Blackwater

A village in St Agnes parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW7346).

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


Hebden

en-proper noun

Hebden (countable and uncountable, plural Hebdens)

Hebdens (plural)
Hebdon (alternative)
Hibdon (alternative)

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

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


Crackpot

A small village in Grinton parish, Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SD9796)


Tolland

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


Long Stratton

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


Edgefield

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


Smithfield

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


Windrush

Domesday Book
HMT Empire Windrush
West Indies
Windrush

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

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


Colleton

A hamlet and old manor in North Devon District, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6614).


Ogle

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


Westport

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

Hambridge and Westport
Hambridge and Westport#English

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


Lillington

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Cam Vale Parish Council (Group)) in Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district (OS grid ref ST6212).


Mount Pleasant

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

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

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


Imber

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


Wessington

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

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


Campton

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

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


Barrow Gurney

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


Lessingham

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


Chinnor

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

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


Hales

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

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


Cowbridge

Frithville and Westville
Frithville and Westville#English

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


Shibden

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


Burwood

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


Halsham

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

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


Highgate

en-prop

Highgate (countable and uncountable, plural Highgates)

Highgates (plural)
Heygate (alternative)

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

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

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


Docker

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

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

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

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


Yoxall

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

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

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


Abridge

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


Aconbury

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


Alphamstone

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


Salmonby

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

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


Saltaire

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


Abberley

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

A small village in Worcestershire, England.


Sherwood Park

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

Royal Tunbridge Wells
Royal Tunbridge Wells#English

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


デンバー

ja-pos

デンバー • (Denbā)


Evenlode

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


Enderby

en-proper noun

Enderby (countable and uncountable, plural Enderbys)

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

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


Theydon Bois

/ˌθeɪdᵊn ˈbɔɪz/

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


Iffley

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


Porton

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


Clowne

From Old Welsh *Colün (“water, river”), from Proto-Brythonic *Colaunā, of unknown meaning.

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


North Benfleet

Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet#English

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


Backbarrow

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


Cadbury

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

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


Deptford

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

A hamlet in Wylye parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0138).


Knightsbridge

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

Elmstone Hardwicke
Elmstone Hardwicke#English

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


Green Street Green

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

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

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

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


New Cross

w:List of United Kingdom locations: New-Newl#Newc

A hamlet in Shiplake parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU7678).

Kingsbury Episcopi
Kingsbury Episcopi#English

A hamlet in Kingsbury Episcopi parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4119).


Sydenham

Sydenham (countable and uncountable, plural Sydenhams)

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

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


Plaistow

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

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


Blackheath

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


Stanmore

Stanmore (countable and uncountable, plural Stanmores)

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

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

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


Mill Hill

A hill with a windmill; Mill Hill in London recorded as Myllehill in 1547.

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

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

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

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Mill#Mill

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


Wallington

Wallington (countable and uncountable, plural Wallingtons)

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

der

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

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

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


Totteridge

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


Fulwell

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

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

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

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


Hanworth

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


Harlington

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

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

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

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


Norwood Green

Norwood Green
Norwood Green, West Yorkshire

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


Hanwell

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


Sudbury

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

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

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


Queensbury

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

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

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


Winchmore Hill

Winchmore Hill
Winchmore Hill, Buckinghamshire

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


Eastcote

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

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

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

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


Mile End

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

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

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A hamlet in Ely parish, East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL6083).

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

A settlement in Coleford parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO5811).

A hamlet in Hartest parish, Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8252).


Plumstead

en-proper noun

Plumstead (countable and uncountable, plural Plumsteads)

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

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


Chelsfield

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


Harefield

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


Tandridge

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


Rushmoor

From Old English risċ (“rush”) + mōr (“moor”).

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


Blaby

Blaby (countable and uncountable, plural Blabys)

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

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


Narborough

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

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


Coleford

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

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


Tendring

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


Wilby

Wilby (countable and uncountable, plural Wilbys)

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

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

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

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

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


Cholsey

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

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

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


Stanway

Stanway (countable and uncountable, plural Stanways)

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

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


Petty France

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

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


Wadworth

A village and civil parish of South Yorkshire, England.


Brendon

Brendon and Countisbury
Brendon and Countisbury#English

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

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

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


Lizard

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

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


Quorndon

Former name of Quorn: a village and civil parish of Charnwood district, Leicestershire, England.


