East Meon

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


West Meon

City of Winchester
City of Winchester#English

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


Maulden

en-proper noun

Maulden (countable and uncountable, plural Mauldens)

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

der

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

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


Tollesbury

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


Stony Stratford

Recorded as Stani Stratford in 1202; from Old English stānig (“stony”)

A suburban town and civil parish with a town council in Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP7940).


Condover

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


Muggleswick

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


Waldridge

en-proper noun

Waldridge (countable and uncountable, plural Waldridges)

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

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


Dinton with Ford and Upton

A civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England.


Mundford

en-proper-noun

Mundford (countable and uncountable, plural Mundfords)

Mundfords (plural)
Montford (alternative)

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

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


Tanworth-in-Arden

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


Selworthy

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

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


Minehead Without

A civil parish (served by Selworthy and Minehead Without Parish Council) in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England.


Wybunbury

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


Dowdeswell

Dowdeswell (countable and uncountable, plural Dowdeswells)

From the unattested Old English personal name *Dogod + -s- + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

A civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England.


Aysgarth

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


Gamlingay

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

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


Longsdon

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

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


Mottisfont

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


Great Wishford

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

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


Codford

A civil parish in Wiltshire, England, south-east of Warminster (OS grid ref ST9739).


Heytesbury

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


Knook

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


Dilton Marsh

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


Bar Hill

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

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


Lindal and Marton

A civil parish in Barrow-in-Furness borough, Cumbria, England, which includes the villages of Lindal-in-Furness and Marton.


Kelham

en-proper noun

Kelham (countable and uncountable, plural Kelhams)

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

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

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

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


Windlesham

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


Shalbourne

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


St Pinnock

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


East Halton

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

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


Tattershall

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


Langriville

A civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England.


Aston cum Aughton

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


Appleton-with-Eaton

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, which includes these two villages.


Hetton-cum-Bordley

A civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England, which includes these two villages.


Campton and Chicksands

A civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England, which includes these two villages.


Askam and Ireleth

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Barrow-in-Furness borough.


Kirkby Ireleth

A civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district.


Wyboston, Chawston and Colesden

Borough of Bedford
Borough of Bedford#English

A civil parish in the Borough of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, which includes these three villages.


Kensworth

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

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


Meppershall

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

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


Stotfold

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

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


Morton and Hanthorpe

A civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England.


Morton on the Hill

A civil parish (without a council) in Broadland district, Norfolk, England.


Babworth

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


Wighill

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

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


Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet

A civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, formed in 1987 on the merger of these three civil parishes.


Shottle and Postern

A civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England.


Tasburgh

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


Upper Heyford

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

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

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


Great Wolford

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


Little Wolford

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


Barrow upon Humber

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


Lamerton

en-prop

Lamerton (countable and uncountable, plural Lamertons)

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

der

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


Rushall

en-proper-noun

Rushall (countable and uncountable, plural Rushalls)

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

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


Dickleburgh and Rushall

A civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, which includes these two villages.


Branxton

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

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


Northlew

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


Car Colston

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


Colston Bassett

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

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


Blickling

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

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


Tickhill

A market town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK5993).


Laughton en le Morthen

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


Thurcroft

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


Anston

A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, which includes the villages of North Anston and South Anston.


Thrybergh

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

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


Braithwell

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


Barham and Woolley

A civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, which includes these two villages.


Staveley-in-Cartmel

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


Hesketh with Becconsall

A civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England, which includes these two villages.


Stoke Rochford

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


Georgeham

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


Goodleigh

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


Compton Bishop

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

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


Weston-under-Redcastle

A civil parish in Shropshire, England, to the east of Wem; the largest settlement is Weston (OS grid ref SJ5628).


Cringleford

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

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


Hoe and Worthing

A civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England, which includes these two villages.


Outwell

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

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

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


Wingham

en-proper noun

Wingham (countable and uncountable, plural Winghams)

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

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


Balderstone

en-proper-noun

Balderstone (countable and uncountable, plural Balderstones)

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

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

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


Edlesborough

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

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


East and West Buckland

A civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England, with East Buckland and West Buckland as the main settlements.


West Buckland

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


Palgrave

Palgrave (countable and uncountable, plural Palgraves)

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

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


Martham

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


Rollright

Some of the Rollright Stones are in the parish, the remainder are across the county border in Warwickshire.

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England.


Hinxton

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

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


St Merryn

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


Morwenstow

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

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

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


Egloshayle

A civil parish in Cornwall, England, east of the village below.


Ingleby Barwick

A town and civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees district, North Yorkshire, England, originally formed by the settlements of Ingleby and Barwick (OS grid ref NZ4414).


