Northwich

/ˈnɔːθwɪt͡ʃ/

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6573).


Middlewich

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England. (OS grid ref SJ7066).


Sandbach

From sand (“sand”) + bæce (“valley-stream”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7560).


Winsford

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6566).

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A small village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9034).


Stoke Mandeville

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8310).

Stoke Mandeville
Stoke Mandeville Hospital


Cheadle

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0143).


Handforth

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, just outside Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ8583).


Thame

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, by the above river (OS grid ref SP7006).


Stokenchurch

A village and civil parish situated in the Chilterns in Buckinghamshire, England; a previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU7696).


Princes Risborough

A town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8003).


Berkhamsted

A town and civil parish with a town council in Dacorum borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9907).


Barnard Castle

A market town and civil parish with a town council, as well as a medieval castle, in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ0516).


Melksham

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9063).


Saltash

A town and civil parish with a town council in eastern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4258).


Liskeard

A market town and civil parish with a town council in east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2564).


Bodmin

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0667).


St Austell

A town and civil parish with a town council on the south coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0152).


Calne

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9970).


Malmesbury

A market town and civil parish with a town council in north-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9387).


Bradford-on-Avon

A town and civil parish with a town council in west Wiltshire, England, on the Wiltshire/Somerset/Bristol River Avon (OS grid ref ST8260).


Corsham

A town and civil parish with a town council in north-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8670).


Ramsbury

A village and civil parish in north-east Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2771).


Compton Beauchamp

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, originally in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU2786).


Wantage

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, originally in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3988).


Bishop's Castle

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3288).


Church Stretton

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO4593).


Craven Arms

Named after a hotel; "arms" refers to a coat of arms.

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO4382).


Bewdley

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7875).


Stourport-on-Severn

A town and civil parish with a town council on the River Severn in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8171).


Ilkley

A town and civil parish with a town council in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1147).


Cauldwell

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England, that contains the village of Caldwell.


Mirfield

From Old English myrige (“pleasant, agreeable”) + feld (“pasture, open country”).

compound

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2020).


Brightlingsea

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0817).


Market Deeping

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1310).


Welland

en-proper noun

Welland (countable and uncountable, plural Wellands)

No definite suggestion can be made about the origin of the placename in Worcestershire; perhaps from the Old English unattested personal name *Wēna + land (“land”).

A village and civil parish (served by Little Malvern and Welland Parish Council) in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7940).


Whittlesey

Whittlesey (countable and uncountable, plural Whittleseys)

Whittleseys (plural)
Whittlesea (alternative)
Whitsey (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Wittel + -s- + īeġ (“island”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2797).


Chatteris

/ˈt͡ʃætɛɹɪs/

Recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) in the Middle English forms Cetriz and Cateriz. Theories of its derivation include:
* a borrowing from an unattested Old Welsh intermediary of Middle Welsh cadeir (“hill-fort”) and Medieval Latin cathedra, akin to Catterick
* a derivation from Old English Ceatta (a personal name, as in St Ceatta) + -rīc (suffix forming proper nouns)
* a derivation from Proto-Brythonic *koɨd (“wood, forest”) + *rrɨd (“ford”)

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Chateriz (alternative)
Cheaterizt (alternative)

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3986).


Sheringham

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1543).


North Walsham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2830).


Aylsham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1926).


Reepham

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0373).

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1023).


Wroxham

A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3017).


Horning

A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3417).


Reedham

A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG4202).


Maltby

West Riding of Yorkshire
West Riding of Yorkshire

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Originally in the West Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5292).

A village and civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4613).


Immingham

North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England. A port at Immingham Dock on the River Humber is nearby (OS grid ref TA1814).


Billingham

A town and civil parish with a town council in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4623).


Cuckfield

From either the Old English personal name Cuca, cwiċe (“couch-grass”) or Middle English cokkou (“cuckoo”) + Old English feld (“field”).

A village and civil parish in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3024).


Crook

* The English surname is derived from the noun crook (“bend, hook”).
* The places in Durham and Cumbria are of Brythonic origin, from crug (“hill, mound”).

A village and civil parish (served by Crook and Winster Parish Council) in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD4695).


Middleton-in-Teesdale

A small market town and civil parish (served by Middleton-in-Teesdale and Newbiggin Parish Council) in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NY9425).


Nailsea

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4770).


Yatton

A village and civil parish in North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4365).


Wincanton

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7128).


Orton

A civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Carlisle district, which includes Great Orton and Little Orton (OS grid ref (approx) NY3454).

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY6208).

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A small village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in Kettering borough (OS grid ref SP8079).


Sherborne

From Old English Sċīraburna, equivalent to scīr (“bright, clear”) + burna (“stream”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in northwestern Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST6316).

A village and civil parish with a brook of the same name in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1714).


Litton

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village and civil parish near Tideswell, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1675).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD9074).

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5954).


Tideswell

en-proper noun

Tideswell (countable and uncountable, plural Tideswells)

Tideswells (plural)
Tidwell (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Tidi + -s- + wielle (“well, spring”).

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1575).


Derwent

From Middle English Derwent, Derwente, Derwynd, from a Brythonic word such as *dwr-gent (“clear water”).

Darwent (alternative)
Darwen (alternative)
Darwin (alternative)
Darran (alternative)
Durrans (alternative)
Durant (alternative)

A civil parish (served by Derwent and Hope Woodlands Parish Council) in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, which formerly included the above village.


Shepton Mallet

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST6143).


Midsomer Norton

/ˈmɪdsʌməɹ ˈnɔːɹtən/

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

A town and civil parish with a town council in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6654).


Radstock

A town and civil parish with a town council in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6854).


Norton Fitzwarren

The manorial affix is from lands held by the Fitzwarren family.

A village and civil parish near Taunton, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST1925).


Castle Cary

/ˌkɑːsəl ˈkɛəɹi/

Situated at the source of the River Cary.

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6432).


Bruton

A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, on the River Brue, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6834).


Paulton

From Old English peall (“ledge”) + tun (“homestead, village”).

compound

A large village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6556).


Bathampton

/ˌbɑːθˈæmptən/

A village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England, to the east of the city of Bath (OS grid ref ST7766).


Bathford

A village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England, to the east of the city of Bath (OS grid ref ST7966).


Zeals

A village and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England, close to the border with both Dorset and Somerset (OS grid ref ST7831).


Ashburton

From Old English æsc (“ashtree”) + burna (“stream”) + tūn (“town”).

A small town and civil parish in Teignbridge district, on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7569).


Kingswear

A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England, across the River Dart from Dartmouth (OS grid ref SX8851).


Kingsbridge

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7344).


Buckfastleigh

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7366).


Torpoint

A town and civil parish with a town council in eastern Cornwall, England, opposite Plymouth and Devonport in Devon, to which it is linked by ferry (OS grid ref SX4355).


Camborne

From Cornish Kammbronn, meaning "crooked hill".

A town and civil parish with a town council in western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6440).


Redruth

From Old Cornish Rhyd-ruth, meaning "red ford". Compare Cornish Resrudh.

A town and civil parish with a town council in western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7042).


Penryn

From Cornish Pennrynn, meaning "promontory".

