the Old English personal name *Dagga + healh (“nook, corner, angle”).

A village in Edlesborough parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP9965).


Edlesborough

From the Old English personal name Ēadwulf, which is composed of the elements ēad (“happiness; prosperity”) and wulf (“wolf”), + -s- + beorg (“mountain, hill”).

A village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP9719).


East Buckland

East and West Buckland
East and West Buckland#English

A small village in East and West Buckland parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6731).

A hamlet in Thurlestone parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX6843).


West Buckland

A village in East and West Buckland parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6531).

A small village in Thurlestone parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX6743).

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST1720).


Palgrave

en-proper-noun

Palgrave (countable and uncountable, plural Palgraves)

From either the Old English personal name Palla or pāl (“stake, pole”) + Old English grāf (“grove”).

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1178).


Martham

A village and civil parish in Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG4518).


Great Rollright

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A village in Rollright parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3231).


Hinxton

From the Old English personal name Henġest, a byname from henġest (“stallion”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4945).


Harlyn

From Welsh al-Lyn, from al- (facing towards) + llyn (lake).

A village on Harlyn Bay in St Merryn parish, north Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8775).


St Merryn

A village and civil parish on the coast of north Cornwall, England, west of Padstow (OS grid ref SW8873).


Shop

A small village in Morwenstow parish, north Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SS2214).


Morwenstow

Atlantic gales constantly buffet Morwenstow, whose seven hamlets together constitute Cornwall's most northerly parish. The village is dotted with trees moulded into weird shapes by the wind, and above the trees rise the vicarage chimneystacks resembling miniature church towers.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 288:

A civil parish and hamlet in north Cornwall, England, the northernmost civil parish in Cornwall (OS grid ref SS2015).


Sladesbridge

A small village in Egloshayle parish, near Wadebridge, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0171).


Egloshayle

A suburban village in Wadebridge parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9972).


Sunniside

A small village east of Tow Law, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1438).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2058).


Upper Benefield

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A village in Benefield parish, North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP9889).


Lower Benefield

A village in Benefield parish, North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP9988).


Polbathic

A small village in St Germans parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX3457).


Aldbrough

From Old English eald (“old”) + burh (“stronghold, fortress”). Doublet of Aldborough, Aldeburgh, and Oldbury. Compare Oldenburg.

doublet

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA2438).


Great Canfield

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5918).


Little Canfield

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5721).


Aldbrough St John

A village and civil parish in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ2011).


Winterton-on-Sea

Recorded as Wintretuna in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from Old English winter (“winter”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); the suffix on-Sea was added to distinguish this village from Winterton in Lincolnshire.

A village and civil parish in Great Yarmouth district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG4919).


Ditchingham

Recorded as Dicingaham in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from the Old English personal name Dicca + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM3491).


Frampton Mansell

Manorial affix from the Maunsel family of the 13th century; recorded as Frompton Maunsel in 1368.

A small village in Sapperton parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9202).


Wallasea Island

Uncertain. Wikipedia claims it comes from Old English wala (foreigner) + island, though the Old English word for foreigner is not "wala", rather it is "elþēodiġ".

An island with a small settlement in the River Crouch and Canewdon parish, Rochford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ9494).


Canewdon

Probably from the Old English personal name Cana + -ing (“belonging to”) + dūn (“hill”); the sound development from the original medial -ing- to -ew- is found also in other English placenames.

A village and civil parish on the River Crouch in Rochford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ9094).


Wintringham

en-proper noun

Wintringham (countable and uncountable, plural Wintringhams)

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

A village and civil parish in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8873).


Blackmoor

From Old English blæc (“black”) + mōr (“moor”).

A village south-west of Bordon, East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7733).

A hamlet near Lower Langford, North Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4661).

A hamlet south-east of Wellington, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST1618).


Blackmoor Gate

A hamlet in Kentisbury parish and Parracombe parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6443).


Kentisbury

From a Cornish word related to Welsh cantel (“rim, circle”) + -s- + Old English byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Kentisbury and Trentishoe Parish Council) in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6243).


Trentishoe

Recorded as Trendesholt in the Domesday Book, the village is named with Old English trendel (“circle”) + -s- + hōh (“spur of land”).

A small village and civil parish (served by Kentisbury and Trentishoe Parish Council) in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6448).


Quidenham

From the genitive form of the Old English personal name Cwida + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish of Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM0287).


Armthorpe

From either the Old English personal name Earnwulf or the Old Norse personal name Arnulfr + þorp (“hamlet, village”).

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6204).


Abbotswood

A village in Romsey Extra parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3623).

Drakes Broughton and Wadborough
Drakes Broughton and Wadborough#English

A hamlet in Drakes Broughton and Wadborough parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8849).


Burpham

From Old English burh (“fortified place”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“river-meadow”).

A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0408).


Streatley

From Old English strǣt (“street, road”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to street + -ley (“lea”).

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England, north of Luton (OS grid ref TL0728).

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England, across the Thames from Goring in Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU5980).


Coxheath

A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7451).


Enford

From Old English ened (“duck”) + ford (“ford”).

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1351).


Thurnham

Thurnham (countable and uncountable, plural Thurnhams)

From Old English þorn (“thornbubsh”) + hām (“homestead”).

A small village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8057).


Argoed

A hamlet in Kinnerley parish, north-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3320).

A hamlet in Clun parish, south-west Shropshire (OS grid ref SO2984).


Church Lawford

A village and civil parish in Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4476).


Little Lawford

A hamlet and civil parish in Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4677).


Long Lawford

A village and civil parish in Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4776).


Dunwich

From Old English dūn (“hill”) + wīċ (“village”).

A small coastal village and civil parish (without a council) in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM4770).