Aldbrough

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

doublet

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

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


Shefford

en-proper-noun

Shefford (countable and uncountable, plural Sheffords)

From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + ford (“ford”).

A town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1439).


Great Canfield

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


Little Canfield

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


Aldbrough St John

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


Winterton-on-Sea

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

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


Ditchingham

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

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


Canewdon

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

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


Lingwood and Burlingham

A civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England, which includes these two villages.


Wintringham

en-proper noun

Wintringham (countable and uncountable, plural Wintringhams)

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

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


Kentisbury

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

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


Trentishoe

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

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


Quidenham

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

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


Armthorpe

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

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


Drakes Broughton and Wadborough

A civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England.


Burpham

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

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


Streatley

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

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

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


Coxheath

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


Enford

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

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


Thurnham

Thurnham (countable and uncountable, plural Thurnhams)

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

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

A civil parish (served by Thurnham with Glasson Parish Council) in City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England; settlements include Lower Thurnham and Upper Thurnham.


Church Lawford

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


Little Lawford

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


Long Lawford

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


Dunwich

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

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


Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge

A civil parish in north-east Dorset, England, formed in 2015 from these two parishes, which until then had a joint parish council.


Spelsbury

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

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


Messing-cum-Inworth

A civil parish in Colchester district, Essex, England, which includes these two villages.


West Down

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


Comberbach

en-proper-noun

Comberbach (countable and uncountable, plural Comberbaches)

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

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

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

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


Ellington and Linton

A civil parish in Northumberland, England, which includes these two villages.


Burton in Lonsdale

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


Shifnal

A market town and civil parish with a town council, east of Telford, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7407).


Ratley and Upton

A civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England.


Hinstock

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


Frolesworth

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


Meeth

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


Petrockstowe

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


Lamplugh

en-proper noun

Lamplugh (countable and uncountable, plural Lamplughs)

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

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


Arlingham

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


Kirmington and Croxton

A civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England, which includes these two villages.


Fulmodeston

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

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


Richard's Castle

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

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

A civil parish in south Shropshire, England, bordering onto the Herefordshire parish.


Checkley

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


Mordiford

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


St Margaret's at Cliffe

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


Great Lumley

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


Botusfleming

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


Wykeham

Wykeham (countable and uncountable, plural Wykehams)

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

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


Averham

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

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


Wingerworth

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

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

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


Bishopsteignton

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

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


Wareham Town

A civil parish in Dorset, England, which includes the market town of Wareham.


Kyloe

A civil parish in north Northumberland, England.


Aldingbourne

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


Swanton Morley

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


Culmstock

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


Kinlet

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


Little Ayton

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


East Ayton

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


West Ayton

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


Yarcombe

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


Buckhurst Hill

A suburban town and civil parish in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ4193).


Sandon and Burston

A civil parish in Stafford district, Staffordshire, England, which includes these two villages.


Hythe and Dibden

A civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England.


Garvestone, Reymerston and Thuxton

A civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England, renamed from Garvestone in 2019.


Thruxton

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

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


Dennington

Dennington (countable and uncountable, plural Denningtons)

Denningtons (plural)
Denington (alternative)

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

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


Haslingfield

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


Pyrton

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

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


Denton with Wootton

A civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England, which includes these two villages.


Binsted

Binsted (countable and uncountable, plural Binsteds)

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

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


Walberton

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


Silloth-on-Solway

A civil parish with a town council in and around Silloth in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough.


Cornhill-on-Tweed

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

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


Burniston

Burniston (countable and uncountable, plural Burnistons)

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

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


Walkhampton

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

der

A village and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5369).


Edgmond

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

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


Bredicot

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


Titchmarsh

en-proper noun

Titchmarsh (countable and uncountable, plural Titchmarshes)

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

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

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


Langthorne

en-proper-noun

Langthorne (countable and uncountable, plural Langthornes)

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

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

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


Bickerstaffe

Bickerstaffe (countable and uncountable, plural Bickerstaffes)

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

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

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


Clapton in Gordano

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


Pinvin

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


Much Marcle

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

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


Gilberdyke

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


Akeley

en-proper noun

Akeley (countable and uncountable, plural Akeleys)

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

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


Burrowbridge

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

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


Stoke St Gregory

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


Bisley-with-Lypiatt

A civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England.


Edgton

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


Itchingfield

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


Melbury Abbas

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

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


Caverswall

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

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


Hawkesbury

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

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


Aldersey

Aldersey (countable and uncountable, plural Alderseys)

From the Old English personal name Ealdhere, which is composed of the elements eald (“old”) and here (“army”), + -s- + ġehæg (“enclosure”).

A civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, which includes the villages of Aldersey Green and Aldersey Park.


Widdrington Village

A civil parish in Northumberland, England, which includes the village of Widdrington.


Widdrington Station and Stobswood

A civil parish north-east of Morpeth, Northumberland, England.


Elkesley

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


Ipplepen

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


Ollerton and Boughton

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A civil parish with a town council in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England, which includes these two villages.


Froxfield and Privett

A civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England, which includes Froxfield Green and Privett.


Bures Hamlet

A civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England, serving the Essex half of Bures village and its surrounding area.


Bures St Mary

A civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England, serving the Suffolk half of Bures village and its surrounding area.


Elwick

Elwick (countable and uncountable, plural Elwicks)

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

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


Tuddenham

en-proper-noun

Tuddenham (countable and uncountable, plural Tuddenhams)

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

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


Dobwalls

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


Uplowman

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


Gwennap

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


Woodnesborough

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


Donhead St Mary

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


Winson

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


St Blaise

A civil parish with a town council serving St Blazey, Cornwall, England.


Oundle

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0488).


Tiddington-with-Albury

A civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, which includes these two villages.


Durnford

en-proper noun

Durnford (countable and uncountable, plural Durnfords)

From Old English dierne (“secret, hidden”) + ford (“ford”).

A civil parish in Wiltshire, England, which includes the villages of Great Durnford, Little Durnford, Netton and Salterton.


Mansergh

en-proper-noun

Mansergh (countable and uncountable, plural Manserghs)

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

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


Kimpton

en-proper noun

Kimpton (countable and uncountable, plural Kimptons)

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

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

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

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


Essington

Essington (countable and uncountable, plural Essingtons)

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

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English

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


Charlton Horethorne

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

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


Leamington Hastings

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


Grappenhall and Thelwall

A civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire, England.


Wooburn

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


Little Marlow

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


Aspall

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


Kempston

Kempston (countable and uncountable, plural Kempstons)

Probably from Proto-Brythonic *kam (“crooked, bent”) (from Proto-Celtic *kambos), in reference to a sharp bend of the River Ouse, + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A suburban town and civil parish with a town council in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0347).


Eagle and Swinethorpe

A civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England.


Brigstock

en-proper-noun

Brigstock (countable and uncountable, plural Brigstocks)

Brigstocks (plural)
Bridgestock (alternative)

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

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


Lambourne

en-proper noun

Lambourne (countable and uncountable, plural Lambournes)

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

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


Old Newton with Dagworth

A civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, which includes these two villages.


Ockham

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


Wooler

A small town and civil parish in northern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NT9928).


Screveton

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

der

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


High Abbotside

A civil parish (served by Hawes and High Abbotside Parish Council) in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England.


Ainderby Steeple

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


Morton-on-Swale

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


Crakehall

Little Crakehall
Little Crakehall#English

A civil parish (served by Crakehall with Langthorne Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district, which includes the villages of Great Crakehall and Little Crakehall.


Spennithorne

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


Middleham

Middleham resists definition: it is a village because it covers a single parish; but local people prefer to think of it as a town, and its parish council has the status of a town council.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 282:

A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE1287).


Preston-under-Scar

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

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


Carperby-cum-Thoresby

A civil parish in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England.


Tellisford

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

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


Breadsall

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


Ercall Magna

A large civil parish in Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England.


Upton Magna

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


West Felton

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


Morville

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


Milland

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


Northorpe

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


Wansford

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


Skerne and Wansford

A civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.


Sibson-cum-Stibbington

A civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, west-south-west of Peterborough.


Sheepy

en-proper-noun

Sheepy (countable and uncountable, plural Sheepys)

From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + īeġ (“island”).

Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth#English

A civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England, which includes the villages of Sheepy Magna and Sheepy Parva.


Houghton and Wyton

A civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, which includes these two villages.


East Ilsley

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


West Ilsley

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


Denchworth

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

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


Dilhorne

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


Over Kellet

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


Hinton-in-the-Hedges

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

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


Rufforth with Knapton

A civil parish in the unitary authority of York, North Yorkshire, England, which includes these two villages.


Great Abington

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

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


Little Abington

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


Smarden

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

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


St Ervan

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


Whixall

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


Otterburn

Otterburn (countable and uncountable, plural Otterburns)

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

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

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


Inkpen

en-proper noun

Inkpen (countable and uncountable, plural Inkpens)

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

der

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


Bletchingley

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

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


Frittenden

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

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


Cornbury and Wychwood

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A civil parish (without a council) in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England.


