Eggleton

Eggleton (countable and uncountable, plural Eggletons)

Eggletons (plural)
Eagleton (alternative)
Eggelton (alternative)

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

A civil parish in Herefordshire, England.


Hunton

en-proper noun

Hunton (countable and uncountable, plural Huntons)

A small village and civil parish in Maidstone district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7249).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE1892).


Hoon

Hoon (countable and uncountable, plural Hoons)

From the Dutch surname de Hoon, from Middle Dutch hoon (“dangerous”), from Old Dutch *honi (“despicable”).

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A civil parish (without a council) in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2231).


Wedmore

Uncertain, but possibly from Old English wāþ (“hunting”) + mōr (“marsh”).

A village and civil parish in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4347).


Littlehampton

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0202).


Midhurst

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8821).


Kingsland

Kingsland (countable and uncountable, plural Kingslands)

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4461).


Winkfield

Winkfield (countable and uncountable, plural Winkfields)

Bracknell Forest
Bracknell Forest#English

A village and civil parish in Bracknell Forest UA, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9072).


Northcott

Northcott (countable and uncountable, plural Northcotts)

Northcotts (plural)
Northcutt (alternative)

From Old English norþ (“north”) + cot (“cottage”).

St Giles on the Heath
St Giles on the Heath

A hamlet and civil parish (served by St Giles on the Heath with Northcott Parish Council) in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX3392).


Northway

Northway (countable and uncountable, plural Northways)

A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9233).


Withington

Withington (countable and uncountable, plural Withingtons)

Two main origins:
* The village in Gloucestershire is from the Old English personal name Widia + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The suburb of Manchester is from Old English wīþing (“willow copse”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0315).

A village and civil parish (served by Withington Group Parish Council) in Herefordshire, England, north-east of Hereford (OS grid ref SO5643).


Mossley

From Old English mos (“moss, bog”) + lēah (“meadow”).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9702).


Lymm

A large village and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6887).


Wilmslow

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8481).


Shipton

Shipton (usually uncountable, plural Shiptons)

A small village and civil parish (served by Easthope, Shipton and Stanton Long Parish Council) in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5691).


Seaham

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4249).


Baston

Baston (countable and uncountable, plural Bastons)

From the French and English surname, from Old French bastun (“stick”).

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1114).


Wigglesworth

Wigglesworth (countable and uncountable, plural Wigglesworths)

From Old English winċel (“nook, corner”) + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).

A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD8056).


Rainford

Rainford (countable and uncountable, plural Rainfords)

Rainfords (plural)
Ranford (alternative)

From Old Norse rein (“boundary”), Old Norse roynir (“rowan”) or the Old English personal name Regna + ford (“ford”).

A large village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD4801).


Howden

Howden (countable and uncountable, plural Howdens)

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A small town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7428).


Riverhead

A village and civil parish near Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5156).


Cottingham

Cottingham (countable and uncountable, plural Cottinghams)

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

A large village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0432).

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Corby borough (OS grid ref SP8490).


Broxton

Broxton (countable and uncountable, plural Broxtons)

From Old English burgæsn (“burial place”); the suffix -ton is not historical and it's the product of a the development of the original ending -son.

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village and civil parish (served by Broxton and District Parish Council) in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4854).


Ramsden

Ramsden (countable and uncountable, plural Ramsdens)

Probably from Old English hramsa (“onion, garlic”) + dene (“valley”).

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3515).


Emberton

Emberton (countable and uncountable, plural Embertons)

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

A village and civil parish in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP885495).


Rowton

Rowton (countable and uncountable, plural Rowtons)

From Old English rūh (“rough”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); compare the doublet Roughton.

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Chester, England (OS grid ref SJ4464).


Grimley

Grimley (countable and uncountable, plural Grimleys)

A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8360).


Winterton

Winterton (countable and uncountable, plural Wintertons)

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

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9218).


Manton

Manton (countable and uncountable, plural Mantons)

Various origins:
* In general, from Old English ġemǣne (“common, shared”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).
* In the case of the village in Lincolnshire, from Old English mealm (“sand, chalk”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).
* The surname can also be an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Manntáin (“descendant of Manntán”), a nickname derived from a diminutive of mantach (“toothless”).

der

A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9302).

A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8804).


Olney

en-proper noun

Olney (countable and uncountable, plural Olneys)

From the dative form of the Old English personal name Olla + īeġ (“island”).