A town and civil parish with a town council in southern Cornwall, England, to the north of Falmouth (OS grid ref SW7834).


Wadebridge

From wade + bridge. Originally named Wade, as the River Camel had to be waded here until a bridge was built in 1468.

A town and civil parish with a town council in northern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9972).


Camelford

A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX1083).


Marazion

A small coastal town and civil parish with a town council to the east of Penzance, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5130).


Dereham

From Old English Dēorhām, equivalent to dēor (“wild animal”) + hām (“home”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Breckland district, Norfolk, England. Also called East Dereham (OS grid ref TF9913).


Wells-next-the-Sea

A small coastal town, port, and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9143).


Fakenham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9230).


Hunstanton

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

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6740).


Sutton Bridge

A village and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England, with a swing bridge across the River Nene (OS grid ref TF4721).


Holbeach

A market town and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3625).


Sleaford

From Old English Sliowaford, from sliow (uncertain definition) + ford (ford).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0645).


Bourne

The placename and English surname are derived from Old English burna (“stream”), whence also the common noun bourne (“stream”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0920).


Southwell

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A town (with a racecourse) and civil parish with a town council in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6953).


Alfreton

A town and civil parish with a town council in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4155).


Romsey

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3521).


Alresford

* (Essex) From a personal name, Ægel, or Old English ǣl + ford, recorded as Ælesford c.1000, Eilesforda 1086 (DB).
* (Hampshire) From Old English alor (genitive alres) + ford, recorded as Alresforda 701, Alresforde 1086 (DB).

der

A village and civil parish in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0621).


New Alresford

New Alresford is constantly mispronounced, T-shaped, honeycombed with cellars, packed with antique shops, riddled with woodworm, surrounded by watercress. The name - which means 'ford by the alders' - is pronounced 'Allsford'; and no one ever uses 'New', though they do call the adjoining village Old Alresford.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 144:

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5832).


Old Alresford

A small village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5834).


Ilfracombe

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5147).


Okehampton

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5995).


Crediton

From Old English, recorded as Cridiantune in 930, Chritetona in 1086 (DB), farmstead or estate on the River Creedy, equivalent to Creedy + -ton.

A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS8300).


Kingsteignton

A town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8773).


Bampton

en-proper noun

Bampton (countable and uncountable, plural Bamptons)

From Old English bēam (“beam, tree”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5118).

A small town and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9522)

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3103).


Amesbury

A town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1541).


Ross-on-Wye

A market town and civil parish with a town council in southeastern Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO6024).


Tidworth

A garrison town and civil parish with a town council in east Wiltshire, England. It was partly in Hampshire until 1992 (OS grid ref SU2349).


Downton

A civil parish (served by Leintwardine Group Parish Council) in northern Herefordshire, England, including the village of Downton on the Rock and Downton Castle.

A village and civil parish in southern Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1821).


Barton upon Humber

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council, on the Humber estuary in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0322).


Hornsea

From Old English hornes (“horn's”) + ēa (“river”).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA2047).


Market Weighton

A market town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8741).


Ashmore

Ashmore (countable and uncountable, plural Ashmores)

From Old English æsċ (“ash-tree”) + mere (“pond, pool, lake”).

A village and civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST9117).


Broadwell

Broadwell (countable and uncountable, plural Broadwells)

From Old English brād (“broad”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP2027).

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2503).


Holcombe

Holcombe (countable and uncountable, plural Holcombes)

From Old English holh (“hollow”) + cumb (“combe, narrow valley”).

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST6749).


Bow

A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7201).


Probus

From its church dedicated to Saint Probus.

A village and civil parish east of Truro, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8947).


Pocklington

A market town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8048).


Melbourn

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A large village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3844).


Duxford

From Old English personal name *Ducc, in the genitive singular *Ducces + worþ (“enclosure”), thus "Duxwurth". The worth element was later reanalysed as forth, leading to "Duxforth". This later became the ford of its present form.

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4745).


Haverhill

From Old English *hæfera (“oats”) + hyll (“hill”). Alternatively, from Old English hæfer (“he-goat, billy”) + hyll (“hill”).

A market town and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district, on the border with Essex (OS grid ref TL6745).


Debden

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5533).


Loughton

Loughton (countable and uncountable, plural Loughtons)

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

A town and civil parish in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ4396).


Kidlington

A large village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4914).


Claygate

A village and civil parish in Elmbridge borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1563).


Clovelly

A small harbour village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS3124).


Arrington

Arrington (countable and uncountable, plural Arringtons)

Arringtons (plural)
Arington (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Earna, a byname from earn (“eagle”), + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3250).


Brereton

Brereton (countable and uncountable, plural Breretons)

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

A civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ777642).


Kilburn

Kilburn (countable and uncountable, plural Kilburns)

Kilburns (plural)
Kilborn (alternative)
Kilbourn (alternative)
Kilbourne (alternative)

From either the unattested Old English personal name *Cylla or cyline (“kiln”) + burna (“stream, brook”).

A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK385455).


Skelton

Skelton (countable and uncountable, plural Skeltons)

From Old English scylfe (“deck, shelf”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Shelton. The alteration of /ʃ/ to /sk/ is down to Old Norse influence.

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4335).

A village and civil parish in city of York district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5756).


Westfield

Westfield (countable and uncountable, plural Westfields)

From Old English west (“west”) + feld (“field”). Doublet of Westerveld.
The former village in New Brunswick may be named after Westfield, Massachusetts. The civil parish is named after the village.

A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England.

A common placename:
A civil parish of Somerset, England.


Harling

Harling (countable and uncountable, plural Harlings)

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

A civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England.


Witney

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3510).


Manley

Manley (countable and uncountable, plural Manleys)

* As an English surname, from Old English mæne (“common, shared”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to mean + -ley (“lea”).
* Also as an English surname, from the adjective manly (“brave, manly”).
* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Máinle; see Malley.
* Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Maonghaile (“descendant of Maonghal”), from maoin (“wealth”) + gal (“valor, fury”).

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

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


Charlton Kings

A large suburban village and civil parish in Cheltenham borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9620).


Stratton

Stratton (countable and uncountable, plural Strattons)

From Old English strǣt (“street, paved high-way”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A village and civil parish in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6593).


Whitehill

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A village and civil parish with a town council in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England; the civil parish includes Bordon (OS grid ref SU7934).


Winton

en-proper noun

Winton (usually uncountable, plural Wintons)

From either the Old English personal name Wine, which is a byname from wine (“friend”), or winn (“pasture”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY7810).


Bagby

Bagby (countable and uncountable, plural Bagbys)

From the Old Norse personal name Baggi + býr (“farmstead”); compare Begbie, which shares the same etymology.

A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4680).


Featherstone

Featherstone (countable and uncountable, plural Featherstones)

From Middle English featherston, fetherstane, from Old English feoþerstān, fiþerstān (literally “four-stone”), from Old English fiþer- (“four”) + stān (“stone”).

A village and civil parish in south-west Northumberland, England.

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English

A village and civil parish (served by Featherstone and Brinsford Parish Council) in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9306).

A town and civil parish with a town council in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4220).