Milton-under-Wychwood

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


Mickleton

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

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

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


Little Malvern

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


West Hallam

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


West Peckham

Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge and Malling#English

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


Selston

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


Bagthorpe with Barmer

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

A civil parish (without a council) in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England.


Passfield

en-proper-noun

Passfield (countable and uncountable, plural Passfields)

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

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


Inskip-with-Sowerby

A civil parish in Wyre district, Lancashire, England, which includes these two villages.


Linstead Parva

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


Highcliffe and Walkford

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole#English

A civil parish in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, England, created in 2019.

Highcliffe
Highcliffe and Walkford (ward)


Worleston

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


Elvaston

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

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


Henstridge

en-proper noun

Henstridge (countable and uncountable, plural Henstridges)

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

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


Steeple Barton

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


Great Tew

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


Little Tew

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


Wrockwardine

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

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


Pimhill

A large civil parish (served by Bomere Heath & District Parish Council) in Shropshire, England, which includes the villages of Albrighton, Atcham, Fitz, Leaton, Merrington and Preston Gubbals.


Tutnall and Cobley

A civil parish in Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England.


Nynehead

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

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


Englefield

en-proper-noun

Englefield (countable and uncountable, plural Englefields)

Englefields (plural)
Inglefield (alternative)

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

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


Ringmer

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


Asselby

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

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


Childrey

en-proper noun

Childrey (countable and uncountable, plural Childreys)

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

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


Farway

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


North Newnton

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


Stoke Doyle

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

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

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


Wadenhoe

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


Wolverton and Greenleys

A civil parish with a town council in Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England.


New Bradwell

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


Winstone

Winstone (countable and uncountable, plural Winstones)

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

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


Stainborough

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


Boldre

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


Barsham

en-proper-noun

Barsham (countable and uncountable, plural Barshams)

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

A civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, which includes the villages of East, North and West Barsham.

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


Hannington

Hannington (countable and uncountable, plural Hanningtons)

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

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

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

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

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


Kingsclere

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


Four Marks

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

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


Wotton Underwood

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


South Cave

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

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


Lower Bullingham

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


Dinedor

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


Wycliffe with Thorpe

A civil parish in County Durham, England, which includes these two villages.


Maer

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


Rokeby

Rokeby (countable and uncountable, plural Rokebys)

From the Old Norse personal name Hroca, a byname from hrókr (“rook”), + bý (“farmstead”).

A deserted medieval village and civil parish in County Durham, England.


Fillongley

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

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


Wateringbury

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


Lanner

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


Brockhampton

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

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


Sevenhampton

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


Beckwithshaw

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


Haverah Park

A civil parish (served by Haverah Park with Beckwithshaw Parish Council) in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England.


Barlavington

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


North Leverton with Habblesthorpe

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


North Weald Bassett

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


Dyrham and Hinton

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England.


Compton and Shawford

A civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire, England.


Stoke Albany

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


Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge

A civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district.


Colden Common

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


Asby

en-proper noun

Asby (countable and uncountable, plural Asbys)

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

A civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England, including the villages of Great and Little Asby.


Hauxley

A civil parish on the coast of Northumberland, England, south of Amble. Main settlements are High Hauxley and Low Hauxley, and Coquet Island is also included in the parish.


Dickens Heath

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


Ellesmere Rural

A civil parish in north Shropshire, England, mainly to the west of the town of Ellesmere.


Cucklington

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


Woolhampton

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


Stert

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


South Newton

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


Winterborne Monkton

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

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


Wormegay

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

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


Codnor

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

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


Hognaston

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

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

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


Winterborne Came

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

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


Wareham St Martin

A civil parish in Dorset, England, north of the town of Wareham itself.


Ashurst and Colbury

A civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England


Berrynarbor

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


Hulland

en-proper-noun

Hulland (countable and uncountable, plural Hullands)

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

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


Atlow

Atlow (countable and uncountable, plural Atlows)

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

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


King's Meaburn

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

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


Gissing

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


Sykehouse

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


Wrawby

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

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


Heddon-on-the-Wall

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

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


Filleigh

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


Godshill

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

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


Holton le Moor

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


Thorpe Audlin

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


North Elmsall

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


Walden Stubbs

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


Blunham

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

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


Cople

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


Moulsford

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

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


Thundridge

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

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


Shillington

en-proper noun

Shillington (countable and uncountable, plural Shillingtons)

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

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


Worthen with Shelve

A civil parish in western Shropshire, England.


Distington

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


Beenham

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


Longnor

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

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

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


Leebotwood

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


Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English

A civil parish in north-west South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England.


Batsford

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


Mullion

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


Claughton

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

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


Nether Wyresdale

Wyresdale is from the River Wyre + -s- + dale.