Sixpenny Handley

Recorded as Hanlege 1086 (DB), and Sexpennyhanley in 1575, from an old hundred named Sexpene (hill of the Saxons).

Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge
Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge#English

A village in Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge parish, north-east Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9917).


Pentridge

A village in Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge parish, north-east Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU0317).


Spelsbury

From the unattested Old English personal name *Spēol + -s- + Old English byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3421).


Inworth

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

A village in Messing-cum-Inworth parish, Colchester district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8718).


West Down

A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5142).


Comberbach

en-proper-noun

Comberbach (countable and uncountable, plural Comberbaches)

Comberbaches (plural)
Cumberbatch (alternative)
Cumberpatch (alternative)

From Old English Cumbra (“Cumbrian”) + bæce (“stream in a valley”).

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Chester, England (OS grid ref SJ6477).


Burton in Lonsdale

A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD6572).


Lightwood

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A locality in Eckington parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, on the border with Sheffield (OS grid ref SK3782).

A hamlet in Ditton Priors parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO6491).

A hamlet in Hinstock parish, north Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6929).


Hinstock

A village and civil parish in north-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6926).


Frolesworth

A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5090).


Meeth

A small village and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5408).


Petrockstowe

A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5109).


Crossgates

A hamlet in Lamplugh parish, Copeland borough, Cumbria, England (OS grod ref NY0721).

A suburban village in Seamer parish, Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0283).


Lamplugh

en-proper noun

Lamplugh (countable and uncountable, plural Lamplughs)

From Cumbric *lann (“enclosure, churchyard”) + Cumbric *bluch (“bald, bare”) (compare Welsh llan (“parish”) + blwch (“bare”)).

A village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY0820).


Nantmawr

A village in Llanyblodwel parish, north-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ2424).


Arlingham

A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England, situated in a large loop in the River Severn (OS grid ref SO7011).


Kirmington

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

Kirmington and Croxton
Kirmington and Croxton#English

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A village in Kirmington and Croxton parish, North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA1011).


Fulmodeston

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

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9930).


Richard's Castle

The castle, of which very little remains, was built by a Norman, Richard Scrob or Scrope, by 1051.

A village and civil parish in north Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4969).


Checkley

Doddington and District
Doddington and District#English

Checkley cum Wrinehill
Checkley cum Wrinehill#English

A hamlet in Doddington and District parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England, previously in Checkley cum Wrinehill parish (OS grid ref SJ7346).

A locality in Mordiford parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5938).

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0237).


Wrinehill

A village in Betley parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7547).


Mordiford

A village and civil parish (served by Dormington and Mordiford Group Parish Council) south-east of Hereford, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5737).


Cressbrook

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village in Litton parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1773).


St Margaret's at Cliffe

A coastal village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3644).


Great Lumley

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2949).


Lumley Thicks

A small village near Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3050).


Botusfleming

A village and civil parish north of Saltash, east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4061).


Gardham

Gardham (countable and uncountable, plural Gardhams)

Recorded as Gerdene in the Domesday Book, tha placename derives from the dative plural form of Old Norse gerði (“fenced field”).

A hamlet in Cherry Burton parish and Etton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9542).


Wykeham

Wykeham (countable and uncountable, plural Wykehams)

The second element is Old English hām (“homestead”), while the first one (in North Yorkshire at least) is from Old English wic; recorded as Wicham in 1086 (DB).

A locality in Weston parish, South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2626).

A hamlet in Malton parish, Ryedale district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE8175).

A village and civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9683).


Averham

Recorded as Aigrun in the Domesday Book, the actual origin of this placename is still uncertain. Perhaps it is a compound of Old English ēa (“river”) and the dative plural form of gāra (“gore, strip of land”) or, alternatively, a fossilised survival of Old English *ēagor (“water, sea”), whence eagre.

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A village and civil parish (served by Averham, Kelham and Staythorpe Parish Council) in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7654).


Burnopfield

A village in north County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1756).


Ainley Top

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1119).


Wingerworth

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

A village and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3867).


Bishopsteignton

From bishop + -s- + Teign + -ton, first element from early possession by the Bishop of Exeter.

A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9073)


Swathwick

Recorded as Swathwayt in the early XIV century, the placename probably derives from Old English swæþ (“track, pathway”) + Old Norse þveit (“clearing, glade”).

A hamlet in Wingerworth parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3767).


Stockdalewath

Recorded as Stokerwath in the Gaol delivery rolls, the placename derives from Old Norse stokkr (“log, trunk”) + vað (“ford”).

City of Carlisle
City of Carlisle#English

A small village in Dalston parish, City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3845).


Aldingbourne

A small village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9205).


Swanton Morley

A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0116).


Culmstock

A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST1013).


Kinlet

A small village and civil parish in south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7180).


Little Ayton

A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ5610).


East Ayton

A village and civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9985).


West Ayton

A village and civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9884).


Yarcombe

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST2408).


Thuxton

Garvestone, Reymerston and Thuxton#English

A hamlet in Garvestone, Reymerston and Thuxton parish, Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0307).


Reymerston

A village in Garvestone, Reymerston and Thuxton parish, Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0206).


Garvestone

A village in Garvestone, Reymerston and Thuxton parish, Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0207).


Brookfield

Brookfield (countable and uncountable, plural Brookfields)

From Old English brōc (“brook”) + feld (“field”).

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A hamlet in Kingstone parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4334).


Thruxton

A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2945).

A small village and civil parish (served by Kingstone and Thruxton Group Parish Council) south-west of Hereford, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4334).


Dennington

Dennington (countable and uncountable, plural Denningtons)

Denningtons (plural)
Denington (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Denegifu, which is composed of the elements Dene (“Dane”) + gifu (“gift”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2867).