Scriven

Scriven (countable and uncountable, plural Scrivens)

Two possible origins for the surname:
* English occupational surname for a scribe copyist or clerk, from Middle English scrivein (“scribe”), itself from Old French escrivain.
* English habitational surname from the village in North Yorkshire, which is named with Old English scræfen (“hollow place with caves or pits”).

der

A village and civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3458).


Darrington

en-proper noun

Darrington (countable and uncountable, plural Darringtons)

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

A village and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England.


Plumley

Plumley (countable and uncountable, plural Plumleys)

From Old English plūme (“plum”) + lēah (“woodland; clearing”). Equivalent to plum + -ley (“lea”).

A village and civil parish (served by Plumley with Toft and Bexton Parish Council) in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7175).


Oakham

A town and civil parish (with a town council) in and the county town of Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8508).


Heckington

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

A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1444).


Chilton

Chilton (countable and uncountable, plural Chiltons)

Chilton
Chilton, Oxfordshire
Domesday Book
Medieval Latin

From Old English ċilda tūn, a compound of ċilda (genitive plural of ċild (“child”)) + tūn (“town”). The name of Chilton, Oxfordshire is attested under various spellings in Medieval Latin texts of the 11th and 12th centuries: Cilda tun, Childatun, Chiltune, Chiltuna, Ciltone, Cilletone (in the Domesday Book), and Childestuna.

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6811).

A small town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham (OS grid ref NZ2829).


Blandford Forum

From Old English blǣġena (“gudgeon”, gen. pl.) + ford. The addition of Latin forum dates to the 18th century.

inh

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Dorset, England, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST8806).


Yetminster

A village and civil parish (served by the group Parish Council of Yetminster and Ryme Intrinseca) in West Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST5910).


Maiden Newton

A village and civil parish in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY5997).


Shillingstone

/ˈʃɪlɪŋstən/

A village and civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST8210).


Sturminster Newton

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7814).


Ripon

A cathedral city and civil parish with a city council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE3171).


Covington

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Covington (countable and uncountable, plural Covingtons)

From Old English Cofingtun, from Cofa (a masculine given name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + -tun (“settlement”, literally “Cofa's town”).

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL0570).


Harden

en-proper noun

Harden (countable and uncountable, plural Hardens)

A village and civil parish (with a village council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0838).


Smallwood

Smallwood (countable and uncountable, plural Smallwoods)

A civil parish and small village in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8060).


Corley

Corley (countable and uncountable, plural Corleys)

From Old English *corn (“crane”), genitive plural, *corna + lēah (“woodland clearing”), 'the cranes' wood or clearing'.

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3085).


Whittington

Whittington (countable and uncountable, plural Whittingtons)

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0120).

A village and civil parish in City of Lancaster district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD6076).

A civil parish north of Hexham, Northumberland.

A village and civil parish in Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ3231).

A village and civil parish (served by Whittington and Fisherwick Parish Council) in Lichfield district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK1608).


Crowell

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish (without a council) near Chinnor, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU7499).


Felton

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Felton (countable and uncountable, plural Feltons)

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

A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5748).


Parham

en-proper noun

Parham (countable and uncountable, plural Parhams)

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3060).

A civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England.


Whitmore

Whitmore (countable and uncountable, plural Whitmores)

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + mōr (“moor”).

A small village and civil parish in Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8140).


Dent

Dent (countable and uncountable, plural Dents)

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD7086).


Hook

Hook (countable and uncountable, plural Hooks)

* As an English surname, from the noun hook.
* As a Swedish surname, from hök (“hawk”).
* As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Hoek; compare Vanhook.

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A village and civil parish near Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7625).

A large village and civil parish in Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7254).


Nesbitt

Nesbitt (countable and uncountable, plural Nesbitts)

Nesbitts (plural)
Nesbit (alternative)
Nisbet (alternative)
Nisbett (alternative)

From Old English nosu (“nose”) + bita (“bit, fragment, morsel”) or byht (“bight, bend, angle”).

A civil parish without a council in County Durham, England.


Marlow

Marlow (countable and uncountable, plural Marlows)

From Old English mere (“lake, pool”) + hlǣw (“mountain, hill”).

A town and civil parish with a town council on the River Thames in southern Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU8586).


Tong

Tong (countable and uncountable, plural Tongs)

For the surname: Borrowed from Cantonese 湯／汤 (tong1), Cantonese 唐 (tong4), Mandarin 佟 (Tóng), Mandarin 童 (Tóng), etc.

A village and civil parish in eastern Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7907).


Minster

A village and civil parish in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3164).


Willey

Willey (countable and uncountable, plural Willeys)

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

A civil parish in Herefordshire, England.

A village and civil parish in Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP495848).


Huntley

Huntley (countable and uncountable, plural Huntleys)

A village and civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7219).


Birch

Birch (countable and uncountable, plural Birches)

A village and civil parish in Colchester borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL9419).


Moulton

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Moulton (countable and uncountable, plural Moultons)

Moultons (plural)
Muleton (alternative)
Multon (alternative)

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

A village and civil parish of Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ656696).

A village and civil parish of Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ236038).

A village and civil parish of Daventry district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP784663).

A village and civil parish of Forest Heath district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL699643).


Smalley

en-proper noun

Smalley (countable and uncountable, plural Smalleys)

From Old English smæl (“narrow”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4044).


Whatley

Whatley (countable and uncountable, plural Whatleys)

From Old English hwǣte (“wheat”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wheat + -ley (“lea”). Identical to Wheatley.

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST7347).


Ellington

Ellington (countable and uncountable, plural Ellingtons)

From either the Old English personal name Ella or ǣl (“eel”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1571).


Hardwick

Hardwick (countable and uncountable, plural Hardwicks)

From Old English heord (“herd”) + wīċ (“village”). Compare Hardwicke, which shares the same etymology.

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP805192).

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL373587).

A locality and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8675).

A village and civil parish (without a council) in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in Wellingborough district (OS grid ref SP8569).


Beaulieu

Beaulieu (countable and uncountable, plural Beaulieus)

From Old French beau (“beautiful”) + lieu (“place”), French Beaulieu.

A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3802).


Maxey

Maxey (countable and uncountable, plural Maxeys)

From the genitive case of the personal name Mack + Old English eġ (“island; low-lying land”).

der

A village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF125085).


Lindley

en-proper noun

Lindley (countable and uncountable, plural Lindleys)

Two possible origins:
* The places in North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire are named with Old English līn (“flax”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), with epenthetic -d-. Equivalent to line + -ley (“lea”).
* The deserted medieval village in Leicestershire is named with Old English lind (“lime tree”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to lind + -ley (“lea”).

A village and civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE229764).


Earley

Earley (countable and uncountable, plural Earleys)

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England, near Reading (OS grid SU7571).


Broome

Broome (countable and uncountable, plural Broomes)

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

A village and civil parish in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO9078).


Eggleston

Eggleston (countable and uncountable, plural Egglestons)

Egglestons (plural)
Egleston (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Eċġwulf, which is composed of the elements eċġ (“edge”) and wulf (“wolf”), + -s- + tūn (“settlement”).

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NY984227).


Colburn

Colburn (countable and uncountable, plural Colburns)

From Old English cōl (“cool”) + burna (“stream”).

(uncountable) A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE2098).