A civil parish in Wyre district, Lancashire, England.


Arlecdon and Frizington

A civil parish in Copeland borough, Cumbria, England.


Moresby

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

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


Burtholme

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


South Marston

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


Westleigh

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


Cumwhitton

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

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


Birkin

Birkin (countable and uncountable, plural Birkins)

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

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


Blatherwycke

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

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


Stapenhill

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

Burton upon Trent
Burton upon Trent#English

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


Ellistown and Battleflat

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

A civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England.


Ermington

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


Barton Hartshorn

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


Alvanley

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

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


Combe Hay

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

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


Austhorpe

A suburban area and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, east of the city centre (OS grid ref SE3733).


Suffield

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


Suffield-cum-Everley

A civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England, served by Hackness and Harwood Dale Group Parish Council.


Stokenham

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


Ash-cum-Ridley

A civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England.


Oborne

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


Chillingham

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


Ettington

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


Holmer and Shelwick

A civil parish just north of Hereford, Herefordshire, England.


High and Low Bishopside

A civil parish (served by Pateley Bridge Town Council) in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England.


Holme East Waver

The parish is east and north of the River Waver.

A civil parish in Allerdale borough, Cumbria, England.


Angmering

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


Egton with Newland

Originally a manor, chapelry and township before becoming a civil parish.

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A civil parish (served by Egton with Newland, Mansriggs and Osmotherley Parish Council) in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district.


Feering

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


Woodcote

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


Chetwynd Aston and Woodcote

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A civil parish in Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England.


Hugglescote and Donington le Heath

A civil parish south of Coalville, North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England.


Appleby Magna

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


Newton Regis

A village and civil parish (served by Newton Regis, Seckington and No Man's Heath Parish Council) in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SK2707).


Seckington

A village and civil parish (served by Newton Regis, Seckington and No Man's Heath Parish Council) in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SK2607).


Atcham

A small village and civil parish south-east of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5409).


Burwash

Burwash, spread along a ridge between the rivers Rother and Dudwell, was an important centre of the iron industry three centuries ago when the Weald was England's main source of iron ore.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 98:

A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ6724).


Kingshurst

A suburban area and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1788).


Brinsley

A village and civil parish in Broxtowe district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4649).


Lindfield

Throughout the land there is a great variation in the shape and size of village greens, from the many of pocket-handkerchief size to a roadside common of 20 acres or more - as at Lindfield in West Sussex.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, pages 264-265:

A suburban village and civil parish in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3425).


Hunnington

A village and civil parish in Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9681).


Nether Whitacre

A village and civil parish in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2392).


Maxstoke

A hamlet and civil parish in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2386).


Batcombe

A small village and civil parish (served by High Stoy Parish Council) in Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district (OS grid ref ST6104).

A village and civil parish in Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6939).


Marnhull

A village and civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST7818).


Hazelbury Bryan

From Old English hæsel + bearu, recorded as Hasebere in 1201, Hasilbere Bryan in 1547, with manorial affix from the Bryene family.

A village and civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST7408).


Overseal

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2915).


Bonnington

A village and civil parish (served by Aldington and Bonnington Parish Council) in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0535).


Warmfield cum Heath

A civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.


Chobham

A village and civil parish in Surrey Heath borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9762).


Beckingham

A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8753).

A village and civil parish (served by Beckingham cum Saundby Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7790).


Saundby

A small village and civil parish (served by Beckingham cum Saundby Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7888).


Stowe-by-Chartley

A small village and civil parish in Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0027).


Kingston near Lewes

A village and civil parish (served by Kingston Parish Council) in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3908).


Southwick and Widley

A civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire, England, which includes these two villages.


Harworth Bircotes

A civil parish (served by Harworth and Bircotes Town Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England.


Allerston

A village and civil parish (served by Allerston and Wilton Parish Council) in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8782).


Maiden Bradley with Yarnfield

A civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England.


Yarnfield and Cold Meece

A civil parish in Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England.


Blacktoft

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8424).


Burton Hastings

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4189).


Benwick

A village and civil parish in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3490).


Southborough

A town and civil parish with a town council in Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5842).


Odiham

A village and civil parish in Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7451).


Luccombe

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England, previously in West Somerset district (OS grid ref SS9144).


Ratlinghope

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Myndtown, Norbury, Ratlinghope and Wentnor Combined Parish Council) in south-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO4096).


Myndtown

A small village and civil parish (served by Myndtown, Norbury, Ratlinghope and Wentnor Combined Parish Council) in south-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3989).


Wentnor

A village and civil parish (served by Myndtown, Norbury, Ratlinghope and Wentnor Combined Parish Council) in south-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3892).