A market town and civil parish in the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8851).


Blakesley

Blakesley (countable and uncountable, plural Blakesleys)

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP6250).


Turvey

Turvey (countable and uncountable, plural Turveys)

From Old English turf (“turf, sod”) + īeġ (“island”).

A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9452).


Coombes

en-prop

Coombes (countable and uncountable, plural Coombeses)

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Adur district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1908).


Walford

en-proper noun

Walford (countable and uncountable, plural Walfords)

Various origins:
* The village in Shropshire is named with Old English wella (“well, spring, stream”) + ford (“ford”).
* The village in Herefordshire is named with Old English wealh (“foreigner; Briton”) + ford (“ford”).

der

A village and civil parish in south Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO587204).


Ashurst

en-proper noun

Ashurst (countable and uncountable, plural Ashursts)

From Old English æsċ (“ash-tree”) + hyrst (“wooded hill”).

A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ179161).


Walmer

Walmer (countable and uncountable, plural Walmers)

From Old English wealh (“Welshman”), genitive plural weala + mere (“lake, sea”).

A town and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3750).


Leverton

Leverton (countable and uncountable, plural Levertons)

Levertons (plural)
Leaverton (alternative)

Two main origins:
* The hamlet in Berkshire is named with the Old English personal name Lēofwaru, which is composed of the elements lēof (“dear, beloved”) and waru (“care, guard, protection”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The village in Lincolnshire is named with Old English lǣfer (“rush, reed”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Boston district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3947).


Wetherby

Wetherby (countable and uncountable, plural Wetherbys)

Wetherbys (plural)
Weatherbee (alternative)
Weatherby (alternative)
Weathersby (alternative)
Wetherbee (alternative)
Witherbee (alternative)

From Old Norse veðr (“wether (sheep)”) + býr (“farmstead”).

A market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4048).


Bamburgh

From Middle English Bamburg, Bamburgh, from Old English Bebbanburh, Bebbanburg, from Bebba (female personal name) + burh, burg (“city, stronghold”).

compound

A coastal village and civil parish in northern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1834).


Stonehouse

en-proper noun

Stonehouse (countable and uncountable, plural Stonehouses)

A town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8005).


Northwood

A village and civil parish near Cowes, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ4894).


Thirsk

Thirsk (countable and uncountable, plural Thirsks)

From a metathesized form of Old Norse þresk (“fen; lake”).

A town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE429820).


Atherstone

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

A town and civil parish in and the administrative centre of North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3097).


Cranfield

Cranfield (countable and uncountable, plural Cranfields)

From Old English cran (“crane”) + feld (“field”).

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9542).


Saxby

Saxby (countable and uncountable, plural Saxbys)

"Village of the Saxons", from the Old English Seaxa (“Saxons”) + Old Norse býr (“farm; settlement”).

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0086).


Bostock

Bostock (countable and uncountable, plural Bostocks)

A civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England. Bostock Hall and the village of Bostock Green are within the parish.


Danbury

"The stronghold of the people called after Dæne", from Old English folk name Dœnningas, genitive plural *Dœnninga + byriġ, dative case of burh (“fort, castle”).

A village and civil parish in the City of Chelmsford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7805).


Hermitage

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5073).

A small village and civil parish (served by High Stoy (Group) Parish Council) in Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district (OS grid ref ST6407).


Combe

Combe (countable and uncountable, plural Combes)

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3760).

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4116).


Wigton

Wigton (countable and uncountable, plural Wigtons)

From the Old English personal name Wicga, a byname from wicga (“earwig”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A market town and civil parish in Allerdale district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY255481).


Scotton

Scotton (countable and uncountable, plural Scottons)

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England; not to be confused with Scotter, just to the north (OS grid ref SK8999).

A village and civil parish (served by Scotton and Lingerfield Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate district (OS grid ref SE3259).

Catterick Garrison
Catterick Garrison#English

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district; the parish includes a large part of Catterick Garrison (OS grid ref SE1995).


Cudworth

Cudworth (countable and uncountable, plural Cudworths)

From the Old English personal name Cutha or Cuda + worþ (“enclosure”).

A small village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3810).


Hornby

Hornby (countable and uncountable, plural Hornbys)

A village and civil parish (served by Smeaton and Hornby Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ3605).

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE2293).


Ashwell

Ashwell (countable and uncountable, plural Ashwells)

From Old English æsc (“ashtree”) + wella (“spring”).

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2639).