Sandhurst

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

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


Ollerton

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

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


Braybrooke

Braybrooke (countable and uncountable, plural Braybrookes)

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

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


Colwich

* (in Kansas): A portmanteau of Colorado + Wichita after the Colorado and Wichita Railroad.
* (in Staffordshire): Either from Old English col (“charcoal”) + wīc (“farm”); or else meaning "Cola's farm", from Old English personal name Cola + wīc (“farm”).

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


Polesworth

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

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


Toton

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


Castle Donington

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

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


Willington

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

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

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

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

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

Greater Willington
Greater Willington#English

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

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

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


Ashchurch

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


Farringdon

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


Westbourne

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

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


Radlett

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


Heighington

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

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


High Ongar

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


Helpston

Soke of Peterborough
Soke of Peterborough#English

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


Drigg

Drigg and Carleton
Drigg and Carleton#English

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


Tibberton

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

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

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

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


Bidston

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


Gilsland

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


Birkdale

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


Hunt's Cross

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


Marks Tey

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


Brundall

Brundall (countable and uncountable, plural Brundalls)

Brundalls (plural)
Brundell (alternative)
Brundle (alternative)

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

der

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


Brantham

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


Newhey

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

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


Hollinwood

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


Moston

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

Stanton upon Hine Heath
Stanton upon Hine Heath#English

A hamlet in Stanton upon Hine Heath parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5626).


Bordesley

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


Moorgate

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Mo-Mor#Moo

A hamlet in Blickling parish, Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG1730).


Fishlake

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


Stainforth

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


Pontrilas

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


Coryton

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

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


Berrow

en-proper noun

Berrow (countable and uncountable, plural Berrows)

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

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

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


East Brent

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


Long Marston

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

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

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


Southam

Southam (countable and uncountable, plural Southams)

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

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


Umberleigh

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


Lapford

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


Copplestone

en-prop

Copplestone (countable and uncountable, plural Copplestones)

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

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


Yeoford

Crediton Hamlets
Crediton Hamlets#English

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


King's Nympton

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


Stoke Gifford

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

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


St Erth

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


Toddington

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

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

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


Gosforth

Gosforth
Gosforth, Cumbria
Gosforth, New South Wales

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


Goostrey

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


Oxenholme

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

der

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

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


Boreham

en-proper noun

Boreham (countable and uncountable, plural Borehams)

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

der

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


Shackerstone

Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth#English

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


Longtown

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


Lenham

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


Cornholme

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


Lynemouth

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

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


Seaton Delaval

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


Newsham

Newsham with Breckenbrough
Newsham with Breckenbrough#English

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

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


Bebside

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


Ashington

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole#English

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

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

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


Balcombe

en-proper noun

Balcombe (countable and uncountable, plural Balcombes)

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

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


Chathill

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


Alnmouth

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

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


Pegswood

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


Widdrington

Widdrington (countable and uncountable, plural Widdringtons)

→ Translingual: Widdringtonia

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

Widdrington Village
Widdrington Village#English

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


Widdrington Station

Widdrington Station and Stobswood#English

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


Acklington

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


Warkworth

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

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

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


Seghill

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


Binstead

Binstead (countable and uncountable, plural Binsteads)

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

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


Grain

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


Barnham

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

Barnham and Eastergate
Barnham and Eastergate#English

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


Three Bridges

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


Tisbury

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

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


Blackhall Colliery

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


Ebbsfleet

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


Kingskerswell

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


Galgate

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


Elmswell

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

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

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


Ketton

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


Horton in Ribblesdale

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


Groton

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

der

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


Meriden

A 500-year-old cross on the village green is said to mark the exact centre of England. Meriden also claims to be the home of English archery, […].

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 281:

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


Halfway

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

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


Dullingham

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

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


Waterbeach

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

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

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


Littleport

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


Manea

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


Shelford

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

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

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


Bosham

Inherited from Middle English Boseham, from Old English Bosanhām, fro Bosa (a personal name) + hām (“homestead”).

af

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


Fishbourne

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

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


Nutbourne

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

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


Southbourne

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


Adwick

Adwick le Street
Adwick le Street#English

Ellipsis of Adwick le Street: a large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5308); and the name of the local railway station (OS grid ref SE5408).