Haslingfield

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4052).


Pyrton

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6895).


Rowarth

en-proper-noun

Rowarth (countable and uncountable, plural Rowarths)

From Old English rūh (“rough”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

A hamlet in New Mills parish, High Peak district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0188).


Brearley

en-proper noun

Brearley (countable and uncountable, plural Brearleys)

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

A hamlet in Hebden Royd parish, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0225).


Binsted

Binsted (countable and uncountable, plural Binsteds)

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

A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7741).

A hamlet in Walberton parish, Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9806).


Walberton

A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9706).


Emery Down

From the Emmory family, recorded there in 1389.

A small village in Lyndhurst parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2808).


Cornhill-on-Tweed

From a metathesized form of Old English cran (“crane”) + healh (“nook of land”).

A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the border with Scotland (OS grid ref NT8639).


Burniston

Burniston (countable and uncountable, plural Burnistons)

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

A village and civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0193).


Dowbiggin

en-proper-noun

Dowbiggin (countable and uncountable, plural Dowbiggins)

From the Old Norse personal name Dúfa, a byname from dúfa (“dove”), + bygging (“building, structure”).

A hamlet in Sedbergh parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD6892).


Walkhampton

From Old English wealca (“roller, wave, billow”), in reference to the River Walkham, + an unclear element + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A village and civil parish (served by Burrator Parish Council) in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5369).


Adeney

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A hamlet in Edgmond parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7018).


Edgmond

A village and civil parish in Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire, England, west of Newport (Shropshire) (OS grid ref SJ7219).


Bredicot

A small village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9054).


Titchmarsh

en-proper noun

Titchmarsh (countable and uncountable, plural Titchmarshes)

From the Old English personal name Ticcea + mersċ (“marsh, bog, swamp”).

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0279).


Langthorne

en-proper-noun

Langthorne (countable and uncountable, plural Langthornes)

Langthornes (plural)
Langhorne (alternative)
Longthorn (alternative)

From Old English lang (“long”) + þorn (“thornbush”).

A village and civil parish (served by Crakehall with Langthorne Parish Council) in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2591).


Bickerstaffe

Bickerstaffe (countable and uncountable, plural Bickerstaffes)

Bickerstaffes (plural)
Bickerstaff (alternative)
Bickersteth (alternative)
Biggerstaff (alternative)

From Old English bīcere (“beekeeper”) + stæþ (“bank, shore; landing place”).

A village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4404).


Clapton in Gordano

A village and civil parish in North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4474).


Knutton

Knutton (countable and uncountable, plural Knuttons)

Probably from Old English cnotta (“knot hillock”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village in Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8346).


Pinvin

Inherited from Middle English Pendefen, from Old English *Pendan fenn (literally “Penda's fen”), from Penda (a Mercian king) + fenn (“fen”).

inh

A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England, to the north of Pershore (OS grid ref SO9548).


Funtley

From Middle English Funtelei, from Old English *funta (“spring”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

A village in Fareham borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5608).


Kynaston

en-proper noun

Kynaston (countable and uncountable, plural Kynastons)

A hamlet in Hentland parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5427).

A hamlet in Much Marcle parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6435).

A hamlet in Kinnerley parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3520).


Much Marcle

From Middle English muche + Old English mearc + lēah, recorded as Merchelai in 1086 (DB).

A village and civil parish in south-east Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO6532).


Gilberdyke

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8329).


Akeley

Akeley (countable and uncountable, plural Akeleys)

From Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to oak + -ley (“lea”). Compare Ackley, Oakley and Oakleigh, which have the same origin.

A village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP7037).


Blatchbridge

A hamlet in Selwood parish, Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST7745).


Once Brewed

A village in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY755675).


Twice Brewed

Named for the Twice Brewed Inn, an old pub in the village. Several folk-tales attempt to explain the name, most referring to the increased strength of beer following rebrewing: Yorkist foot-soldiers demanding stronger beer on the eve of the Battle of Hexham in 1464; General Wade demanding that beer be rebrewed after being disappointed at the strength, during the construction of the Military Road (which runs through the village) in the 1750s; or simply a local reputation for strong beer. Another theory is that it was named for lying between two brews (“overhanging hill or cliff”), possibly as a pun.

Battle of Hexham
George Wade
Military Road (Northumberland)


Anick

A village in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY955655).


Burrowbridge

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and Taunton Deane district (OS grid ref ST3530).


Stoke St Gregory

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and Taunton Deane district (OS grid ref ST3427).


Brinsford

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English

A locality and parish ward in Featherstone parish, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9205).


Edgton

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in south-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3885).


Itchingfield

A small village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1328).


Melbury Abbas

Recorded as Meleberie in 1086 (DB), and Melbury Abbatisse in 1291, from Latin abbatissa (“abbess”) and its early possession by Shaftesbury Abbey.

A village and civil parish (served by Melbury Abbas and Cann Parish Council) in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8820).


Caverswall

A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9542).


Hawkesbury

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A hamlet and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7686).


Whitgift

Whitgift (countable and uncountable, plural Whitgifts)

From either the Old English personal name Hwīta or the Old Norse personal name Hvíti + Old Norse gipt (“gift, dowry”) or Old English ġift (“dowry”).

A village in Twin Rivers parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8122).


Aldersey Green

A village in Aldersey parish, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4656).


Aldersey Park

A village in Aldersey parish, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4556).


Stobswood

Widdrington Station and Stobswood#English

A small village in Widdrington Station and Stobswood parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2394)


Elkesley

A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6875).


Ipplepen

A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8366).


Bures

A village in Bures Hamlet parish, Braintree district, Essex and Bures St Mary parish, Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9034).


Walmley

Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield#English

A suburban village in the town of Sutton Coldfield, City and Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1393).