A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8613).


Cawthorne

Cawthorne (countable and uncountable, plural Cawthornes)

Cawthornes (plural)
Cothran (alternative)
Corthorn (alternative)
Cauthorn (alternative)
Cawthrone (alternative)
Cawthorn (alternative)
Cawthron (alternative)
Cawthone (alternative)
Cawthon (alternative)

From Old English cald (“cold”) + þorn (“thornbush”).

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2807).


Bardon

Bardon (countable and uncountable, plural Bardons)

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

A civil parish and settlement (former village) in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4412).


Fairburn

Fairburn (countable and uncountable, plural Fairburns)

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + burna (“stream”).

A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4727).


Yearsley

Yearsley (countable and uncountable, plural Yearsleys)

From the Old English personal name Eofor, a byname from eofor (“wild boar”), + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5874).


Harston

Harston (countable and uncountable, plural Harstons)

Harstons (plural)
Hardstone (alternative)

Two possible origins:
* The village in Cambridgeshire is probably named with the Old English personal name Herel + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The village in Leicestershire is named with Old English hār (“grey”) + stān (“stone”).

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4250).


Melling

Melling (countable and uncountable, plural Mellings)

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD3900).


Binegar

Binegar (countable and uncountable, plural Binegars)

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST6149).


Coveney

Coveney (countable and uncountable, plural Coveneys)

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4882).


Allington

Allington (countable and uncountable, plural Allingtons)

* Kent, near Lenham: Recorded as Alnoitone in 1086 (DB), Eilnothinton in 1242, from Old English Æþelnōth (male personal name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“homestead”).
* Kent, near Maidstone: Recorded as Elentun in 1086 (DB), from Old English Ælla or Ælle (male personal names) + -ing (“belonging to”) tūn (“homestead”).
* Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire (east of Devizes): Recorded in 1086 (DB) as Adelingetone (Lincolnshire), Adelingtone (Wiltshire), from Old English æþeling (“prince”) + tūn (“farmstead”).
* Wiltshire, near Amesbury: From Middle English Aldintona (recorded 1178), from Old English Ealda (male personal name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“homestead”).
* Other places: (in Dorset, Hampshire, and near Chippenham, Wiltshire) of unknown origin.
* The surname is derived from any of the place names.

compound

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8540).

A village and civil parish (served by Allington with Boscombe Parish Council) in Wiltshire, near Amesbury (OS grid ref SU2039).


Dedham

A village and civil parish in Colchester borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0533).


Lavant

A civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8508).


Chesterton

en-proper noun

Chesterton (countable and uncountable, plural Chestertons)

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, on the outskirts of Peterborough (OS grid ref TL1295).

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5621).


Hebden

Hebden (countable and uncountable, plural Hebdens)

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

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

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


Windrush

HMT Empire Windrush
West Indies
Windrush

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

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


Queen's Park

A civil parish and ward in the city of Westminster, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2482).


Allendale

A civil parish in south-west Northumberland, England, the largest village is named Allendale Town.


Clun

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO2980). The council has the curious title of "Clun Town Council with Chapel Lawn".


Edenbridge

/ˈiːdənbɹɪd͡ʒ/

From Old English Eadhelms brycg (literally “Eadhelm's bridge”). The name of the River Eden which flows through the town is a back-formation of this.

der

A town and civil parish with a town council in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ4446).


Chinnor

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

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


Hales

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


Hailsham

From Old Saxon Haegels Ham (“settlement of Haegel/Hella”).

A civil parish and town, the largest of the five towns in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5809).


Halsham

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


Birchwood

A civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6491).


Docker

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

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

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


Tilehurst

A civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, just to the west of the suburb and borough boundary.


Yoxall

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

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

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


Ackworth

en-proper noun

Ackworth (countable and uncountable, plural Ackworths)

Ackworths (plural)
Acworth (alternative)

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

Ackworth Moor Top
Ackworth Moor Top#English

A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, including the villages of Ackworth Moor Top, High Ackworth and Low Ackworth.