Harbottle

Harbottle (countable and uncountable, plural Harbottles)

From Old English hȳra (“hireling”) or hȳr (“hire, wages”) + bōtl (“dwelling house”).

A village and civil parish in central Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NT9304).


Elmstone Hardwicke

A small village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England; the village is partly in Uckington parish (OS grid ref SO9226).


Loughton and Great Holm

A civil parish in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, which includes these two villages.


Cocking

Cocking (countable and uncountable, plural Cockings)

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

A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8717).


Tongham

A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England, near Aldershot in Hampshire (OS grid ref SU8849).


Folkingham

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

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0733).


Winteringham

A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9322).


Gowdall

A village and civil parish in the far west of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6222).


Fawfieldhead

A hamlet and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0763).


Butterton

A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0756).


Grindon

A small village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0854).


Duddo

A small village and civil parish in northern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NT9342).


Grindon and Thorpe Thewles

A civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham, England.


Buxted

A village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4923).


Eye, Moreton and Ashton

A civil parish in north Herefordshire, England, served by Luston Group Parish Council.


Luston

A village and civil parish (served by Luston Group Parish Council) in north Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4863).


Rettendon

A village and civil parish in Chelmsford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ7698).


Rawreth

A village and civil parish in Rochford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ7893).


Poulshot

A village and civil parish south-west of Devizes, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9759).


Slindon

A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9608).


Colehill

Wimborne Minster
Wimborne Minster#English

A civil parish and suburban area next to Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, previously in East Dorset district (OS grid ref SU0200).


Sunninghill and Ascot

Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead#English

A civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England, which includes these two places.


Cannington

* In Somerset, recorded as Cantuctun c.880 and Cantoctona in 1086 (DB), a settlement by the Quantock Hills. Present spelling adopted c.1641.
* In Western Australia, from Canning + -ton, being named after the Canning River.

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST2539).


Salwarpe

A small village and civil parish (served by Hindlip, Martin Hussingtree and Salwarpe (combined) Parish Council) in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England, next to Droitwich (OS grid ref SO8761).


Hindlip

A small village and civil parish (served by Hindlip, Martin Hussingtree and Salwarpe (combined) Parish Council) in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England, north-east of Worcester (OS grid ref SO8858).


Martin Hussingtree

A small village and civil parish (served by Hindlip, Martin Hussingtree and Salwarpe (combined) Parish Council) in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England, between Droitwich and Worcester (OS grid ref SO8860).


Hannah cum Hagnaby

A civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England, which includes the named places.


Sidlesham

A village and civil parish south of Chichester in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SZ8598).


Tintagel

From Cornish or Norman French; an alternative name, Trevena, is Cornish.

A village and civil parish on the north coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0588). The remains of Tintagel Castle are near the village.


Selsey

From Old English seolh (“seal”), genitive singular seoles + īeġ (“island”).

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SZ8593).


Middleton-on-Sea

Recorded as Middletone in 1086 (DB), the affix was added in 1934.

A suburban village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9700).


Firbank

A locality and civil parish (without a council) in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD6293).


Nettlestone and Seaview

A civil parish in the north-east of the Isle of Wight, England, which includes the named places.


Lyminster and Crossbush

A civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England, which includes the named places.


Wonston

A village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4739).


Farnham Royal

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in South Bucks district (OS grid ref SU9683).


Leckhampstead

A small village and civil parish in West Berkshire, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4376).

A small village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7237).


Leighfield

A civil parish (without a council) south-west of Oakham, Rutland, England (OS grid ref SP8203 (approx)).


Clannaborough

A civil parish (without a council) and ecclesiastical parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7402 (approx)).


Lea and Cleverton

A civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, which includes the named places.


Claverton

A small village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7864).


Eaton and Eccleston

A civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England, just south of Chester.


Mowsley

Mowsley (countable and uncountable, plural Mowsleys)

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

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP6489).


Pitsford

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP7568).


Church with Chapel Brampton

A civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district, which includes the villages of Church Brampton and Chapel Brampton.


Wynyard

A civil parish in Hartlepool borough, County Durham, England, formed in 2022 from part of Elwick parish.

A civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham, England. The two parishes adjoin each other.


Anlaby with Anlaby Common

Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull#English

A civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, next to the western boundary of Kingston upon Hull.


St Levan

A small coastal village and civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England, not far from Land's End (OS grid ref SW 3822).


Broughton West

A civil parish (served by Duddon Parish Council) in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district.


Aylesbeare

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY0391).


Calbourne, Newtown and Porchfield

A civil parish in the Isle of Wight, England, renamed from Calbourne parish in 2019.