Elwick

Elwick (countable and uncountable, plural Elwicks)

From the Old English personal name Ella + wīc (“village”).

A village and civil parish in Hartlepool district, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4532).

A village in Middleton parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1136).


Tuddenham

en-proper-noun

Tuddenham (countable and uncountable, plural Tuddenhams)

From the genitive form of the Old English personal name Tudda + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL7371).


Dobwalls

A village and civil parish west of Liskeard, south-east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2165).


Uplowman

A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST0115).


Gwennap

A village and civil parish south-east of Redruth, west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7340).


Woodnesborough

A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3056).


Donhead St Mary

A village and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9024).


Thingley

A hamlet in Corsham parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8970).


Winson

A village and civil parish (without a council) in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0908).


Tiddington

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

A village in Tiddington-with-Albury parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6405).


Tiddington

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

A village in Stratford-upon-Avon parish, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2256).


Cashmoor

Probably from Old English cærse (“cress”) + mere (“lake; pool”), denoting a pool where watercress grows.

Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge
Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge#English

A hamlet in Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge parish, East Dorset district, Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9713).


Mansergh

Mansergh (countable and uncountable, plural Manserghs)

From the Old Norse personal name Mann + -s- + erg (“shieling, hill-pasture”).

A village and civil parish in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD6082).


Kimpton

en-proper noun

Kimpton (countable and uncountable, plural Kimptons)

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

A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England, bordering onto Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU2847).

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1718).


Essington

Essington (countable and uncountable, plural Essingtons)

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

A village and civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9603).


Charlton Horethorne

See Charlton. The second name Horethorne, derives from Old English hār (“grey, hoar”) + þorn (“thornbush”).

A village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6623).


Leamington Hastings

A village and civil parish in Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4467).


Holway

Holway (countable and uncountable, plural Holways)

From Old English holh (“hollow”) + weġ (“way”); compare the doublet Holloway.

A village in Sandford Orcas parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST6320).


Thelwall

Thelwall (countable and uncountable, plural Thelwalls)

Thelwalls (plural)
Thelwell (alternative)

From Old English þel (“board, plank”) + wēl (“deep pool”), later confused with wella (“well, spring, stream”).

Grappenhall and Thelwall
Grappenhall and Thelwall#English

A suburban village in Grappenhall and Thelwall parish, Warrington borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6487).


Wooburn

A village and civil parish (served by Wooburn and Bourne End Parish Council) in southern Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU9087).


Well End

A suburban hamlet in Little Marlow parish, near Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU8988).


Little Marlow

A village and civil parish in southern Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU8788).


Aspall

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1664).


Swinethorpe

Eagle and Swinethorpe
Eagle and Swinethorpe#English

A hamlet in Eagle and Swinethorpe parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8769).


Brigstock

en-proper-noun

Brigstock (countable and uncountable, plural Brigstocks)

Brigstocks (plural)
Bridgestock (alternative)

From Old English bryċġ (“bridge”) + stoc (“house, dwelling; place”).

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP9485).


Lambourne

en-proper noun

Lambourne (countable and uncountable, plural Lambournes)

Probably from Old English lām (“clay, loam”) + burna (“stream”).

A village and civil parish in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ4795).


Felkirk

From Old Norse fjǫl (“board, plank”) + kirkja (“church”).

A hamlet in South Hiendley parish, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3812).


Old Newton

Old Newton with Dagworth
Old Newton with Dagworth#English

A village in Old Newton with Dagworth parish, Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0562).


Dagworth

A hamlet in Old Newton with Dagworth parish, Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0461).


Honeystreet

A small village in Alton parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1061).


Ockham

A rural and semirural village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0756).


Seaton Sluice

A village with a harbour in Seaton Valley parish, south-east Northumberland, England, at the mouth of the Seaton Burn (OS grid ref NZ3376).


Shiremoor

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3171).


Screveton

From Old English sċīrġerēfa (“sheriff, chief officer of a shire”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); the initial Sc-, instead of Sh-, is due to Scandinavian influence.

der

A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7343).


Ainderby Steeple

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE3392).


Morton-on-Swale

A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3292).


Spennithorne

A village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE1389).


Preston-under-Scar

"Scar" is from Old Norse sker (“rock”); see scar.

A village and civil parish in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0791).


Carperby

Probably from Old Irish Cairpre (a personal name) + Old Norse býr (“farm, settlement”).

A village in Carperby-cum-Thoresby parish, Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0089).


Tellisford

From Old English tæfle (“chess-board”), a term used in a topographical sense and perhaps implying a plateau, + ford (“ford”).

A village and civil parish in Mandip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST8055).


Kirkandrews-on-Eden

A small village close to the River Eden in Beaumont parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in City of Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY3558).


Breadsall

A village and civil parish in Erewash district, Derbyshire, England, to the north of Derby (OS grid ref SK3739).


Upton Magna

A village and civil parish east of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5512).


West Felton

A village and civil parish south-east of Oswestry, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3425).


Morville

The Shropshire name is from Middle English Mamerfeld (1138). Probably from a Proto-Brythonic name formed with a *mamm (“mother”), probably a reference to a breast-shaped hill (c.f. Manchester). Suffixed with Old English feld (“field”).

A village and civil parish west of Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO6694).


Tarbock

From Old English þorn (“thornbush”) + brōc (“brook, stream”).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4687).


Milland

A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8326).


Northorpe

A deserted village in Hornsea parish, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA1949 (approx))

A hamlet in Donington parish, South Holland district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF2036).

A settlement in Thurlby parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF0917).

A small village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8997).


Wansford

A village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough, and also south of the Nene in Sibson-cum-Stibbington parish, Huntingdonshire district, all in Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL0799).