Evenlode

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


Enderby

Enderby (countable and uncountable, plural Enderbys)

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

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


Theydon Bois

/ˌθeɪdᵊn ˈbɔɪz/

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


Clowne

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


Cadbury

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

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


Sydenham

Sydenham (countable and uncountable, plural Sydenhams)

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

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


Plaistow

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


Wallington

Wallington (countable and uncountable, plural Wallingtons)

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

der

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


Hanworth

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


Harlington

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


Hanwell

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


Sudbury

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

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

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

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


Plumstead

en-proper noun

Plumstead (countable and uncountable, plural Plumsteads)

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

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


Oxted

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

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


Market Bosworth

Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth#English

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


Blaby

Blaby (countable and uncountable, plural Blabys)

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

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


Narborough

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

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


Coleford

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

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


Tendring

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


Wilby

Wilby (countable and uncountable, plural Wilbys)

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

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

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

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


Haywards Heath

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

der

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


Cholsey

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

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


Stanway

en-proper noun

Stanway (countable and uncountable, plural Stanways)

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

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


Wadworth

A village and civil parish of South Yorkshire, England.


Hessle

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0326).


Biggleswade

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

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


Ollerton

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


Sundon

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

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


Braybrooke

Braybrooke (countable and uncountable, plural Braybrookes)

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

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


Colwich

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

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


Polesworth

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


Castle Donington

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


Willington

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

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

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

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

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


Lostwithiel

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

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


Upton-on-Severn

Upton upon Severn (alternative)
Upton-upon-Severn (alternative)

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


Westerham

Westerham (countable and uncountable, plural Westerhams)

Westerhams (plural)
Westrum (alternative)

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

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


Farringdon

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

Lower Farringdon
Lower Farringdon#English

Upper Farringdon
Upper Farringdon#English

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


Westbourne

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

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


Heighington

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

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


Ongar

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


High Ongar

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


Burscough

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


Helpston

Soke of Peterborough
Soke of Peterborough#English

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


Saxmundham

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


Marks Tey

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


Brundall

Brundall (countable and uncountable, plural Brundalls)

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

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

der

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


Brantham

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


Manningtree

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

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


Livesey

en-prop

Livesey (countable and uncountable, plural Liveseys)

Liveseys (plural)
Livesay (alternative)
Livezey (alternative)

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

Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen#English

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


Moston

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

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


Fishlake

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


Stainforth

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

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


Brading

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


Coryton

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

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


Berrow

en-proper noun

Berrow (countable and uncountable, plural Berrows)

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

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

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


East Brent

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


Long Marston

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

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


Southam

Southam (countable and uncountable, plural Southams)

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

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

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


Eggesford

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


Lapford

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


Copplestone

en-prop

Copplestone (countable and uncountable, plural Copplestones)

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

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


King's Nympton

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


Stoke Gifford

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

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


Cricklade

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


St Erth

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


Toddington

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

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

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


Haltwhistle

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


Gosforth

Gosforth
Gosforth, Cumbria
Gosforth, New South Wales

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


Goostrey

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


Boreham

en-proper noun

Boreham (countable and uncountable, plural Borehams)

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

der

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


Shackerstone

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


Longtown

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


Lenham

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


Lynemouth

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

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


Newsham

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


Ashington

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

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


Balcombe

en-proper noun

Balcombe (countable and uncountable, plural Balcombes)

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

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


Alnmouth

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

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


Pegswood

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


Acklington

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


Warkworth

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

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

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


Isle of Grain

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


Barnham

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


Tisbury

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

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


Cranbrook

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

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

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


Kingskerswell

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


Ketton

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


Horton in Ribblesdale

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


Groton

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

der

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


Meriden

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

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

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


Framlingham

/ˈfɹæmlɪŋəm/

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


Soham

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

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

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


Dullingham

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


Waterbeach

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

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


Littleport

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


Manea

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


Shelford

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

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


Bosham

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


Fishbourne

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


Southbourne

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


Hampole

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


Shirebrook

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


Kirkby Stephen

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


Kirkby

en-proper noun

Kirkby (countable and uncountable, plural Kirkbys)

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

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


Berrington

Berrington (countable and uncountable, plural Berringtons)

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

der

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


Werrington

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

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

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


Newbiggin

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

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

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


Wymondham

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

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


Strumpshaw

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


Oulton

en-proper noun

Oulton (countable and uncountable, plural Oultons)

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

der

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


Knaresborough

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


Awsworth

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


Higham Ferrers

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9668).