Littleton

Littleton (countable and uncountable, plural Littletons)

From Old English lȳtel (“small, little”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4466).


Upchurch

Upchurch (countable and uncountable, plural Upchurches)

From Old English upp (“up”) + ċiriċe (“church”).

A village and civil parish in Swale district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8467).


Handley

Handley (countable and uncountable, plural Handleys)

A small village and civil parish (served by Handley and District Parish Council) in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4657).


Cosgrove

Cosgrove (countable and uncountable, plural Cosgroves)

Cosgroves (plural)
Cosgrave (alternative)
Cosgray (alternative)
Cosgriff (alternative)
Crossgrove (alternative)

Two main origins:
* English habitational surname from the village in Northamptonshire, which is named with the Old English personal name Cof + -s- + grāf (“grove, thicket”); recorded as Covesgrave in 1086 (DB).
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Coscraigh (“descendant of Coscrach”), a byname from coscrach (“victorious, triumphant”).

der

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP790426).


Bratton

en-proper noun

Bratton (countable and uncountable, plural Brattons)

A village and civil parish east of Westbury, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9152).


Belton

Belton (countable and uncountable, plural Beltons)

From an unexplained first element + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

A small village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK4420).

A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SE7806).


Halstead

en-proper noun

Halstead (countable and uncountable, plural Halsteads)

A town and civil parish with a town council in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8130).

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ4861).


Cranford

Cranford (countable and uncountable, plural Cranfords)

A civil parish in Kettering district, Northamptonshire, England.


Kersey

Kersey (countable and uncountable, plural Kerseys)

From Old English cærse (“cress”) + īeġ (“island”).

The village itself, however, is invisible until you come to a corner with an archaic wooden pump high on the right bank, turn, and then suddenly, there it is - all of Kersey, running steeply down The Street to a water-splash through a tributary of the Brett, and up again, just as steeply, to the summit of Church Hill.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, pages 237, 240, about Kersey, Suffolk:

A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL999904).


Milburn

Milburn (countable and uncountable, plural Milburns)

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

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY655293).


Lilley

Lilley (countable and uncountable, plural Lilleys)

From Old English lind (“limetree”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England, north-east of Luton, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1126).


Newland

Newland (countable and uncountable, plural Newlands)

A village and civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO5509).

A hamlet and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE6924).

A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7948).


Thornhill

Thornhill (countable and uncountable, plural Thornhills)

A village and civil parish in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1983).


Harwell

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Harwell (countable and uncountable, plural Harwells)

* (hamlet in Nottinghamshire): From the Old English personal name Hāra, a byname from hār (“grey; grey-haired”), + wella (“well, spring, stream”)
* (village in Oxfordshire): From Old English hēore (“pleasant”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU4989).


Bosley

en-proper noun

Bosley (countable and uncountable, plural Bosleys)

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9165).


Woodbury

Woodbury (countable and uncountable, plural Woodburys)

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY0187).


Hargrave

Hargrave (countable and uncountable, plural Hargraves)

Hargraves (plural)
Hardgrave (alternative)

Habitational surname, from Old English hār (“grey”) or hara (“hare”) + graf (“grove”) or grǣfe (“thicket”).

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0370).

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL7759).


Boynton

Boynton (countable and uncountable, plural Boyntons)

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

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA136682).


Martindale

Martindale (countable and uncountable, plural Martindales)

A valley and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England.


Haile

Haile (countable and uncountable, plural Hailes)

A village and civil parish (served by Haile and Wilton Parish Council) in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY0308).


Horsley

Horsley (countable and uncountable, plural Horsleys)

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

A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK380444).

A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST830980).

A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ095665).


Brigham

Brigham (countable and uncountable, plural Brighams)

From bryċġ + hām, "homestead by the bridge".

A village and civil parish in Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY0830).


Hatley

Hatley (countable and uncountable, plural Hatleys)

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

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL281510).


Embleton

Embleton (countable and uncountable, plural Embletons)

A village and civil parish (served by Embleton and District Parish Council) in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY1730).

A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2322).


Wingfield

Wingfield (countable and uncountable, plural Wingfields)

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk; John de Wingfield was a resident (OS grid ref TM2376).

A village and civil parish west of Trowbridge, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8256).


Kingsbury

Kingsbury (countable and uncountable, plural Kingsburys)

Kingsburys (plural)
Kingsberry (alternative)

Originally from Old English Cingesberia, Chinesburie, &c., from cyninges (“king's”) + burh (“fort, manor, town”). Later derived from earlier places named Kingsbury and from people bearing the surname. Equivalent to king's -bury. Doublet of Kingsburg, Kingsburgh, and Conisbrough. Cf. Kingstown, Kingston, Kingsville, Coniston, Conington, and Queensbury.

doublet

A village and civil parish in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2196).


Barham

en-proper noun

Barham (countable and uncountable, plural Barhams)

Barhams (plural)
Bareham (alternative)
Boram (alternative)

Two possible origins:
* The villages in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk are named with Old English beorg (“hill”) + hām (“homestead”).
* The village in Kent is probably named with an unattested Old English personal name *Beora, a derivative of bera (“bear”), + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2050).

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1451).


Whitehouse

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Whitehouse (countable and uncountable, plural Whitehouses)

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A civil parish with a community council in Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8137).


Burwell

en-proper noun

Burwell (countable and uncountable, plural Burwells)

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL5866).

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3579).


Parton

Parton (countable and uncountable, plural Partons)

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

A village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NX9820).


Benefield

Benefield (countable and uncountable, plural Benefields)

Benefields (plural)
Benfield (alternative)

Recorded as Beringafeld in the Cartularium Saxonicum, the placename derives from the Old English personal name Bera + -ing (“belonging to”) + feld (“field”). The -n- in the present name is most probably due to Anglo-Norman assimilation.

A civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, which includes the villages of Upper and Lower Benefield.


Tankersley

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Tankersley (countable and uncountable, plural Tankersleys)

A village and civil parish in Barnsley borough, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3400).


Claxton

en-proper noun

Claxton (countable and uncountable, plural Claxtons)

From either the Old Norse personal name Klakkr or Old English clacc (“hill, peak”) + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish (served by Claxton and Sand Hutton Parish Council) in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6960).


Pelton

Pelton (countable and uncountable, plural Peltons)

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

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2553).


Priddy

Priddy (countable and uncountable, plural Priddys)

A village and civil parish in Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5250).


Appleby

Appleby (countable and uncountable, plural Applebys)

Applebys (plural)
Applebee (alternative)

From Old English æppel (“apple”) and Old Norse býr (“farm, town”), from the root of the verb Old Norse búa (“to dwell”).

A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9514).


Beckley

Beckley (countable and uncountable, plural Beckleys)

A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ8523).


Wortham

From Old English worþ (“enclosure”) + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0877).


Brotherton

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Brotherton (countable and uncountable, plural Brothertons)

Brothertons (plural)
Brotherston (alternative)

From Old English brōþor (“brother”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). Compare Bretherton.

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE4825).


Woodford

en-proper noun

Woodford (countable and uncountable, plural Woodfords)

Woodfords (plural)
Wadforth (alternative)

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + ford (“ford”).