Hampole

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


Moorthorpe

South Kirkby and Moorthorpe
South Kirkby and Moorthorpe#English

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


Kirkby

en-proper noun

Kirkby (countable and uncountable, plural Kirkbys)

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

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

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


Berrington

Berrington (countable and uncountable, plural Berringtons)

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

der

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

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

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


Werrington

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

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

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


Edgehill

Ratley and Upton
Ratley and Upton#English

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


Newbiggin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Smardale

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


Wymondham

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


Lingwood

en-proper noun

Lingwood (countable and uncountable, plural Lingwoods)

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

der

Lingwood and Burlingham
Lingwood and Burlingham#English

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


Strumpshaw

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


Oulton

en-proper noun

Oulton (countable and uncountable, plural Oultons)

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

der

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

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

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


Berkeley Road

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


Doniford

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


Awsworth

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


Bricket Wood

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


Dorridge

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


Saltcoats

Drigg and Carleton
Drigg and Carleton#English

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


Portbury

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


Tebay

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


Grasmere

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

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

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


Royal Oak

/ˈɹɔɪəl.əʊk/

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

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

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


Pewsey

en-proper noun

Pewsey (countable and uncountable, plural Pewseys)

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

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


Great Bedwyn

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


Templecombe

Abbas and Templecombe
Abbas and Templecombe#English

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


Pleasington

Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen#English

A village in Blackburn with Darwen borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6426).


Euxton

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


Disley

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


Grayrigg

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


Great Heck

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


Gobowen

Selattyn and Gobowen
Selattyn and Gobowen#English

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


Saltwood

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

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


Stonea

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


Rushden

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

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

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


Severn Beach

Pilning and Severn Beach
Pilning and Severn Beach#English

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

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


Wickham Bishops

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

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


Ufton Nervet

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


Greenholme

A hamlet in Orton parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5905).


Shap

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


Wylam

A village and civil parish on the River Tyne in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1164).


Audley End

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

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

Burston and Shimpling
Burston and Shimpling#English

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

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


Plumpton

Plumpton (countable and uncountable, plural Plumptons)

Plumptons (plural)
Plimpton (alternative)

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

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

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

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

Weston and Weedon
Weston and Weedon#English

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

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


Plumpton Green

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


Claypole

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


Stourton

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

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English

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

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

Stourton with Gasper
Stourton with Gasper#English

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


Drax

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


Tunstead

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

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

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

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


Dalston

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

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


Long Drax

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


Bletchley

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

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


Trumpington

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


Hartlebury

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


Ironbridge

From iron + bridge, after the The Iron Bridge.

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

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


Westerleigh

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

Westerleigh and Coalpit Heath
Westerleigh and Coalpit Heath#English

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


Beeston

Beeston (countable and uncountable, plural Beestons)

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

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

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

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

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

Beeston with Bittering
Beeston with Bittering#English

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


Newton-le-Willows

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


Hampton Loade

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

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


Eardington

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


Coalport

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


Jackfield

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


Buildwas

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


Cressage

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


Cound

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


Coalbrookdale

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


Arley

Aston by Budworth
Aston by Budworth#English

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


Upper Arley

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


Bishopton

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


Evercreech

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


St Leonards

St. Leonard's (alternative)
St Leonard's (alternative)

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

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

A village in St Leonards and St Ives parish, east Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU1103).


St Germans

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


Halwill

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


Goodrington

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


Baschurch

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


Cosford

A village and RAF station, mostly in Donington parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7905).

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


Tattenhall

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


Witham Friary

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


Holbeck

Greetham with Somersby
Greetham with Somersby#English

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

Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck#English

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


Hellifield

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


Roydon

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

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

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

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


Lower Darwen

Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen#English

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


Normanton

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

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

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

Wilsford cum Lake
Wilsford cum Lake#English

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


Witton

Postwick with Witton
Postwick with Witton#English

A village in Postwick with Witton parish, Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG3109).

A civil parish and locality in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, which includes Witton Bridge (OS grid ref TG3431).