Skerne and Wansford
Skerne and Wansford#English

A small village in Skerne and Wansford parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0656).


Skerne

A village in Skerne and Wansford parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0455).


Cudham

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

A village in the borough of Bromley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4459).


Sibson

en-proper noun

Sibson (countable and uncountable, plural Sibsons)

From the Old English personal name Sigebeorht, which is composed of the elements siġe (“victory”) and berht (“bright, clear”), + -s- + dūn (“hill”).

A small village in Sibson-cum-Stibbington parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL0997).

Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth#English

A village in Sheepy parish, Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK3500).


Stibbington

A village in Sibson-cum-Stibbington parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grrid ref TL0898).


Merstone

A small village in Arreton parish, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5285).


Sheepy Magna

A village in Sheepy parish, Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK3201).


Sheepy Parva

A village in Sheepy parish, Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK3301).


East Ilsley

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4981).


West Ilsley

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4782).


Middle Stoke

Middle Stoke Halt railway station
Stoke, Kent

A hamlet in Stoke parish, Medway district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8375).


Denchworth

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A village and civil parish (without a council) in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3891).


Dilhorne

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9743).


Capernwray

A small village in Over Kellet parish, City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5371).


Over Kellet

A village and civil parish in City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5269).


Hinton-in-the-Hedges

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP5536).


Rufforth

From Old English rūh (“rough”) + ford (“ford”); compare the doublet Rufford.

Rufforth with Knapton
Rufforth with Knapton#English

A village in Rufforth with Knapton parish, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5251).


Great Abington

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL5248).


Little Abington

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL5349).


Wyton

en-proper-noun

Wyton (countable and uncountable, plural Wytons)

From Old English wīċ (“village”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Houghton and Wyton
Houghton and Wyton#English

A village in Houghton and Wyton parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2772).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A hamlet in Bilton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1733).


Smarden

From Old English smeoru (“fat, lard”), perhaps alluding to a rich pasture, + denu (“valley”).

A village and civil parish in Ashford district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8842).


St Ervan

A hamlet and civil parish south-west of Padstow, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8970).


Gamesley

A suburban village west of Glossop, High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0194).


Stanley Green

A small village in Whixall parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5235).


Whixall

A village and civil parish in north Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5134).


Clara Vale

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ1365).


Otterburn

Otterburn (countable and uncountable, plural Otterburns)

From Old English oter (“otter”) + burna (“stream”).

A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY8893).

A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD8857).


Inkpen

en-proper noun

Inkpen (countable and uncountable, plural Inkpens)

From an unrecorded Old English element *ing (“hill, peak”), which has been postulated to explain a number of placenames such as Ingon or Ingham, + penn (“enclosure; fold”). The second element may alternatively be Proto-Brythonic *penn (“head; top, height”), but that's less likely.

der

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3764).


Bletchingley

From the Old English personal name Blæcca + -ing (“belonging to”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A village and civil parish in Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ3350).


Frittenden

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

A village and civil parish in Tunbridge Wells district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8141).


Milton-under-Wychwood

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2618).


Mickleton

# For the place in County Durham: from Old English miċel (“large”) + tūn (“farm, village”).
# For the place in Gloucestershire: from Old English miċel (“great”), dative singular definite form miclan + tūn (“manor”).

A village and civil parish in Teesdale, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NY9623).

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1643).


Little Malvern

A small village and civil parish (served by Little Malvern and Welland Parish Council) in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7740).


West Hallam

A village and civil parish in Erewash borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4341).


West Peckham

Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge and Malling#English

A village and civil parish in Tonbridge and Malling borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6452).


Bagthorpe

Bagthorpe with Barmer
Bagthorpe with Barmer#English

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

A hamlet in Bagthorpe with Barmer parish, King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF7932).

A village in Selston parish, Ashfield district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4751).


Selston

A large village and civil parish in Ashfield district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4653).


Barmer

A hamlet in Bagthorpe with Barmer parish, King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF8133).


Passfield

en-proper-noun

Passfield (countable and uncountable, plural Passfields)

From the Old English personal name Passa + feld (“field”).

A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU8234).


Sambrook

en-proper noun

Sambrook (countable and uncountable, plural Sambrooks)

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

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A village in Chetwynd parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7124).


Inskip

Inskip (countable and uncountable, plural Inskips)

From Proto-Brythonic *ɨnɨs (“island”) + Old English cȳpe (“osier-basket, especially for catching fish”).

der

A village in Inskip-with-Sowerby parish, Wyre district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4637).


Linstead Parva

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM3377).


Worleston

A village and civil parish (served by Worleston and District Parish Council) in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6556).


Alvaston

A suburban village in the City of Derby, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3833).


Elvaston

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4132).


Henstridge

en-proper noun

Henstridge (countable and uncountable, plural Henstridges)

From Old English henġest (“stallion”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).

A village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7219).


Steeple Barton

A civil parish and small village in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, which includes the larger village of Middle Barton (OS grid ref SP4425).


Great Tew

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3929).


Little Tew

A village and civil parish (without a council) in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3828).


Wrockwardine

A village and civil parish in Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6212).


Merrington

en-proper-noun

Merrington (countable and uncountable, plural Merringtons)

Recorded as Muridon in the XIII century, the village in Shropshire is named with Old English myrġe (“merry, pleasant”) + dūn (“hill”). The surname could also derive from Kirk Merrington, in County Durham.

A village in Pimhill parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4720).


Tutnall

Tutnall and Cobley
Tutnall and Cobley#English

A village in Tutnall and Cobley parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9870).


Chipley

Langford Budville
Langford Budville#English

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A hamlet in Langford Budville parish and Nynehead parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England, previously in Taunton Deane district (OS grid ref ST1123).