A civil parish containing the villages of Lower, Middle and Upper Woodford, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1236).


Musgrave

Musgrave (countable and uncountable, plural Musgraves)

Musgraves (plural)
Mosgrove (alternative)
Musgrove (alternative)

From Old English mūs (“mouse”) + grāf (“grove”).

A civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district, which includes the villages of Great Musgrave and Little Musgrave.


Burford

Burford (countable and uncountable, plural Burfords)

From Old English Beorgford, equivalent to beorg (“mountain”) + ford (“ford”).

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2512).


Whiteley

Whiteley (countable and uncountable, plural Whiteleys)

A community and civil parish with a town council in Winchester district and Fareham borough, Hampshire, England; the civil parish is in Winchester district only (OS grid ref SU5209).


Cockerham

Cockerham (countable and uncountable, plural Cockerhams)

Cockerhams (plural)
Cockrum (alternative)

From the name of the River Cocker + Old English hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4651).


Barnwell

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0484).


Henshaw

Henshaw (countable and uncountable, plural Henshaws)

Henshaws (plural)
Henshall (alternative)
Hinshaw (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Heþin + -s- + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).

A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY765645).


Welton

Welton (countable and uncountable, plural Weltons)

From Old English wella (“well, spring, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9627).

A village and civil parish (served by Welton-by-Lincoln Parish Council) in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0179).

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5866).


Rothwell

en-proper noun

Rothwell (countable and uncountable, plural Rothwells)

From Old English roþa, the genitive plural of roþ (“forest clearing”) + wella (“spring”).

A small village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1599).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering borough (OS grid ref SP8181).


Kilby

Kilby (countable and uncountable, plural Kilbys)

From Old English ċild (“child”) + Old Norse býr (“settlement”). Compare Kelby, which shares the same etymology.

A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP618729).


Rushton

Rushton (countable and uncountable, plural Rushtons)

From Old English risċ (“rush, reed”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5863).

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering borough (OS grid ref SP8482).

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England, which includes the village of Rushton Spencer.


Stickney

Stickney (countable and uncountable, plural Stickneys)

From Old English sticca (“stick; long strip of land”) + īeġ (“island”).

der

A linear village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TL3456).


Witham

en-proper noun

Witham (countable and uncountable, plural Withams)

Withams (plural)
Whittome (alternative)
Withem (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Wit or wiht (“bend”) + hām (“homestead”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8214).


Bradfield

Bradfield (countable and uncountable, plural Bradfields)

From Old English brād (“broad”) + feld (“field”).

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU6072).

A village and civil parish in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM1430).

A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.


Beckford

Beckford (countable and uncountable, plural Beckfords)

From the Old English personal name Becca + ford (“ford”).

A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO972360).


Beech

Beech (countable and uncountable, plural Beeches)

A village and civil parish west of Alton, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6938).


Isham

Isham (countable and uncountable, plural Ishams)

From the name of the River Ise + Old English hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8874).


Fulford

Fulford (countable and uncountable, plural Fulfords)

From Old English fūl (“dirty, muddy”), in the definite form fūla + ford (“ford”).

A suburban village and civil parish in the city of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6148).

A village and civil parish in Stafford district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9538).


Kirkham

Kirkham (countable and uncountable, plural Kirkhams)

From a Scandinvianized form of Old English ċiriċe (“church”) + hām (“homestead”).

A town and civil parish in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4232).


Cowden

Cowden (countable and uncountable, plural Cowdens)

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ4640).


Blakeney

Blakeney (countable and uncountable, plural Blakeneys)

From either Old English blæc (“black”) (oblique definite declension blacan), or from Old English personal name Blaca (genitive singular Blacan) + īeġ (“island”).

A coastal village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0243).


Weekley

Weekley (countable and uncountable, plural Weekleys)

From Old English wīċ (“village, settlement”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wick + -ley (“lea”).

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8880).


Lowther

Lowther (countable and uncountable, plural Lowthers)

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5323).


Risley

Risley (countable and uncountable, plural Risleys)

From Old English hrīs (“twig, branch; brushwood”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to rice + -ley (“lea”). The circus term comes from the name of Richard Risley Carlisle (1814–1874), who developed this kind of act in the United States.

der

A village and civil parish (served by Risley with Hopwell Parish Council) in Erewash borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4635).


Frisby

en-proper noun

Frisby (countable and uncountable, plural Frisbys)

From Old Norse frisir (“Frisians”) + býr (“settlement”).

A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK707013).


Dunford

Dunford (countable and uncountable, plural Dunfords)

A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.


Cann

Cann (countable and uncountable, plural Canns)

* As an Irish surname, reduced from McCann.
* As an English surname, from Cann in Dorset. The place name could be from Old English can, referring to a deep valley.
* Americanized from Kann, Kahn.

A small village and civil parish (served by Melbury Abbas and Cann Parish Council) in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8721).


Coddington

Coddington (countable and uncountable, plural Coddingtons)

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

A small settlement and civil parish (served by Coddington and District Parish Council) in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4555).

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Bosbury and Coddington Parish Council) in east Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO7142).

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK8354).


Wendling

Wendling (countable and uncountable, plural Wendlings)

A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9312).


Barwick

Barwick (countable and uncountable, plural Barwicks)

From Old English bere (“barley”) + wīc (“village”).

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

A hamlet and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF8035).

A village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5613).


Shackleford

Shackleford (countable and uncountable, plural Shacklefords)

A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9345).


Westerfield

Westerfield (countable and uncountable, plural Westerfields)

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1747).


Langham

Langham (countable and uncountable, plural Langhams)

From Old English lang (“long”) + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in Colchester district, Essex (OS grid ref TM025315).

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG000410).

A village and civil parish in Rutland (OS grid ref SK8411).

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL977306).


Billington

Billington (countable and uncountable, plural Billingtons)

Billingtons (plural)
Billinton (alternative)

Two different origins:
* The place in Bedfordshire is recorded in 1196 as Billendon, from the Old English personal name Billa + -ing (“belonging to”) + dūn (“hill”).
* The village in Lancashire is probably named with *billing (“sword-shaped, ridge-shaped”) (see bill) + dūn (“hill”).

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England; the parish was previously named Great Billington (OS grid ref SP9422).


Southwick

Southwick (countable and uncountable, plural Southwicks)

From Old English sūþ (“south”) + wīċ (“village, specialized farm”).

(uncountable) A number of places in England:

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire (OS grid ref TL0192).

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8355).


Keele

From Old English cȳ, plural of cū (“cow”) + hlǣw (“mound, hill”); "the hill where cows graze".

A village and civil parish in Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8045).


Mellor

Mellor (countable and uncountable, plural Mellors)

Mellors (plural)
Mealer (alternative)
Mellow (alternative)

Probably from two ancient British words akin to Welsh moel (“bare”) and bre (“hill”).

A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6530).


Haughton

Haughton (countable and uncountable, plural Haughtons)

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Cheshire East, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5756).

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK6772).

A village and civil parish in Stafford district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8620).


Trull

Trull (countable and uncountable, plural Trulls)

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2122).


Kennett

Kennett (countable and uncountable, plural Kennetts)

A village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL6968).


Elswick

Elswick (countable and uncountable, plural Elswicks)

A village and civil parish in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4238).