Wheathampstead

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


Quainton

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

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


Hawkhurst

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


Allhallows

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


Long Melford

The main street through Long Melford stretches 3 miles along the route of a former Roman highway.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 268:

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


Wakes Colne

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


Birdbrook

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


Lidlington

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

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


Northwood Hills

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


Grateley

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


Eryholme

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


Tollerton

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

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


Ulleskelf

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


Micklefield

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

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


Farnley

Farnley (countable and uncountable, plural Farnleys)

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

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


Birstall

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

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


Glazebury

Culcheth and Glazebury
Culcheth and Glazebury#English

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


Lea Green

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


Rainhill

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


Whiston

Whiston (countable and uncountable, plural Whistons)

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

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

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

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

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English

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

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

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

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


Chiltern Green

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


Millbrook

Millbrook (countable and uncountable, plural Millbrooks)

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

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

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

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

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

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


Elstow

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

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

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


Sharnbrook

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

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


Irchester

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

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


East Langton

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


Great Glen

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


Syston

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


Sileby

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

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


Barrow upon Soar

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


Hathern

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


Kegworth

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

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


Draycott

Draycott and Church Wilne
Draycott and Church Wilne#English

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

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

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A settlement in Cam parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO7401).

A hamlet in Claverley parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO8192).

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

Yeovilton and District
Yeovilton and District#English

A hamlet in Yeovilton and District parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST5521).

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


Borrowash

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


Slaithwaite

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


Longwood

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


Battyeford

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


Gomersal

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


Houghton Conquest

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

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


Tibshelf

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


Chapeltown

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

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


Bourne End

A hamlet in Bletsoe parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0260).

A village mostly in Wooburn parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU8987).

A village in Dacorum district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL0206).


Bardon Mill

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


Eaglescliffe

A suburban village in Egglescliffe parish and Preston-on-Tees parish, Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4215)


Goathland

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


Mobberley

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7879).

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A hamlet in Cheadle parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0041).


Cliffsend

A coastal village and civil parish in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3464).


Micheldever

A village and civil parish in the city of Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5139).


Micheldever Station

A village surrounding Micheldever railway station in Micheldever parish, Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5142).


Haddenham

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7408).

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4675).


Marholm

A village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF1402).


Dunbridge

From Dun + bridge, the bridge over the River Dun.

A hamlet in Mottisfont parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3126).


West Dean

A village and civil parish in the city of Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8612).

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, on the Hampshire boundary (OS grid ref SU2527).


Westdean

A village in Cuckmere Valley parish, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV5299).


East Dean

East Dean and Friston
East Dean and Friston#English

A village in East Dean and Friston parish, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV5597).

A small village in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2726).


Ash Vale

A village in Guildford borough, Surrey, England, near the town of Ash (OS grid ref SU8952).


Blisworth

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP7253).


Butterley

A village in Ripley parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4051).

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A hamlet in Ashover parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3460).


Old Dalby

Originally "Wold Dalby" or "Dalby on the Wolds".

Broughton and Old Dalby
Broughton and Old Dalby#English

A village in Broughton and Old Dalby parish, Melton district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6723).


Starcross

Surface analysis star + cross. Compare English star-crossed.

A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9781).


Holywell

From holy + well, in Eastbourne possibly from holly + well.

A settlement in Studham parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0117).

A village in Holywell-cum-Needingworth parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3470).

A coastal village in Cubert parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW7658).

Frome St Quintin
Frome St Quintin#English

A hamlet in Evershot parish and Frome St Quintin parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST5904).

A hamlet in Wotton-under-Edge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7693).

A hamlet in Blakemere parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3741).

Careby Aunby and Holywell
Careby Aunby and Holywell#English

A small settlement in Careby Aunby and Holywell parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF0016).

A village in Seaton Valley parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ3174).

A hamlet in West Coker parish and East Coker parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST5213).

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A hamlet in Rowington parish, Warwick district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP1966).


King's Sutton

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP4936).


Carne

en-prop

Carne (countable and uncountable, plural Carnes)

Two main origins:
* As a Cornish surname, from karn (“cairn”), from Proto-Brythonic *karn, from Proto-Celtic *karnos.
* As a French surname, from the noun charnière (“hinge, joint”). Also, from chair (“flesh”).

St Anthony-in-Meneage
St Anthony-in-Meneage#English

A hamlet on Gillan Creek in St Anthony-in-Meneage parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7724).

A hamlet and nearby beach in Veryan parish, on the south coast of Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9138).


Haverthwaite

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A small village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD3483).


Garsdale Head

A hamlet in Garsdale parish, at the head of Garsdale, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD7892).


Mytholmroyd

A large village in Hebden Royd parish, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0126).


Hoscar

A village in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4611).


Parbold

A village in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4910).


Borough Green

Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge and Malling#English

A village in Tonbridge and Malling borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6057).