Nynehead

A village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England, previously in Taunton Deane district (OS grid ref ST1322).


Englefield

Englefield (countable and uncountable, plural Englefields)

Englefields (plural)
Inglefield (alternative)

From Old English engle (“angle”) + feld (“field”).

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU6272).


Godley Green

Hattersley: The new Godley Green garden village close to the Manchester-Glossop line station will require a new pedestrian bridge with step-free access to the platforms.

2022 September 7, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: North West”, in RAIL, number 965, page 24:

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A hamlet between Hyde and Hattersley, Tameside borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9694).


Ringmer

A village and civil parish in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4412).


Lullingstone

A locality with a castle, formerly a civil parish, in Eynsford civil parish, Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5364).


Boothferry

Originally Botheby (1550), altered to Booth's Ferry by 1651, after a family. The ferry closed down when the bridge opened.

A village in Asselby parish and Howden parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, north of Boothferry Bridge over the Yorkshire Ouse (OS grid ref SE7326).


Asselby

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7128).


Luddenden

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, west of Halifax (OS grid ref SE0426).


Childrey

en-proper noun

Childrey (countable and uncountable, plural Childreys)

From either the Old English personal name *Cilla or cille (“spring”) + rīþ (“stream, rivulet”).

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3687).


Farway

A small village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY1895).


Wheatcroft

Wheatcroft (countable and uncountable, plural Wheatcrofts)

From Old English hwǣte (“wheat”) + croft (“enclosed field”).

A hamlet in Crich parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3457).


North Newnton

A civil parish and hamlet in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1257).


Stoke Doyle

"Doyle" is apparently from John de Oyly, who held the village in 1286.

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish (served by Pilton, Stoke Doyle and Wadenhoe Parish Council) in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0286).


Wadenhoe

A village and civil parish (served by Pilton, Stoke Doyle and Wadenhoe Parish Council) in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0183).


Old Wolverton

'New' Wolverton came with the purchase of land by L&BR for 700 employees to the east of the medieval village, which became known as Old Wolverton.

2022 September 7, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Railway towns and a social revolution”, in RAIL, number 945, page 59:

Wolverton and Greenleys
Wolverton and Greenleys#English

A village in Wolverton and Greenleys parish, Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England; it was previously the site of a medieval village (OS grid ref SP8041).


New Bradwell

A suburban village and civil parish north-east of Wolverton, Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8241).


Winstone

Winstone (countable and uncountable, plural Winstones)

From the Old English personal name Wynna + stān (“stone”).

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9609).


Stainborough

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3203).


Pilley

Pilley (countable and uncountable, plural Pilleys)

From Old English pīl (“pile, post”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to pile + -ley (“lea”).

A village in Boldre parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ3298).

A village in Tankersley parish, Barnsley borough, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3300).


Boldre

A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ3198).


Barsham

en-proper-noun

Barsham (countable and uncountable, plural Barshams)

From the Old English personal name Bār, a byname from bār (“boar”), + -s- + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM3989).


Hannington

Hannington (countable and uncountable, plural Hanningtons)

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

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5455).

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8171).

A village and civil parish in Swindon borough, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1793).


Kingsclere

A large village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5258).


Four Marks

Recorded as Fowremerkes in 1548; from Old English fēower + mearc (boundary), so called because the boundaries of four ancient parishes met here.

A large village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6735).


Wotton Underwood

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6816).


Drewton

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A hamlet in South Cave parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9233).


South Cave

Probably from the Old English name of a stream here, Cāfe, from Old English cāf (“quick, swift”).

A large village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9231).


Lower Bullingham

A civil parish and suburban village just outside and south-east of Hereford, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5138).


Dinedor

A small village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, south-east of nearby Hereford (OS grid ref SO5336).


Red Hill

A hamlet in Wateringbury parish, Tonbridge and Malling borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ6954).

A hamlet north of Arnold, Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire; there is also a suburb within Arnold named Redhill (OS grid ref SK5847).

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

A hamlet in Fillongley parish and Corley parish, North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2886)


Wycliffe

en-prop

Wycliffe (countable and uncountable, plural Wycliffes)

From Old English wiht (“bend”) + clif (“escarpment, hill-slope; riverbank”).

Wycliffe with Thorpe
Wycliffe with Thorpe#English

A village in Wycliffe with Thorpe parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1114).


Maer

A hamlet in Bude-Stratton parish, north Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SS2007).

A small village and civil parish (served by Maer and Aston Parish Council) in Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7938).


Fillongley

A village and civil parish in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2887).


Wateringbury

Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge and Malling#English

A village and civil parish in Tonbridge and Malling borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6953).


Tresavean

A hamlet in Lanner parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7239).


Lanner

A village and civil parish south-east of Redruth, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7140).


Kents Bank

Situated by the estuary of the River Kent.

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A suburban village in Grange-over-Sands parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD3976).


Brockhampton

A village in Sevenhampton parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0322).

A hamlet in Bishop's Cleeve parish, Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9426).

A village and civil parish (served by Brockhampton with Much Fawley Parish Council) near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5931).

A civil parish and small settlement (served by Brockhampton Group Parish Council) east of Bromyard, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6855).


Sevenhampton

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0321).

A village in Highworth parish, Swindon borough, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2090).


Pipewell

A hamlet in Rushton parish, North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering district and Wilbarston parish (OS grid ref SP8385).


Beckwithshaw

A village and civil parish (served by Haverah Park with Beckwithshaw Parish Council) in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2652).


Barlavington

A small village and civil parish (served by Sutton and Barlavington Parish Council) in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9716).


North Leverton with Habblesthorpe

A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7882).


North Weald Bassett

A village and civil parish in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL4904).