Ingham

Ingham (countable and uncountable, plural Inghams)

From the Old English personal name Inga, which is related to Ing, + hām (“homestead”). Some authorities believe that the first element could also be from Ingaevones, a Germanic tribe.

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9483).

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3926).

A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL8570).


Garton

Garton (countable and uncountable, plural Gartons)

From Old English gāra (“triangular plot of land”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

Garton on the Wolds
Garton on the Wolds#English

A civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, which includes the village of Garton on the Wolds.


Hartfield

en-proper noun

Hartfield (countable and uncountable, plural Hartfields)

From Old English heorot (“stag, hart”) + feld (“field”).

A village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4735).


Belmont

Belmont (countable and uncountable, plural Belmonts)

From French bel (“beautiful”) + mont (“mountain, mount”).

A suburb of the city of Durham and civil parish in County Durham (OS grid ref NZ3043).


Brough

Brough (countable and uncountable, plural Broughs)

From Old English burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of borough, burgh, and Bury.

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7914).


Bainbridge

Bainbridge (countable and uncountable, plural Bainbridges)

From Bain (“a river in North Yorkshire”) + Old English brycġ (“bridge”).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SD9390).


Whitton

Whitton (countable and uncountable, plural Whittons)

Ultimately from the Old English personal name Hwīta, a byname from hwīt (“white”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

(uncountable) A place in the United Kingdom:

A small civil parish (served by Claydon and Whitton Parish Council) in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, north of the suburb in Ipswich.

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9024).

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in south Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5772).


Throckmorton

Throckmorton (countable and uncountable, plural Throckmortons)

Throckmortons (plural)
Throgmorton (alternative)

Possibly from Old English þroc (“beam bridge”) + mere (“pool”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9849).


Boughton

Boughton (countable and uncountable, plural Boughtons)

From the Old English personal name Bucca, a byname from bucc (“buck, he-goat”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF7002).

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish to the north of Northampton in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, formerly in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP7565).


Swinford

Swinford (countable and uncountable, plural Swinfords)

From Old English swīn (“swine, pig”) + ford.

A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5679).


Dunton

Dunton (countable and uncountable, plural Duntons)

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

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2344).

A village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP822241).

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF879303).


Wardlow

Wardlow (countable and uncountable, plural Wardlows)

From Old English weard (“watchman, guard”) + hlǣw (“mound, hill”).

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1874).


Shute

Shute (countable and uncountable, plural Shutes)

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY2597).


Grimsargh

A village and civil parish in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5834).


Woodham

Woodham (countable and uncountable, plural Woodhams)

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7018).


Swallow

Swallow (countable and uncountable, plural Swallows)

* As an English surname, from the noun swallow (sense 2).
* Also as an English surname, from Swallow in Lincolnshire, named after its river. The placename itself could be related to the verb swell, or related to the name of the river Swale.

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA1703).


Helland

Helland (countable and uncountable, plural Hellands)

A small village and civil parish (without a council) north of Bodmin, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0771).


Dorton

Dorton (countable and uncountable, plural Dortons)

A small village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6814).


Ripple

Ripple (countable and uncountable, plural Ripples)

A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3450).

A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8737).


Millington

Millington (countable and uncountable, plural Millingtons)

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

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE830517).


Haigh

Haigh (countable and uncountable, plural Haighs)

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6009).


Lupton

Lupton (countable and uncountable, plural Luptons)

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

A village and civil parish of South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD5581).


Fifield

Fifield (countable and uncountable, plural Fifields)

From Old English fīf (“five”) + hīd (“hide, a unit of land”).

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2318).


Silverton

A large village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9502).


Wardle

Wardle (countable and uncountable, plural Wardles)

From Old English weard (“fortified place”) + hyll (“hill”).

compound

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6157).


Gayton

en-proper noun

Gayton (countable and uncountable, plural Gaytons)

A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TF7219).

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP7054).

A village and civil parish (served by Weston with Gayton Parish Council) in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9828).


Creswell

Creswell (countable and uncountable, plural Creswells)

Creswells (plural)
Chriswell (alternative)
Cresswell (alternative)
Crisell (alternative)
Criswell (alternative)

From Old English cærse (“watercress”) + welle (“well, spring”).

A suburban village and civil parish in Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9025).


Chappel

Chappel (countable and uncountable, plural Chappels)

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


Pixley

Pixley (countable and uncountable, plural Pixleys)

A small village and civil parish (served by Pixley and District Parish Council) in eastern Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO6638)


Belford

Belford (countable and uncountable, plural Belfords)

From Old English belle (“bell; bell-shaped hill”) + ford (“ford”).

der

A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1033).


Brindley

en-proper noun

Brindley (countable and uncountable, plural Brindleys)

Brindleys (plural)
Brinley (alternative)

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

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ592534).


Cayton

Cayton (countable and uncountable, plural Caytons)

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

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref TA0583).


Marden

Marden (countable and uncountable, plural Mardens)

A village and civil parish in Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5147).

A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7444).

A village and civil parish in mid Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0857).


Brindle

Brindle (countable and uncountable, plural Brindles)

From Old English burna (“stream, brook”) + hyll (“hill”). The surname could either derive from the village in England or be an Americanized spelling of South German Brindl and Bründl.

A small village and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5924).


Yelverton

Yelverton (countable and uncountable, plural Yelvertons)

Probably from the Old English personal name Geldfriþ + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2902).


Laxton

Laxton (countable and uncountable, plural Laxtons)

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7925).

A village and civil parish (without a council) in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9596).


Chatsworth

A civil parish in and around Chatsworth House, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England.


Eastham

Eastham (countable and uncountable, plural Easthams)

From Old English ēast (“east”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“river meadow”).

A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6568).


Northington

Northington (countable and uncountable, plural Northingtons)

Topographic surname for someone who lived to the north of a settlement, from Old English norþ (“north”) + in + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Compare Norrington, which shares the same etymology.

A village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU568733).


Threlkeld

Threlkeld (countable and uncountable, plural Threlkelds)

The place name is from Old Norse þræll (“serf, slave”) + kelda (“spring, well”).

A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3125).


Gratton

Gratton (countable and uncountable, plural Grattons)

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

A civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK205061).


Wootton

Wootton (countable and uncountable, plural Woottons)

Woottons (plural)
Whotton (alternative)
Wootan (alternative)
Wooten (alternative)
Wooton (alternative)

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

(uncountable) Any of numerous villages in England:

A village and civil parish in Bedford, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0045).

A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TA0816).

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4701).

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4319).

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK1045).


Tarvin

Tarvin (countable and uncountable, plural Tarvins)

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4866).


Dulas

A locality and civil parish (served by Ewyas Harold Group Parish Council) in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3729).


Popham

Popham (countable and uncountable, plural Pophams)

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A hamlet and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5543),


Westley

Westley (countable and uncountable, plural Westleys)

From Old English west + lēah (“westerly wood or clearing”); in Suffolk recorded as Westlea in 1086 (DB).

der

A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, west of Bury St Edmunds, and previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8264).


Nettleton

en-proper noun

Nettleton (countable and uncountable, plural Nettletons)

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

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA1000).

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8278).