Horsted Keynes

Recorded as Horstede in 1086 (DB), from Old English hors + stede (“place of horses”). Manorial affix from possession by William de Cahainges (or Cahaignes) in 1086, recorded as Horsted Kaynes in 1307.

der

A village and civil parish in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3828).


Ardingly

A village and civil parish in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3429).


Annfield Plain

Originally Anfield, Plane being added for an inclined plane built in the area. The current spelling dates from circa 1856.

A village in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1751).


Seaton Junction

A hamlet in Shute parish, East Devon district, Devon, England, named after a former railway junction (OS grid ref SY2496).


Lapworth

A village and civil parish in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1671).


Tutbury

The second element is from Old English byriġ, dative case of burh (“fort”). The first element comes either from the personal name Tutta, or else from the personal name *Stūt, genitive singular *Stūtes, in which case the initial s- was lost, as similarly happened in the case of Nottingham. However, forms with initial s- are not attested until after the Old English period.

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2128).


Annesley

A village and civil parish in Ashfield district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5153).


Brinklow

en-proper noun

Brinklow (countable and uncountable, plural Brinklows)

Brinklows (plural)
Brinkler (alternative)

From Old English brince (“brink of a hill, steep slope”) + hlǣw (“mountain, hill, mound”).

der

A village and civil parish in Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4379).


Long Buckby

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP6267).


Cheddington

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP9217).


Kings Langley

A village and civil parish in Dacorum district, Hertfordshire, England; the eastern part of the village is in Abbots Langley parish, Three Rivers district (OS grid ref TL0702).


Hook-a-Gate

A village in Longden parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4609).


Walcot

A village in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF0635).

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A hamlet in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SE8721).

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A hamlet in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3419).

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A small village in Wrockwardine parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5912).


Minsterley

A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3705).


Hanwood

A village in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4409).


Coton Hill

A hamlet in Milwich parish, Stafford district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9832).


Coton

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4058).

A village in Ravensthorpe parish, Daventry district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP6771).

A village in Wem Rural parish, northern Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5334).

A hamlet in Gnosall parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8120).

A hamlet next to Coton Hill in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9832).


Bulkington

Nuneaton and Bedworth
Nuneaton and Bedworth#English

A village in Nuneaton and Bedworth district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3986).

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, between Devizes and Trowbridge (OS grid ref ST9458).


Kilsby

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5671).


Roade

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP7551).


Castlethorpe

A village and civil parish in Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP7944).


Hatch End

Bolnhurst and Keysoe
Bolnhurst and Keysoe#English

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A hamlet in Bolnhurst and Keysoe parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0761).


Coppull

A village and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5614).


Farington

A village in South Ribble district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5423).


Bay Horse

Named after the local inn (public house).

A hamlet in the city of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4953).


Hest Bank

A village in Slyne-with-Hest parish, City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4766).

Hest Bank railway station
Slyne-with-Hest


Burton-in-Kendal

A village and civil parish in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD5376).


Milnthorpe

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD4981).


Scout Green

A hamlet in Orton parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5907).


Thrimby

A hamlet in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5520)


Calthwaite

From Old Norse kalfr (“calf”) + þveit (“clearing”).

A village in Hesket parish, Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4640).


Southwaite

A village in Hesket parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4445).


Wreay

St Cuthbert Without
St Cuthbert Without#English

A village in St Cuthbert Without parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in the City of Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY4348).


Edwalton

A suburban village in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5935).


Plumtree

A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6133).


Widmerpool

A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6328).


Grimston

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A hamlet in East Garton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA2735).

A village and civil parish (served by Grimston, Saxelbye and Shoby Parish Council) in Melton district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK6821).

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 (OS grid ref TF7222).

A hamlet in Dunnington parish, City of York, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE6451).


Whissendine

A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8214).


Ings

en-proper noun

Ings (countable and uncountable, plural Ingses)

A small village in Hugill parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD4498).


Harringworth

It must have been the magnetism of the viaduct that towers over the village of Harringworth, and which crosses the flood plain of the River Welland on the border of Rutland and Northamptonshire, which drew my family to living close by when we moved to Britain's smallest county in the early 1990s.

2021 October 6, John Hillier, “Harringworth's magical viaduct”, in RAIL, number 941, pages 36–37:

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, formerly in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9197).


Gretton

A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0030).

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Corby borough (OS grid ref SP9094).

A hamlet in Cardington parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5195).