Attleborough

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


Portbury

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


Appleby-in-Westmorland

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

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


Tebay

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


Bowness

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


Pewsey

en-proper noun

Pewsey (countable and uncountable, plural Pewseys)

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

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


Great Bedwyn

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


Euxton

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


Disley

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


Grayrigg

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


Saltwood

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

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


Rushden

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

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

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

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

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


Ufton Nervet

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


Shap

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


Plumpton

Plumpton (countable and uncountable, plural Plumptons)

Plumptons (plural)
Plimpton (alternative)

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

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


Claypole

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


Stourton

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

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


Drax

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


Tunstead

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


Dalston

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

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


Long Drax

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


Hartlebury

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


Beeston

Beeston (countable and uncountable, plural Beestons)

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

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

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


Newton-le-Willows

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


Horwich

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

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


Eardington

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


Buildwas

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


Much Wenlock

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


Arley

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

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


Bishopton

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


Kingmoor

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


Ferryhill

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


Evercreech

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


Steyning

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


St Germans

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


Halwill

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


Baschurch

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


Cosford

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


Witham Friary

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


Hellifield

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


Roydon

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

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

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

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


Normanton

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

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

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


Witton

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


Wheathampstead

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


Quainton

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

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


Hawkhurst

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


Allhallows

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

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


Fairford

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

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


Long Melford

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

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

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


Wakes Colne

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


Lidlington

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

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


Grateley

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


Eryholme

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


Tollerton

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

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


Micklefield

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

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


Farnley

Farnley (countable and uncountable, plural Farnleys)

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

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


Birstall

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


Saddleworth

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


Ampthill

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

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


Millbrook

Millbrook (countable and uncountable, plural Millbrooks)

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

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

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


Elstow

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

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

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


Sharnbrook

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

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


Irchester

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


Desborough

Desborough (countable and uncountable, plural Desboroughs)

Desboroughs (plural)
Disbrow (alternative)
Disbrowe (alternative)

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

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


East Langton

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


Syston

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


Sileby

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

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


Barrow upon Soar

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


Houghton Conquest

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


Alsager

/ˈɔːlseɪd͡ʒə/

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


Bardon Mill

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


Goathland

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


Mobberley

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


Cliffsend

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


Micheldever

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


Halesworth

A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Waveney district (OS grid ref TM3877).


Bavington

A civil parish in central Northumberland, England.


Haddenham

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

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


Seaford

Seaford (countable and uncountable, plural Seafords)

From Old English sǣ (“sea”) + ford (“ford”); equivalent to sea + ford.

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV4899).


Marholm

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


West Dean

A civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England.

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

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


Blisworth

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


Starcross

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

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


Towcester

From Middle English Tofeceaster, the name of the Roman fort on the River Tove, from Tove + the Old English suffix ceaster (“town”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP6948).


King's Sutton

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


Haverthwaite

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


Garsdale

A dale (valley) and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district.


Horsted Keynes

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

der

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


Ardingly

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


Lapworth

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


Tutbury

The second element is from Old English byriġ, dative case of burh (“fort”). The first element comes either from the personal name Tutta, or else from the personal name Stūt, genitive singular Stūtes, in which case the initial S- was lost, as similarly happened in the case of Nottingham.

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

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


Annesley

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


Brinklow

en-proper noun

Brinklow (countable and uncountable, plural Brinklows)

Brinklows (plural)
Brinkler (alternative)

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

der

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


Long Buckby

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


Cheddington

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


Kings Langley

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


Minsterley

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


Penistone

en-prop

Penistone (countable and uncountable, plural Penistones)

Penistones (plural)
Peniston (alternative)

Perhaps from Proto-Brythonic *penn (“head”) + Old English -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). No relation to penis.

A market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2403).


Bulkington

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


Kilsby

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


Roade

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


Castlethorpe

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


Coppull

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


Garstang

en-proper noun

Garstang (countable and uncountable, plural Garstangs)

/ˈɡɑː(ɹ)stəŋ/

From Old Norse geirr (“spear, lance”) + stǫng (“staff, pole”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4945).


Burton-in-Kendal

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


Milnthorpe

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


Widmerpool

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


Grimston

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

A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TF7222).

Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford
Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford

A civil parish (served by Towton, Grimston and Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district.


Whissendine

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


Harringworth

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

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

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


Gretton

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

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


Geddington

Newton and Little Oakley
Newton and Little Oakley

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


Finedon

A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Wellingborough district (OS grid ref SP9171).


Taplow

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

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


North Rode

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


Kingham

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

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


Eardisley

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


Horncastle

A market town and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2669).


Cossington

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

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


Kirkby Thore

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

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


Mountsorrel

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


Waitby

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


Thornaby

A civil parish with a town council in Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England, which is the parish for Thornaby-on-Tees.