Haydon

Haydon (countable and uncountable, plural Haydons)

From either Old English hīeġ (“hay”) or ġehæġ (“enclosure”) + denu (“valley”).

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in north-west Dorset (OS grid ref ST6715).

A civil parish in southern Northumberland, see Haydon Bridge.


Harting

Harting (countable and uncountable, plural Hartings)

* The placename is from the Old English nickname Heort (presumably related to heorte) + -ingas.
* The English surname is a variant of Hartin.
* As a north/Low German surname Härting, patronymic from Hart or Hardt.

A civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England, which includes East Harting, South Harting and West Harting.


Harford

Harford (countable and uncountable, plural Harfords)

A hamlet and civil parish north of Ivybridge, South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6359).


Radley

Radley (countable and uncountable, plural Radleys)

From Old English rēad (“red”) + lēah (“wood, woodland clearing”).

A village and civil parish on the Thames in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, originally in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU5299).


Netherton

Netherton (countable and uncountable, plural Nethertons)

"The lower settlement", from Old English niþera (“lower”) + tūn (“settlement”).

A small village and civil parish (served by Netherton and Biddlestone Parish Council) in Northumberland (OS grid ref NT9807).

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Elmley Castle, Bricklehampton and Netherton Parish Council) in Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO9941).


Hepworth

Hepworth (countable and uncountable, plural Hepworths)

Probably from the Old English personal name Heppa + worþ (“enclosure”).

A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9874).


Wix

Wix (countable and uncountable, plural Wixes)

A village and civil parish in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM1628)


Bamford

Bamford (countable and uncountable, plural Bamfords)

From Old English bēam (“tree, beam”) + ford (“ford”).

A village and civil parish in High Peak borough, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2083).


Bourn

Bourn (countable and uncountable, plural Bourns)

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3256).


Fishburn

Fishburn (countable and uncountable, plural Fishburns)

Fishburns (plural)
Fishburne (alternative)

From Old English fisċ (“fish”) + burna (“stream”).

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ364321).


Westwood

Westwood (countable and uncountable, plural Westwoods)

A village and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8059).


Croxton

Croxton (countable and uncountable, plural Croxtons)

From either the Old Norse personal name Krókr or Old English crōc (“nook”) + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2459).

A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TL8786).


Sandridge

Sandridge (countable and uncountable, plural Sandridges)

From Old English sand (“sand”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).

A village and civil parish in the city of St Albans district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1710).


Kirkbride

Kirkbride (countable and uncountable, plural Kirkbrides)

A village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale district (OS grid ref NY2356).


Harton

Harton (countable and uncountable, plural Hartons)

From either Old English heorot (“hart, stag”) or hær (“rock”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

A village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7062).


Chute

Chute (countable and uncountable, plural Chutes)

A civil parish in eastern Wiltshire, England, which includes the settlements listed below.


Watlington

Watlington (countable and uncountable, plural Watlingtons)

Watlingtons (plural)
Wadlington (alternative)

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

A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6110).

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A market town and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6894).


Kirton

Kirton (countable and uncountable, plural Kirtons)

From Old English ċiriċe (“church”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Cheriton. The alteration of /tʃ/ to /k/ is down to Old Norse influence.

A village and civil parish in Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3038).


Haddon

Haddon (countable and uncountable, plural Haddons)

# For the place in Cambridgeshire: 'Hædda's Hill', from Middle English Haddedune, from Old English personal name Hœdda + dūn (“hill”).
# For all other places in England (including derivative compounds): 'Heath Hill', from Old English hæþ (“heath”) + dūn (“hill”).

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1392).


Wallingford

Wallingford (countable and uncountable, plural Wallingfords)

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6089).


Rochford

Rochford (countable and uncountable, plural Rochfords)

From Middle English Rochford, from two sources in Old English, both of which eventually converged into the modern form:
# 'The rook ford' or 'Rook's ford', from Old English hrōc (“rook”), genitive plural hrōca + ford, or else from Old English personal name Hrōc, genitive singular Hrōces + ford (respectively).
# 'Ford of the hunting dogs', from Old English ræċċ (“hunting dog”), genitive singular ræċċes (the vowel later assimilated to that of Old French roche (“rock, cliff”)) + ford.

A town and civil parish in Rochford district, in southeastern Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8790).

A civil parish and two hamlets, Lower Rochford and Upper Rochford, in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid refs SO6368/6367).


Cresswell

Cresswell (countable and uncountable, plural Cresswells)

A coastal village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2993).


Kennington

Kennington (countable and uncountable, plural Kenningtons)

# For the place in Kent: 'Royal manor', from Old English cyne- (“royal”) + -ing + tūn (“manor”).
# For the places in Oxfordshire & London: 'The estate of Cena', from Old English personal name Cēna + -ing + tūn (“estate”).

A suburb and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0244).

A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5202).


Thornley

Thornley (countable and uncountable, plural Thornleys)

Thornleys (plural)
Thorneloe (alternative)

From Old English þorn (“thorn, thorny bush”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to thorn + -ley (“lea”).

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3639).


Halse

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and Taunton Deane district before that (OS grid ref ST1428).


Studley

Studley (countable and uncountable, plural Studleys)

From Old English stōd (“enclosure for keeping horses; stud”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to stud + -ley (“lea”).

der

A large village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP0763).


Tilford

en-proper noun

Tilford (countable and uncountable, plural Tilfords)

A village and civil parish south-east of Farnham, Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU8743).


Charlesworth

Charlesworth (countable and uncountable, plural Charlesworths)

A village and civil parish in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0093).


Girton

Girton (countable and uncountable, plural Girtons)

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

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4262).

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK8266).


Capel

Capel (countable and uncountable, plural Capels)

A hamlet and civil parish in Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6344).

A village and civil parish in Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1740).


Hambleton

Hambleton (countable and uncountable, plural Hambletons)

From Old English hamel (“crooked (hill)”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Wyre district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD3742).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5530).

A village and civil parish on a peninsula in Rutland Water, Rutland (OS grid ref SK9007). The village is also known as Upper Hambleton, the name used on OS maps.


Tarleton

Tarleton (countable and uncountable, plural Tarletons)

Tarletons (plural)
Tarlton (alternative)

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

der

A large village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4520).


Highley

en-proper noun

Highley (countable and uncountable, plural Highleys)

Recorded as Hugelei in the Domesday Book, the village is named with the unattested Old English personal name *Hugga + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7483).


Cantley

Cantley (countable and uncountable, plural Cantleys)

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6202).


Albury

Albury (countable and uncountable, plural Alburys)

From eald (“old”) + burg (“fort”). Compare other placenames, such as Aldborough, Aldbrough, Aldbury, Aldeburgh and Aldeby, and German Oldenburg.

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL4324).

A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0547).


Burbage

Burbage (countable and uncountable, plural Burbages)

Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth#English

A suburban village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP4392).

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2361).


Swaby

Swaby (countable and uncountable, plural Swabys)

From the Old Norse ethnic byname Sváfi (“Swabian”) + býr (“farm, settlement”).

A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF387775).


Poulton

Poulton (countable and uncountable, plural Poultons)

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP1001).


Hurn

Hurn (countable and uncountable, plural Hurns)

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole#English

A village and civil parish in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ1297).