Geddington

Newton and Little Oakley
Newton and Little Oakley

A village and civil parish (served by Geddington, Newton and Little Oakley Parish Council) in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering district (OS grid ref SP8983).


Elstree

Elstree and Borehamwood
Elstree and Borehamwood#English

A village in Elstree and Borehamwood parish, Hertsmere borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TQ1795).


Great Bridgeford

A village in Seighford parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8827).


Hademore

A hamlet in Fisherwick parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1708).


Warter

A village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8650).


Taplow

From Old English *Tæppa + hlæw (“mound”), meaning "Tæppa's barrow." The personal name could be from the adjective top (“top, crest”) (from Proto-West Germanic *topp). See Taplow burial.

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in South Bucks district (OS grid ref SU9182).


Christleton

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4465).


North Rode

A small village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8966).


Kingham

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2624).


Eardisley

A village and civil parish (served by Eardisley Group Parish Council) in west Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3149).


Brocton

A hamlet in Bodmin, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0168).

A village in Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9719).


Cossington

A village and civil parish in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6013).

A village and civil parish in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3540).


Kirkby Thore

Both Kirkby and Thore are from Old Norse, first recorded as Kirkebythore.

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY6325).


Selside

A village in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD5399).


Mountsorrel

A village and civil parish in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5814).


Waitby

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7508).


Lackenby

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

A village in Redcar and Cleveland borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ5619).


Great Ayton

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ5611).


Earlswood

A village in Tanworth-in-Arden parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, also partly in Tidbury Green parish, Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1174).


Bucknell

Bucknell (countable and uncountable, plural Bucknells)

Bucknells (plural)
Bucknill (alternative)

From the genitive form of either the Old English personal name Bucca or bucca (“he-goat”) + hyll (“hill”).

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5625).

A village and civil parish in southern Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3574).


Rushwick

A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8253).


Matlock Bath

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village near Matlock, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2958).


Piddington

A hamlet in southern Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SU8094).

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A village in Hackleton parish, South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8054).

A village in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6417).


Foxton

Foxton (countable and uncountable, plural Foxtons)

From Old English fox (“fox”) + either tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) or denu (“valley”).

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4148).

A small village in Sedgefield parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ3624).

A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SP7090).

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A hamlet in Thimbleby parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE4296).


Redhill

A hamlet near Hook-a-Gate, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4609).

A village in Wrington parish, North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4963).


Mucking

A hamlet in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6881).


Little Shelford

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4551).


Grantchester

/ˈɡɹɑːn.t͡ʃɪs.tə/

/ˈɡɹæn.t͡ʃɛs.tɚ/

Appeared in the Domesday Book as Granteseta (settlers on the River Granta). The present spelling is derived from Old English ceaster.

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4356).


Stapleford

First recorded as Stapelford, from an unknown language .

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4751).

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL3116).

A village in Freeby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK8018).

A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8857).

A village and civil parish in southern Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0737).


Ordsall

A village in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7079).


Honeybourne

Honeybourne (countable and uncountable, plural Honeybournes)

Honeybournes (plural)
Honeybone (alternative)

From Old English huniġ (“honey”) + burna (“stream, brook”).

A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1144).


Purleigh

A village in Maldon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8302).


Hook Norton

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3533).


Moreton

A village and civil parish in Dorset, previously in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY8089).

A village and civil parish (served by Moreton, Bobbingworth and the Lavers Parish Council) in Epping Forest district, Essex (OS grid ref TL5307).

Eye, Moreton and Ashton
Eye, Moreton and Ashton#English

A village in Eye, Moreton and Ashton parish, north Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5064).

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A hamlet in Thame parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP6904).

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A settlement in Northmoor parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4101).

A village in Gnosall parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ7917).


Ingleton

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1720).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD6973).


Grosmont

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ8305).


Bleasdale

A small village and civil parish in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5745).


Mouldsworth

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5171).


Kelsall

A village in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5268).


Otford

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5259).


Wortley

Wortley (countable and uncountable, plural Wortleys)

From Old English wyrt (“plant, vegetable”) + lēah (“wood clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wort + -ley (“lea”).

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3099).


Hemyock

A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST1313).


Knebworth

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2520).


Betchworth

A village and civil parish in Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2150).


Lancing

A large village in Adur district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1804).


Drakelow

Wolverley and Cookley
Wolverley and Cookley#English

A hamlet in Wolverley and Cookley parish, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8180).