Nunthorpe

From Old English nunne (“nun”) + Old Norse þorp (“village, settlement”).

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

An outer suburb and civil parish in Middlesbrough borough, North Yorkshire, England; the suburb extends into Redcar and Cleveland (OS grid ref NZ5315).


Great Ayton

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


Bucknell

Bucknell (countable and uncountable, plural Bucknells)

Bucknells (plural)
Bucknill (alternative)

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

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

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


Rushwick

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


Kidsgrove

A town and civil parish with a town council in Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8354).


Foxton

Foxton (countable and uncountable, plural Foxtons)

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

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

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


Sedgefield

A town and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3528).


Little Shelford

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


Grantchester

/ˈɡɹɑːn.t͡ʃɪs.tə/

/ˈɡɹæn.t͡ʃɛs.tɚ/

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

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


Stapleford

First recorded as Stapelford, from an unknown language .

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

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

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

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

A town and civil parish with a town council in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK4937).

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


Honeybourne

Honeybourne (countable and uncountable, plural Honeybournes)

Honeybournes (plural)
Honeybone (alternative)

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

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


Hook Norton

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


Moreton

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

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


Moreton-in-Marsh

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP2032).


Ingleton

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

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


Grosmont

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


Bleasdale

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


Mouldsworth

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


Otford

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


Wortley

Wortley (countable and uncountable, plural Wortleys)

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

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


Dulverton

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9127).


Wiveliscombe

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST0827).


Knebworth

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


Betchworth

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


Shildon

A town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2326).


Drakelow

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England.


West Burton

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


Shilton

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


Speen

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


Wath

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


Treeton

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


Beighton

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


Send

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


Church Fenton

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


Guisborough

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Redcar and Cleveland borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ6015).


Brockenhurst

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


Stockbridge

A small town and civil parish in Test Valley borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3635).


Lamesley

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


Corbridge

Corbridge (countable and uncountable, plural Corbridges)

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

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


Cliffe

en-prop

Cliffe (countable and uncountable, plural Cliffes)

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

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


Crigglestone

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


Savernake

A civil parish which includes Savernake Forest in Wiltshire, England.


Twyford

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

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

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

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


Amberley

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


Rolleston

en-proper noun

Rolleston (countable and uncountable, plural Rollestons)

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

der

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

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

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


Theale

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


Aldermaston

/ˈɔːldəˈmɑːstən/

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


Thatcham

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5167).


Kintbury

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


Patney

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


Brewham

A civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district, containing the villages of North Brewham and South Brewham (OS grid ref ST73).


Stoke Canon

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


Burlescombe

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


Long Sutton

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

A market town and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4323).

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


Curry Rivel

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

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


Woolmer Green

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


Arlesey

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

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A small town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1935).


Tempsford

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

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


St Neots

Named after Neot, a Cornish monk and saint.

A town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1860).


Conington

en-proper noun

Conington (countable and uncountable, plural Coningtons)

Coningtons (plural)
Cunnington (alternative)

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

doublet

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

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

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


Yaxley

en-proper noun

Yaxley (countable and uncountable, plural Yaxleys)

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

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

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


Tallington

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


Essendine

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


Little Bytham

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


Corby Glen

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

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


Berkswell

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


West Auckland

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


Budleigh Salterton

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY0682).


Donnington

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

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

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


Dorrington

Dorrington (countable and uncountable, plural Dorringtons)

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

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


Woldingham

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


Stretton

A hamlet and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4452).

A village and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6282).

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A village and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3961).

A village and civil parish in Rutland (OS grid ref SK9415).

A large village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK2526).


Helsby

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4875).


Frodsham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5277).


St Bees

A coastal village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NX9711).


Neston

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ2977).


St Margarets

St Margarets, Herefordshire
St Margarets, London
Stanstead St Margarets

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Vowchurch Group Parish Council) in south-west Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3533).


Cuxton

A village and civil parish in Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7166).


East Grinstead

A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3938).


Mickle Trafford

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4469).


Daresbury

A village and civil parish in Halton borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5782).


Upper Poppleton

A village and civil parish in City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5554).


Eastfield

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref TA0484).


Danby

Danby (countable and uncountable, plural Danbys)

From Old English Dene (“Dane”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”). Compare the doublet Denby.

A village and civil parish (served by Danby Group Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ7008).