Partington

Partington (countable and uncountable, plural Partingtons)

A town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7191).


Semington

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8960).


Lyneham

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A small village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2720).


Chipping Norton

A market town and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3127).


Bold

Bold (countable and uncountable, plural Bolds)

* As an English surname, from the adjective bold (“daring courageous”) or the noun bold (“dwelling, house”).
* As a Swedish and German surname, related to the adjective above, such as in Baldwin and Reinbold.

A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England.


Croston

Croston (countable and uncountable, plural Crostons)

In Lancashire, from Old Norse kross or Old English cros + tūn.

A village and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4818).


Dummer

Dummer (countable and uncountable, plural Dummers)

In Hampshire, recorded as Dunmere in 1086 (DB), from Old English dūn + mere (pond on a hill). The surname possibly originates from Hampshire.

A village and civil parish south-west of Basingstoke, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5846).


Harewood

Harewood (countable and uncountable, plural Harewoods)

From Old English hāra, definite form of hār (“grey”) + wudu (“wood, forest”).

A civil parish in south-east Herefordshire, England, served by Llanwarne and District Group Parish Council (OS grid ref SO5328).

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2245).


Boxley

Boxley (countable and uncountable, plural Boxleys)

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

A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7758).


Goldsborough

Goldsborough (countable and uncountable, plural Goldsboroughs)

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

A village and civil parish (served by Goldsborough and Flaxby Parish Council) in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3856).


Wishaw

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

A small village and civil parish (served by Wishaw and Moxhull Parish Council) in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1794).


Mells

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST7249).


Pilling

Pilling (countable and uncountable, plural Pillings)

A village and civil parish in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4048).


Lorton

Lorton (countable and uncountable, plural Lortons)

A civil parish of Allerdale district, Cumbria, England, including the villages of High Lorton and Low Lorton (OS grid ref NY1525).


Beswick

Beswick (countable and uncountable, plural Beswicks)

Beswicks (plural)
Bestwick (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Beac + -s- + wīc (“village”).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA012481).


Winford

Winford (countable and uncountable, plural Winfords)

Perhaps from Old English winn (“meadow”) + ford (“ford”).

A village and civil parish in North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5465).


Satterthwaite

Satterthwaite (countable and uncountable, plural Satterthwaites)

From Old Norse sætr (“pasture”) + þveit (“clearing”).

A village and civil parish in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD338923).


Bartlow

Bartlow (countable and uncountable, plural Bartlows)

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, on the Essex border (OS grid ref TL5845).


Burn

Burn (countable and uncountable, plural Burns)

* The surname is of English origin, variant of Bourne.
* The placename in Yorkshire is likely related to the suffix -burn, found in placenames such as Woodburn, Glusburn, etc., from burn (“stream”).

A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5928).


Montford

Montford (countable and uncountable, plural Montfords)

Montfords (plural)
Mountford (alternative)

Recorded as Maneford in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from Old English ġemǣne (“common, general, communal”) + ford (“ford”). The surname could also be a variant of Mundford.

der

A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4114).


Bonsall

en-proper noun

Bonsall (countable and uncountable, plural Bonsalls)

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2758).


Sarratt

Sarratt (countable and uncountable, plural Sarratts)

A village and civil parish in Three Rivers district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TQ0499).


Trowell

Trowell (countable and uncountable, plural Trowells)

A village and civil parish in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England, on the border with Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4839).


Holford

Holford (countable and uncountable, plural Holfords)

From Old English holh (“hole; hollow, sunken”) + ford (“ford”).

der

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST1541).


Byford

en-proper noun

Byford (countable and uncountable, plural Byfords)

From Old English byġe (“curve, bend”) + ford (“ford”), "ford at the river bend".

A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref S03942).


Roughton

Roughton (countable and uncountable, plural Roughtons)

From either Old Norse rugr (“rye”) or Old English rūh (“rough”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); compare the doublet Rowton.

A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2464).

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2137).


Byfield

Byfield (countable and uncountable, plural Byfields)

From Old English bi (“by, near, next to”) + feld (“field”).

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5153).


Northam

Northam (countable and uncountable, plural Northams)

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4528).


Fawley

Fawley (countable and uncountable, plural Fawleys)

From either Old English fealu (“yellow, fallow, dun”) or fealh (“fallow land”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to fallow + -ley (“lea”).

der

A small village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3981).

A small village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU7586).

A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4503).


Bagnall

en-proper noun

Bagnall (countable and uncountable, plural Bagnalls)

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9250).


Hawthorn

Hawthorn (countable and uncountable, plural Hawthorns)

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4145).


Weedon

Weedon (countable and uncountable, plural Weedons)

From Old English wēoh (“pre-Christian idol”) + dun (“hill”).

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8118).


Bitton

Bitton (countable and uncountable, plural Bittons)

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6869).


Cottam

Cottam (countable and uncountable, plural Cottams)

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9964).

A village and civil parish (served by Treswell with Cottam Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK8179).


Woolston

Woolston (countable and uncountable, plural Woolstons)

A suburban area and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6489).


Bulmer

Bulmer (countable and uncountable, plural Bulmers)

A village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8440).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7067).


Lyford

Lyford (countable and uncountable, plural Lyfords)

From Old English līn (“flax”) + ford (“ford”).

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3994).


Whittingham

Whittingham (countable and uncountable, plural Whittinghams)

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

A civil parish in Preston district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD505345).

A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, previously in Alnwick district (OS grid ref NU065115).


Brailsford

Brailsford (countable and uncountable, plural Brailsfords)

Brailsfords (plural)
Brallisford (alternative)

From a variant of Old English byrġels (“burial place; barrow”) + ford (“ford”).

der

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK254414).


Bransford

en-proper noun

Bransford (countable and uncountable, plural Bransfords)

A village and civil parish (served by Leigh and Bransford Parish Council) in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7952).


Billing

Billing (countable and uncountable, plural Billings)

From the Old English surname, named after Billing in Liverpool, from bil (“double-edged sword”).

A civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Northampton borough, which includes Great Billing and Little Billing.


Hockley

Hockley (countable and uncountable, plural Hockleys)

From either the Old English personal name Hocca or hocc (“mallow”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A large village and civil parish in Rochford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8392).


Adderley

Adderley (countable and uncountable, plural Adderleys)

Adderleys (plural)
Adderly (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Ealdred + lēah (“woodland clearing”).

A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ661397).


Tonge

Tonge (countable and uncountable, plural Tonges)

A village and civil parish in Swale district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ9363).


Bloxham

Bloxham (countable and uncountable, plural Bloxhams)

Bloxhams (plural)
Bloxam (alternative)
Bloxom (alternative)

From an unrecorded Old English byname Blocc + -s- + hām (“manor, estate”).

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4235).


Halling

Halling (countable and uncountable, plural Hallings)

A village and civil parish in Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7064).


Haswell

Haswell (countable and uncountable, plural Haswells)

From Old English hæsl (“hazel”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3743).


Dunnington

Dunnington (countable and uncountable, plural Dunningtons)

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

A village and civil parish in the City of York, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE671526).


Tatham

Tatham (countable and uncountable, plural Tathams)

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

A village and civil parish in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD605695).