Dyrham

Dyrham and Hinton
Dyrham and Hinton#English

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A small village in Dyrham and Hinton parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7375).


Marsh Benham

A hamlet in Speen parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4267).


Kirkheaton

From Old English cirice (“church”) + heah (“high”) + tun (“tun”).

compound

A small village in Capheaton parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0177).

A village in Kirkburton parish, Huddersfield district, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1818).


Stoke Albany

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering district (OS grid ref SP8087).


Colden Common

A village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4722).


Asby

en-proper noun

Asby (countable and uncountable, plural Asbys)

From Old Norse askr (“ash tree”) + býr (“farmstead”).

Arlecdon and Frizington
Arlecdon and Frizington#English

A village in Arlecdon and Frizington parish, Copeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY0620).


Whitlock's End

A hamlet in Dickens Heath parish, Solihull borough, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1076).


Dickens Heath

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1176).


Slitting Mill

A village in Rugeley parish, Cannock Chase district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0217).


Cucklington

A village and civil parish (without a council) in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7527).


Woolhampton

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5766).


Stert

A small village and civil parish near Devizes, mid Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0359).


Stoford

A village in Barwick parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England, south of Yeovil (OS grid ref ST5613).

A village in South Newton parish, Wiltshire, England, north-west of Salisbury (OS grid ref SU0835).


South Newton

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, north-west of Salisbury (OS grid ref SU0834).


Winterborne Monkton

Winterborne is a variant of Winterbourne; a number of villages and parishes in Dorset have Winterborne in their name.

A small village and civil parish (served by Winterborne Farringdon Parish Council) south of Dorchester, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6788).


Wormegay

Probably from the Old English personal name Wyrma + īeġ (“island”).

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

A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6611).


Codnor

From the dative form of the unattested Old English personal name *Codda + ofer (“shore, riverbank; ridge”).

A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4149).


Hognaston

According to Ekwall, this placename derives from the Old English personal name Hocca + æfesn (“pasturage”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2350).


Apperknowle

From Old English æppel (“apple”) + cnoll (“knoll, hill”); the later -r- for -l- is a well-recognised interchange of consonants.

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A village in Unstone parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3878).


Winterborne Came

Winterborne is a variant of Winterbourne, Came is from early possession by the abbey of Caen, France; a number of villages and parishes in Dorset have Winterborne in their name.

A small settlement and civil parish (served by Winterborne Farringdon Parish Council) south of Dorchester, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY7088).


Colbury

Ashurst and Colbury
Ashurst and Colbury#English

A small village in Ashurst and Colbury parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3410).


Berrynarbor

A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5646).


Hulland

en-proper-noun

Hulland (countable and uncountable, plural Hullands)

From Old English hōh (“heel; spur of land”) + land (“land; estate”).

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2446).


Atlow

Atlow (countable and uncountable, plural Atlows)

From the Old English personal name Eatta + hlāw (“hill; tumulus”).

A village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2348).


Snow Hill

A small settlement next to Wrenthorpe, City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3222).


Amwell

A hamlet in Wheathampstead parish, St Albans district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1613).


King's Meaburn

See Meaburn. King is a later addition indicating it was a royal possession.

A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY6221).


Maulds Meaburn

Crosby Ravensworth
Crosby Ravensworth#English

A village in Crosby Ravensworth parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY6216).


Gissing

A small village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM1485).


Westcliffe

St Margaret's at Cliffe
St Margaret's at Cliffe#English

A small village in St Margaret's at Cliffe parish, Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3444).


Abbey Gate

A hamlet in Axminster parish, East Devon district, Devon, England, south of the town (OS grid ref SY2997).

A hamlet in Boxley parish, Maidstone borough, Kent, England, north of the town of Maidstone (OS grid ref TQ7558).


Sykehouse

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6317).


Wrawby

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0108).


Heddon-on-the-Wall

The "on-the-Wall" affix refers to Hadrian's Wall.

A village and civil parish in southern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1366).


Heddon

A hamlet in Filleigh parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS6528).


Filleigh

A small village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6627).

A hamlet in Lapford parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS7410).


Godshill

A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England, east of Fordingbridge (OS grid ref SU1714).

A village and civil parish in the south-east of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5281).


Holton le Moor

A small village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0897).


Wentbridge

A village in Darrington parish, Thorpe Audlin parish and North Elmsall parish, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4817).


Thorpe Audlin

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4716).


North Elmsall

A village and civil parish (served by Upton and North Elmsall Parish Council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4712).


Walden Stubbs

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5516).


Baverstock

Baverstock (countable and uncountable, plural Baverstocks)

Recorded as Babestoche in the Domesday Book, the placename is from the Old English personal name Babba + stoc (“outlying farm”).

A village in Dinton parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0231).


Blunham

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England, north-west of Sandy (OS grid ref TL1551).


Cople

A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1048).


Moulsford

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, formerly in Berkshire (until 1974) (OS grid ref SU5983).


Cold Christmas

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A hamlet in Thundridge parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3716).


Thundridge

A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3517).


Christmas Common

A hamlet in Watlington parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU7193).


Christmas Pie

Named after Christmas Pie Farm, which is believed to be named for the Christmas family.

A locality in Normandy parish and Wanborough parish, Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9249).


Waterfoot

A hamlet near Ullswater in Dacre parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY4624).


Shillington

en-proper noun

Shillington (countable and uncountable, plural Shillingtons)

From the Old English personal name *Scyttel + -ing + dūn (“hill”).

A village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1234).


Snailbeach

Worthen with Shelve
Worthen with Shelve#English

A village in Worthen with Shelve parish, western Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3702).


Shelve

A hamlet in Worthen with Shelve parish, western Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3399).