Puriton

A village and civil parish in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3241).


Haxby

A town and civil parish with a town council in the City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6057).


Chetnole

A village and civil parish (served by Chetnole and Stockwood Parish Council) in Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST6007).


Godstone

A village and civil parish in Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ3551).


Wirksworth

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2853).


Denby

Denby (countable and uncountable, plural Denbys)

From Old English Dene (“Dane”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”). Compare the doublet Danby.

A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3946).


Whittlesford

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4748).


Stowmarket

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0458).


Puddletown

Renamed from Piddletown in the 1920s because of association with the word piddle; it is actually named after the River Piddle + town, earlier forms were Pideleton (1212) and Pitretone (Domesday Book 1086). Other places on the River Piddle, Piddlehinton and Piddletrenthide, were apparently not renamed.

A village and civil parish (served by the Puddletown Area Parish Council (Group)) in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY7594).


Castleton

A village and civil parish in High Peak district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1583).

A civil parish (served by Yeohead and Castleton Parish Council) around Sherborne, Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district.


Alderley Edge

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8478).


Penketh

A suburb and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5687).


Great Sankey

A suburb and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5788).


Culham

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU5095).


Sowton

A village and civil parish served by Bishop's Clyst parish council in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9792).


Crowthorne

Bracknell Forest
Bracknell Forest#English

Wokingham Without
Wokingham Without#English

A village and civil parish in Bracknell Forest borough, and in Wokingham Without parish, Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8464).


Uffington

From Old English Uffa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tun (“town”). The first element is a variant of Æffa, a king of the Angles (c. 575), attested in names such as Effingham, Abridge, and Ufford, but of uncertain origin.

affix

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0607).

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3089).

A village and civil parish east of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5213).


Sonning

A village and civil parish on the River Thames in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU7575).


New Romney

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

A small town and civil parish with a town council on the edge of Romney Marsh in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0624).


Brackley

The community in Prince Edward Island is named after settler Arthur Brackley (d. 1776).

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP5837).


Ruddington

A large village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5732).


Flax Bourton

A village and civil parish in North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5069).


Cambourne

A portmanteau of Cambridge and Bourn, a village to the south.

A new settlement and civil parish with a town council in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3259).


Hanborough

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

Church Hanborough
Church Hanborough#English

A civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, which includes the villages of Church Hanborough and Long Hanborough.


Bisley

en-proper noun

Bisley (countable and uncountable, plural Bisleys)

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

A village and civil parish in Surrey Heath borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9559).


Branston

Branston (countable and uncountable, plural Branstons)

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

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2221).


Chipping Campden

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1539).


Cockermouth

From Cocker + mouth, where the River Cocker joins the Derwent.

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY1230).


Waterhouses

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0850).


Mundesley

A coastal village and civil parish (served by Mundesley-on-Sea Parish Council) in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3136).


Melton Constable

Listed as Maeltuna in the Domesday Book, to Melton Constable by 1320; for land held by the constable of the Bishop of Norwich.

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England; a the village is partly in Briston parish to the east (OS grid ref TG0433).


Habrough

North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire#English

A village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA1413).


Firsby

A village and civil parish (served by Firsby Group Parish Council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4563).


Buntingford

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3629).


Woolfardisworthy

A small village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS8208).

A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS3321).


Silverdale

A coastal village and civil parish in Lancaster district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD4675).

A village and civil parish in Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8146).


Lydney

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6303).


Thorpe-le-Soken

From Torp (12th century) and Thorpe in ye Sooken (1612). Soken is from Old English sōcn, see soken.

A village and civil parish in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM1822).


Sutton Weaver

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5479).


Rowsley

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2565).


Banwell

A village and civil parish in North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3959).


Hurst Green

A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ7327).


Barrow upon Trent

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3528).


Besford

A small village and civil parish (served by Defford and Besford Parish Council) in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9144).


Blunsdon

A civil parish in Swindon borough, Wiltshire, England. Blunsdon railway station is to the west of it.


Westbury-on-Severn

A village and civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7114).


Oakengates

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7010).


Blackrod

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A small town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6110).


Grendon Underwood

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6820).


Eynsford

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5465).


Middle Claydon

A small village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP7225).


Tenterden

A town and civil parish with a town council in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8833).


Braunton

A large village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4836).


Choppington

A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2583).


Alnwick

From the name of the river Aln + Old English wīċ (“dairy farm”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in and the county town of Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1813).