Chale

A village and civil parish in the south of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ4878).


Glaston

A village and civil parish (without a council) in Rutland, England, east of Uppingham (OS grid ref SK8900).


Ashwater

A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX3895).


Southwater

A large village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1526).


Barnham and Eastergate

A civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England, formed in 2019 from the parishes of Barnham and Eastergate.


Durrington

A village and civil parish with a town council in east Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1544).


Kings Worthy

A village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4932).


Enborne

From Old English ened (“duck”) + burna (“stream”).

A hamlet and civil parish in West Berkshire, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4365).


Penton Grafton

A small village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3247).


Ryhill

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3814).


Chiseldon

A village and civil parish in Swindon borough, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1879).


Combe Florey

The manorial affix thought to be from the de Fleuri (or de Flury) family in the 12th century.

A small village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and Taunton Deane district before that (OS grid ref ST1531).


West Winch

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

A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6315).


Kilpin

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7726).


Curry Mallet

A village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3221).


North Curry

A village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England, previously in Taunton Deane district (OS grid ref ST3225).


Membury

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England, the site of Membury Castle (OS grid ref ST2703).


St Minver Lowlands

A civil parish in north Cornwall, England.


Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne

A civil parish in Canterbury district, Kent, England.


Newton-by-the-Sea

A civil parish in north Northumberland, England.


South Otterington

A village and civil parish (served by Maunby, Newby Wiske and South Otterington Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE3787).


Maunby

A village and civil parish (served by Maunby, Newby Wiske and South Otterington Parish Council) in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3586).


Newby Wiske

A village and civil parish (served by Maunby, Newby Wiske and South Otterington Parish Council) in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3687).


Mordon

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3326).


Litlington

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3142).


Cuckmere Valley

A valley and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England.


Bridford

A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8186).


Newchurch

From new + church and Old English nīwe + cirice.

A number of places in England and Wales:

A village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5685). Recorded as Niechirche 12th century.

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

A village and civil parish in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0531). Recorded as Nevcerce 1086 (DB).


Hoar Cross

From Old English hār + cros, first recorded as Horcros in 1230 and thought to refer to grey cross or boundary cross; cross may refer to the crossroads there.

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A small village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1223).


Wendron

A small village and civil parish north-east of Helston, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6731).


Steeple with Tyneham

A civil parish (without a council) in Dorset, England, formed in 2014 when the two named civil parishes were merged.


Steeple

A village and civil parish in Maldon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL9303).


Beckermet

A village and civil parish (served by Beckermet with Thornhill Parish Council) in Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY0106).


Ashbury

Ashbury (countable and uncountable, plural Ashburys)

The first element comes from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”), while the second element could be either from beorg (“mountain, hill”) or byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, on the boundary of Berkshire and Wiltshire, and historically in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU2685).


Fretherne with Saul

A civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England.


Stanbridge

From Old English stān (“stone”) + brycg (“bridge”).

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9624).


Chardstock

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST3104).


Alderley

A village and civil parish (without a council) in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7690).


Ashurst Wood

A village and civil parish (with a village council) in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4136).


Gurnard

A village and civil parish on the north coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ4795).


Strensham

From the unattested Old English personal name *Strenge + -s- + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9140).


Over Wallop

The three "Wallops" were recorded as Wallope in 1086 (DB).

A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2838).


Balsall

A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England.


Whyteleafe

A variant of white + leaf, apparently from the white underside of whitebeam leaves; another source says it was named from White Leaf Field in 1839 (A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place Names).

A village and civil parish in Tandridge district, Surrey, England, just outside Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3358).


Whitchurch-on-Thames

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6377).


Ryhall

A village and civil parish in Rutland, England, north of Stamford (OS grid ref TF0310).


Teigngrace

A hamlet and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8473).


Nash Mills

A civil parish and small suburb on the southern outskirts of Hemel Hempstead, Dacorum borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0704).


Cofton Hackett

A village and civil parish in Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0075).


Hellingly

A village and civil parish north of Hailsham, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5812).


Coldwaltham

A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0216).


Storrington and Sullington

A civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England, which includes these two places.


Ospringe

A civil parish in Swale borough, Kent, England.


Bowerchalke

A village and civil parish in south Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0223).


Sithney

A village and civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6329).


Cannock Wood

A village and civil parish in Cannock Chase district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0412).


Kemsing

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5558).


Aslockton

A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7440).


Martlesham

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM2446).


Thurgarton

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6949).


Aldborough and Thurgarton

A civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, which includes these two villages.


Rivington

A small village and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6214).