West Burton

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, location of the West Burton power stations (OS grid ref SK7985).

A village in Burton-cum-Walden parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE0186).

A small village in Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ0014).


Shepherdswell

Shepherdswell with Coldred
Shepherdswell with Coldred#English

A village in Shepherdswell with Coldred parish, Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2648).


Shilton

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2608).

Shilton and Barnacle
Shilton and Barnacle#English

A village in Shilton and Barnacle parish, Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4084).


Worplesdon

A village in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9753).


Farncombe

Recorded as Fernecome in the Domesday Book, from Old English fearn + cumb.

A village in Godalming parish, Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9745).


Parkgate

Peover Superior and Snelson
Peover Superior and Snelson#English

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A settlement in Peover Superior and Snelson parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ7873).

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village in Neston parish, Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ2778).

A hamlet in Waverton parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY2146).

A hamlet in High Easter parish, Uttlesford district, Essex (OS grid ref TL6617).

A hamlet in Tenterden parish, Ashford district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ8534).

A settlement in Newdigate parish, Mole Valley district, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2043).


Speen

A village and civil parish near Newbury, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4568).

A village in Lacey Green parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SU8499).


Wath

A village and civil parish (served by Wath and Norton Conyers Parish Council) north of Ripon, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough, also known as Wath-by-Rippon (OS grid ref SE3277).

High and Low Bishopside
High and Low Bishopside#English

A hamlet, also known as Wath-in-Nidderdale, in Fountains Earth parish and High and Low Bishopside parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE1467).

A hamlet in Hovingham parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE6775).


Bolton upon Dearne

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4502).


Treeton

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4387).


Beighton

A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3807).

A village cum suburb, and ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4483).


Send

A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England, south-east of Woking (OS grid ref TQ0255).


Pudsey

A hamlet near Cornholme, Todmorden parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SD9126).


Church Fenton

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5136).


Brockenhurst

A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3002).


Lamesley

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2557).


Mottram in Longdendale

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9995).


Corbridge

Corbridge (countable and uncountable, plural Corbridges)

From Old English Corebricg, from a shortened form of Corchester (“a nearby city”) + Old English bryċġ (“bridge”).

A village and civil parish in southern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9964).


Cliffe

en-prop

Cliffe (countable and uncountable, plural Cliffes)

Cliffe and Cliffe Woods
Cliffe and Cliffe Woods#English

A village in Cliffe and Cliffe Woods parish, Medway borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7376).

A small village and civil parish (served by Manfield with Cliffe Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref NZ2115).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE6632).


Kimblesworth

Kimblesworth and Plawsworth
Kimblesworth and Plawsworth#English

A village in Kimblesworth and Plawsworth parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2547).


Bell End

A village in Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO938773).


Cocks

en-proper noun

Cocks (countable and uncountable, plural Cockses)


Middlestown

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2617).


Crigglestone

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3116).


Southend

South End (alternative)
South-End (alternative)
South-end (alternative)

Ellipsis of Southend-on-Sea: a unitary authority with borough status in Essex.

A village in Bradfield parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5970).

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A hamlet in Brightwalton parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU4278).

A hamlet in Turville parish, southern Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SU7589).

A hamlet in North Nibley parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7495).

A hamlet in Garsington parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5801).


Dainton

A hamlet in Ipplepen parish, Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8566).


Twyford

A village and civil parish in Wokingham borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU7975).

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6626).

Twyford and Stenson
Twyford and Stenson#English

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A small village in Twyford and Stenson parish, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3228).

A village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4824).

Twyford and Thorpe
Twyford and Thorpe#English

A village in Twyford and Thorpe parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK7210).

A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG0124).

A village in Adderbury parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4736).

A hamlet in West Felton parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ3426).


Amberley

A small village in Minchinhampton parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8501).

A small settlement in Marden parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5447).

A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0313).


Rolleston

Rolleston (countable and uncountable, plural Rollestons)

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

der

A small village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7300).

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7452).

Rolleston on Dove
Rolleston on Dove#English

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

Ellipsis of Rolleston on Dove: a village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2327).


Woodend

A small village in Egremont parish, Copeland borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY0112).

A small settlement in Ulpha parish, Copeland borough, Cumbria (OS grid ref SD1696).

A hamlet in Soberton parish, Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5913).

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A small village in South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP6149).