Badgeworth

A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9019).


Haddiscoe

From Old Norse Haddr (“a personal name”) + skógr (“wood”).

A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM4496).


Staveley

Staveley (countable and uncountable, plural Staveleys)

Staveleys (plural)
Stavely (alternative)

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

A town and civil parish with a town council in Chesterfield borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4374).

A village and civil parish (served by Staveley and Copgrove Parish Council) in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3662).


Hampton in Arden

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP2081).


Catterick

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE2497).


Rothbury

From Middle English Rothebyr, probably from Old Norse rauðr (“red”) + Old English byriġ, dative singular of burh (“fort”), since the bedrock in the area is red. However, the first element could alternatively come from Old English personal name *Hroþa, thus 'Hrotha's fort'.

A small town and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0501).


Melmerby

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A small village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY6137).

A small village and civil parish (served by Melmerby and Middleton Quernhow Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE3376).

A small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE0785).


Masham

A small market town and civil parish in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2280).


Wivenhoe

A town and civil parish in Colchester borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0422).


Barnt Green

A village and civil parish in Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0073).


Colwick

Colwick (countable and uncountable, plural Colwicks)

Probably from Old English col (“coal”) + wīc (“abode, dwelling place, village”).

A suburban village and civil parish in Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6140).


Barkston

A village and civil parish (served by Barkston and Syston Parish Council) in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9341).


Hartshill

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3293).


Dunton Green

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5157).


Hildenborough

From Middle English Hildenborough, from Middle English Hyldenn (from Old English hyll (“hill”) + denn (“pasture”)) + borough (“borough, manor”).

Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge and Malling#English

A village and civil parish in Tonbridge and Malling borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5648).


Pluckley

A village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9245).


Headcorn

Possibly from the Old English personal name Hydeca + hruna (“tree-trunk, fallen tree, log”).

A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8344).


Smeeth

A small village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0739).


Knockholt

From Old English āc (“oak”) + holt (“copse”), equivalent to oak + holt.

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ4759).


Staplehurst

Staplehurst (countable and uncountable, plural Staplehursts)

From Old English stapol (“post, pillar”) + hyrst (“wooded hillock”).

A large village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7843).


Bethersden

A village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9240).


Biddenden

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

A village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8438).


Northiam

A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ8225).


Sedlescombe

A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ7818).


Goudhurst

From an unclear Old English personal name + hyrst (“wooded hill”).

At Darley Dale, in Derbyshire, there is another yew about 1,000 years younger with a 32 ft girth, while a mighty yew at Goudhurst, Kent, has a bench seating 12 in its hollow trunk.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 119:

A village and civil parish in Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7237).


Horsmonden

A village and civil parish in Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7040).


Yalding

A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7050).


Pembury

A village and civil parish in Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6240).


Meopham

A village and civil parish in Gravesham borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6465).


East Leake

A large village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5526).


Shiplake

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU7578).


Wargrave

A village and civil parish in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU7878).


Ironville

Probably from iron + -ville in each place.

A village and civil parish in Amber Valley borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4351).


Steeton

A civil parish (served by Bolton Percy, Colton and Steeton Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5244).


Norbury

Norbury (countable and uncountable, plural Norburys)

From Old English norþ (“north”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”).

A small village and civil parish (served by Myndtown, Norbury, Ratlinghope and Wentnor Combined Parish Council) in south-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3692).

A village and civil parish in Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7823).


Ledbury

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO7137).


Meltham

From Middle English Meltham, perhaps from Old English *melt (“smelting”) or mealt (“malt”) + Old English hām (“-ham”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1010).


Aylesford

The village in Nova Scotia is named after politician and painter Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford (1751 - 1812).

A large village and civil parish in Tonbridge and Malling borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7258).


Mildenhall

Mildenhall (countable and uncountable, plural Mildenhalls)

From either the Old English personal name Milda or middel (“middle”) + healh (“nook, corner, angle”).

A small market town and civil parish (Mildenhall High Town Council) in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL7175).

A small village and civil parish near Marlborough, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2169).


Hauxton

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4352).


Northstowe

A new town and civil parish with a town council in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, still under development in 2024 (OS grid ref TL4067).


Alconbury

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1875).


Rearsby

A village and civil parish in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6514).


Burton Coggles

Coggles refers to cobbles; see coggle (etymology 3).

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9725).


Shepreth

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3947).


Meldreth

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3746).