Distington

A village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY0023).


Beenham

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5968).


Flackwell Heath

Chepping Wycombe
Chepping Wycombe#English

A large village in Chepping Wycombe parish, Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU8989).


Great Bavington

A small village in Bavington parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9880).


Fallgate

A hamlet in Ashover parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3562).


Presthope

A settlement in Much Wenlock parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5897).


Longnor

A village and civil parish (served by Leebotwood and Longnor Parish Council) in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4800).

Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston#English

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English

A hamlet in Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston parish, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8614).

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0865).


Leebotwood

A village and civil parish (served by Leebotwood and Longnor Parish Council) in south Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO4798).


Lapley

A small village in Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston parish, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8712).


Wheaton Aston

A village in Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston parish, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8512).


Gawthorpe

A hamlet east of Huddersfield, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1816).


Batsford

A village and civil parish (without a council) in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1833).


Mullion

A village and civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6719).


Claughton

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5666).

A settlement and civil parish (served by Claughton on Brock Parish Council) in Wyre district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD5242).


Cullercoats

A coastal settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3671).


Rowrah

A small village mostly in Arlecdon and Frizington parish, with a small part in Lamplugh parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY0518).


Arlecdon

A village in Arlecdon and Frizington parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY0419).


Frizington

A village in Arlecdon and Frizington parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY0317).


Moresby Parks

A village in Moresby parish, Copeland borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NX9919).


Moresby

The Cumbrian settlement was recorded as Moresceby c.1160, the farmstead or village of a man called Maurice.

A civil parish and locality in Copeland borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NX9821).


Greatstone-on-Sea

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

A coastal village in Lydd parish, Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0822).


Burtholme

A hamlet and civil parish in Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5463).


South Marston

A village and civil parish in Swindon borough, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1987).


Matley

Matley (countable and uncountable, plural Matleys)

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

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9796).


Westleigh

A village in Burlescombe parish, Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST0517).

A small village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS4728).


Cumwhitton

From Cumbric *cum (“a valley”) + Old English *Hwītingtūn, a pre-existing place-name.

A village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY5052).


Birkin

Birkin (countable and uncountable, plural Birkins)

From Old English bircen (“birchen”), probably influenced by Old Norse birkinn.

A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5326).


Blatherwycke

Perhaps from Old English blǣdre (“bladder”), as bladderwort, + wīc (“specialized farm”).

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP9765).


Stapenhill

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

Burton upon Trent
Burton upon Trent#English

A suburban village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England, across the river from Burton upon Trent (OS grid ref SK2521).


Ellistown

From Ellis + town; in Leicestershire named after Col. Joseph Joel Ellis.

Ellistown and Battleflat
Ellistown and Battleflat#English

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

A village in Ellistown and Battleflat parish, North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4311).


Meynell's Gorse

A locality in the west of Leicester, Leicestershire, England, currently used as a park and ride and caravan site (OS grid ref SK5403).


Ermington

A small village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England, south of Ivybridge (OS grid ref SX6353).


Barton Hartshorn

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6330).


Silkstone Common

A village in Silkstone parish, Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2904).


Thurnscoe

A large village and unparished area in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4505).


Alvanley

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village and civil parish south-east of Helsby, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4974).


Dunkerton

Dunkerton and Tunley
Dunkerton and Tunley#English

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

A village in Dunkerton and Tunley parish, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7159).


Tunley

A hamlet near Oakridge, Bisley-with-Lypiatt parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9304).

A village in Dunkerton and Tunley parish, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6959).


Combe Hay

A village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7359).


Suffield

A small village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2332).

A hamlet in Suffield-cum-Everley parish, Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9890).


Stokenham

A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8042).


Bournes Green

A hamlet near Oakridge, Bisley-with-Lypiatt parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9104).


New Street

A hamlet in Lyonshall parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3356).

A hamlet in Ash-cum-Ridley parish, Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6264).

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A hamlet in Ipstones parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England, also spelt Newstreet (OS grid ref SK0552).


Chulmleigh

From Old English Ċēolmunde (“Ceolmund's”) + lēah (“wood; clearing”). Doublet of Cholmondeley. See also Cholmondeston.

Chidley (alternative)
Chimley (alternative)


Cholmondeston

From Middle English Chelmundestone (in the Domesday Book), from Old English Ċēolmundes (“Ceolmund's”) + -tūn (“farmstead, town”). Cf. Cholmondeley and Chulmleigh.


Oborne

A village and civil parish (served by Yeohead and Castleton Parish Council) north-east of Sherborne, Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district (OS grid ref ST6518).


Chillingham

A small village and civil parish (served by Tillside Parish Council) in northern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0526).


Lulsgate Bottom

A village in Backwell parish, North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5165).


Ettington

A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2648).


Shelwick

Holmer and Shelwick
Holmer and Shelwick#English

A hamlet in Holmer and Shelwick parish, north of Hereford, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5243).


Tadworth

Reigate and Banstead
Reigate and Banstead#English

A suburban village in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2356).


Angmering

A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0604).


Greenodd

Egton with Newland
Egton with Newland#English

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A village in Egton with Newland parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD3182).


Feering

A village and civil parish next to Kelvedon, Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8720).


Belsize

A hamlet in Sarratt parish, Three Rivers district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1301).


Woodcote

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU6481).

Chetwynd Aston and Woodcote
Chetwynd Aston and Woodcote#English

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A hamlet in Chetwynd Aston and Woodcote parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ7615).


Chetwynd Aston

A small village in Chetwynd Aston and Woodcote parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7517).


Hugglescote

Hugglescote and Donington le Heath#English

A village in Hugglescote and Donington le Heath parish, North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4212).


Appleby Magna

A village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK3109).