New Brighton

A locality in Cottingley, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1236).


Naseby

A village in Daventry district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP6878).


Edgcumbe

en-proper noun

Edgcumbe (countable and uncountable, plural Edgcumbes)

A hamlet in Wendron parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7233).


Theale

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU6471).

A village in Wedmore parish, Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4646).


Aldermaston

/ˈɔːldəˈmɑːstən/

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5965).


Midgham

A village in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5567).


Kintbury

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS SU3866).


Patney

A small village and civil parish in mid Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0758).


Athelney

From Old English Æþelinga īeġ (“noble island”).

inh

Stoke St Gregory
Stoke St Gregory#English

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A hamlet in Burrowbridge parish and Stoke St Gregory parish, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and Taunton Deane district (OS grid ref ST3428).


Castle Hill

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A locality in Rotherfield parish, Wealden district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ5528).

A locality in Bredbury, Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ9293).

Brenchley and Matfield
Brenchley and Matfield#English

A hamlet in Brenchley and Matfield parish, Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ6942).

A hamlet in Wichenford parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO7759).


Buckhorn

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A hamlet in Ashwater parish, Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX3799).


Keinton Mandeville

A village in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5430).


Charlton Mackrell

A village in The Charltons parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST5228).


Stoke Canon

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9398).


Burlescombe

A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST0716).


Sampford Peverell

A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST0314).


Long Sutton

A village and civil parish served by Long Sutton and Well Parish Council) in Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7347).

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4625).


Woodborough

From Old English widu (“wood”) + beorg (“hill”), with the second element at some point being misanalyzed as burh, giving the modern form borough. Otherwise, the modern form of beorg would have been berry (“mound, hill”), giving something like *Woodberry.

A village in Gedling district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6347).

A village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1059).


Curry Rivel

Curry is either from Celtic crwy, or Curi, a pre-English river name. Rivel is from Revel, a 12th century family.

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3925).


Woolmer Green

A village and civil parish in Welwyn Hatfield borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2518).


Tempsford

Recorded as Tamiseforde in the Domesday Book, from the name of a river related to Thames + Old English ford (“ford”).

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1653).


Conington

en-proper noun

Conington (countable and uncountable, plural Coningtons)

Coningtons (plural)
Cunnington (alternative)

From Old English cyning (“king”) + tūn (“enclosure; manor; town”), perhaps under the influence of Old Norse konungs (“king's”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), the source of the placenames Coniston and Coniston Cold. Doublet of Kingstown, Kingston, Kingstone, and Cunnington. Cf. also Kingsville, Kingsburg, Kingsburgh, Coningsby, and Conisbrough.

doublet

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1786).

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish (without a council) in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3266).


Yaxley

en-proper noun

Yaxley (countable and uncountable, plural Yaxleys)

From Old English ġēac (“cuckoo”) + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1892).

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1273).


Tallington

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0908).


Essendine

A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref TF0412).


Little Bytham

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0117).


Corby Glen

"Glen", after the West Glen River branch of the River Glen, was added to the name in the 1950s to distinguish it from the larger town of Corby in Northamptonshire.

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9924/TF0024).


Digswell

A village in Welwyn parish, Welwyn Hatfield borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2415).


Loxley

A village and suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3189).

A village in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2552).


Berkswell

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP2479).


West Auckland

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1826).


Tipton St John

A village in Ottery St Mary parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY0991).


Woodford Halse

Woodford cum Membris
Woodford cum Membris#English

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A village in Woodford cum Membris parish, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5452).


Donnington

Shaw cum Donnington
Shaw cum Donnington#English

A village in Shaw cum Donnington parish, north of Newbury, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU4668).

A small village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP1928).

A small village and civil parish (served by Eastnor Donnington Parish Council) near Ledbury, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO7034).

Wroxeter and Uppington
Wroxeter and Uppington#English

A hamlet in Wroxeter and Uppington parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5807).

A small village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU8502).


Dorrington

Dorrington (countable and uncountable, plural Dorringtons)

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

A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0852).

A village in Condover parish, central Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4702).


Woldingham

A village and civil parish in Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ3755).


Yanwath

Uncertain; from Middle English Euenewit (1150). Possibly Old Norse jafn (“even, level”) + viðr (“wood”), possibly a Scandinavianised form derived from the cognates Old English efn + wudu and thus a doublet of Evenwood.

A small village in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5127).