Peacehaven

From peace + haven, a 20th century naming around the end of the First World War.

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4101).


Ashdon

From Old English æsċ (“ashtree”) + dūn (“hill”), "hill growing with ashtrees".

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England, located about 6 km (4 miles) (6 km) northeast of Saffron Walden and 37 km (23 miles) northwest of Chelmsford (OS grid ref TL5842).


Lowca

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


Totland

A village and civil parish on Totland Bay, Isle of Wight, England; the westernmost parish on the island (OS grid ref SZ3286).


Kilmersdon

A village and civil parish in Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6952).


Somerford

"The ford crossable in summer", from Old English sumor (“summer”) + ford.

A civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England.


Thorncombe

A village and civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district; the parish borders onto Devon and Somerset (OS grid ref ST3703).


Tatworth and Forton

A civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset, England, which includes these two places.


West Tanfield

A village and civil parish (served by Tanfield Parish Council) in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2678).


Middleton Quernhow

A settlement and civil parish (served by Melmerby and Middleton Quernhow Parish Council) in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3378).


Benington

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2923).

A village and civil parish in Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3946).


Wingrave with Rowsham

A civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, which includes these two villages.


Lamberhurst

A village and civil parish in Tunbridge Wells district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6736).


Foxley

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

A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0321).


Monyash

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1566).


St Mary in the Marsh

A small village and civil parish in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0628).


St Mary Hoo

A small village and civil parish in Medway district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8076).


Oxton

A hamlet and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, east of Tadcaster, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5043).

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6251).


Flaunden

A village and civil parish in Dacorum borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0100).


Emersons Green

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A suburban area and civil parish (with a town council) in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6676).


Tysoe

A civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England.


Sellack

A small village and civil parish north-west of Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5627).


Apley

A hamlet and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1175)


East Barkwith

A village and civil parish (served by East and West Barkwith Parish Council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1681).


South Willingham

A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1983).


Donington on Bain

A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2383).


Withcall

A small settlement and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2883).


Hallington

A hamlet and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3085).


Bridstow

A village and civil parish west of Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5824).


Tretire with Michaelchurch

A civil parish (served by Llanwarne and District Group Parish Council) in southern Herefordshire, England, which includes these two places.


Llandinabo

From Welsh llan + Inabwy, the church of St Junabius.

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Llanwarne and District Group Parish Council) in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5128).


Much Birch

Recorded as Birches 1252, from Old English birce. The affixes for Little and Much Birch were presumably added later.

A village and civil parish in south Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5030).


Youlgreave

‘Robert, Robert, the doctor has decided that you must go to Youlgreave at once to visit with your family.’

2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 343:

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK209642).


Dewsall

A rural locality and civil parish (served by Callow and Haywood Group Parish Council) in south Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4833).


Canon Frome

Recorded as Froma Canonicorum 1242, from possession by the canons of Llanthony. Frome relates to the River Frome, Herefordshire.

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Stretton Grandison Group Parish Council) north-east of Hereford, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO6443).


Springthorpe

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8789).


West Horsley

A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0753)).


Petworth

They have driven into the very centre of Petworth, with no parking spaces yet evident. The town is very beautiful – cobbled streets, flowers in the windows, antiques shops every five yards – but he is unable to enjoy it.

2023, Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die, Viking, page 156:

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9721).


Copythorne

A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3014).


Netley Marsh

A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3312).


Brogborough

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9638).


Chideock

A village and civil parish west of Bridport, Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district (OS grid ref SY4292).


Nuneham Courtenay

From nīwan, dative of Old English nīwe + hām with manorial affix from the Curtenay family; recorded as Newham 1086 (DB), Newenhan Courteneye 1320.

A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU5599).


Hunts Grove

From the name of an area of woodland already in existence. Whether Hunt is a surname, or refers to a hunt (group of people hunting with horses and hounds) is unknown.

A suburb and civil parish (created 2020) in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England, just outside the City of Gloucester (OS grid ref SO8112).


King's Somborne

A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3631).


Sydenham Damerel

Manorial affix from the de Albemarle family.

A village and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4076).


Lyminge

A village and civil parish in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1641).


Cainscross

A suburban town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8305).


Rodborough

A suburban village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8404).


Muker

A small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SD9197).


Stonebeck Up

Stonebeck refers to Stean Beck on the south side of the parish, a tributary of the River Nidd.

A civil parish (served by Upper Nidderdale Parish Council) in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England.


Witherley

Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth#English

A village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England, east of Atherstone in Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP3297).


St Osyth

An alternative spelling of Osgyth, a 7th century female saint.

A village and civil parish in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM1215).


Guston

A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3244).


Holme St Cuthbert

A small village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY1047).