Brill

* As an English surname, from Brill in Buckinghamshire, said to be from Proto-Brythonic *breɣ (“hill”) + Old English hyll (“hill”).
* As a Dutch and north German surname, from Middle Low German brul (“low wetland”). Compare the variant Bruehl.
* Also as a German surname, from the noun Brille (“eyeglasses”).
* As a Jewish surname, from Hebrew בן [script needed] (rabi, “son of..”) followed by a Yiddish personal name, likely acronymic in origin.

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6514).


Christchurch

Christ Church, Oxford
Christchurch
University of Oxford

From Christ + church.
* (English town): The English town's name is from the name of a priory established in 1094.
* (New Zealand city): The New Zealand city's name is from Christ Church, Oxford, an Oxford University college, chosen by an alumnus of the University.

A village and civil parish in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England, on the border with Norfolk (OS grid ref TL4996).


Leire

A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5290).


Devizes

From Latin. Because the castle was on the boundaries of the manors of Rowde, Bishops Cannings and Potterne it became known as the castrum ad divisas ("the castle at the boundaries"). On John Speed's map of Wiltshire (1611), the town's name is recorded as The Devyses.

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0061).


Skeffington

en-proper noun

Skeffington (countable and uncountable, plural Skeffingtons)

Skeffingtons (plural)
Skeavington (alternative)

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

A village and civil parish of Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK739025).


Edington

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST3839).

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9253).


Langley

Langley (countable and uncountable, plural Langleys)

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

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex (OS grid ref TL4434).

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

A hamlet and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2122).

A village and civil parish in Maidstone district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ8051).

A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP1962).


Euston

A village and civil parish (without a council) in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8979).


Woodley

Woodley (countable and uncountable, plural Woodleys)

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

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU7673).


Tring

A market town and civil parish in Dacorum borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9211).


Weldon

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Corby borough (OS grid ref SP9289).


Lydd

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

A town and civil parish with a town council, on the Romney Marsh in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0420).


Yarm

A town and civil parish with a town council in Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4112).


Cosby

Cosby (countable and uncountable, plural Cosbys)

From the Old English personal name Cossa + Old Norse býr (“farm; settlement”).

A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5495).


Crosby

Crosbie (alternative)
Crossby (alternative)
Corsby (alternative)

From Old Norse kross (“cross”) + býr (“settlement”).

A civil parish (served by Thornton-le-Beans and Crosby-Cotcliffe Parish Council) south-east of Northallerton, North Yorkshire, previously in Hambleton district.


Cavendish

Cavendish (countable and uncountable, plural Cavendishes)

* (English village): Enclosure of a man named Cāfna + Old English edisc; recorded as Kauanadisc in 1086 (DB).
* (in Vermont): Likely named after William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire.
* (banana): Named after William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire.

named-after

A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8046).


Well

A small village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4473).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE2681).


Salford

en-proper noun

Salford (countable and uncountable, plural Salfords)

From Old English sealh (“willow, sallow”) + ford (“ford”).

City of Salford
Salford (disambiguation)

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2828).


Bury

Bury (countable and uncountable, plural Burys)

The place name means "fort," from Old English burg. Doublet of borough, Brough, and burgh.

Bury
Bury (surname)
Bury, Greater Manchester

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL2883).

A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ0113).


Shaftesbury

A town and civil parish with a town council in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8623).


Liss

A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7727).


Welwyn

A village and civil parish in Welwyn Hatfield borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2316).


Skegness

From either (East) Old Norse Skeggi (personal name) or skegg (“beard”) + nes (“headland”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England (OS grid ref TF5663).


Hingham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0202).


Kirkland

Kirkland (countable and uncountable, plural Kirklands)

A civil parish in Wyre district, Lancashire, England.


Cowling

Cowling (countable and uncountable, plural Cowlings)

Variant of Colling, a personal name which denoted an early owner of the properties.

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD969429).


Hickling

Hickling (countable and uncountable, plural Hicklings)

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

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG4123).


Hixon

A village and civil parish in Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0025).


Drayton

Drayton (countable and uncountable, plural Draytons)

From Middle English Drayton, from Old English Drægtūn (literally “town where logs are dragged”), from draġan (“to draw, drag”) + tūn (“enclosure, town”). Alternatively from Proto-Brythonic *treβ (“town, settlement”) + Old English tūn.

der

Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones:

A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP830922).

A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG185135).

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4241).

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A village and civil parish near Abingdon, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire.

A village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST404248).


Rudge

en-proper noun

Rudge (countable and uncountable, plural Rudges)

From dialectal Middle English rugge (“ridge”), or from the place name Rudge in Shropshire. Also from the given name Roger, and a nickname from Old French rouge (“red”).

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Worfield and Rudge Parish Council) in south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SP8197).


Hawes

A small market town and civil parish (served by Hawes and High Abbotside Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SD8789).


Bungay

A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM3389).


Leek

Perhaps of pre-Anglo-Saxon (non-Old English) origin and instead from Celtic; compare Welsh llech and Irish leac (“stone”), both from Proto-Celtic *ɸlikkā.
Recorded as Lec in 1086 (DB).

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9856).


Blyton

Blyton (countable and uncountable, plural Blytons)

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

der

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8594).


Portishead

From the genitive singular of Old English port (“harbour”), portes + heafod (“head”), meaning "the harbour headland".

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Somerset, Somerset, England, on the Bristol Channel (OS grid ref ST4676).


Singleton

en-prop

Singleton (countable and uncountable, plural Singletons)

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

A village and civil parish in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3838).

A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8713).


Roche

(Cornish village) Recorded as La Roche 1233; from Anglo-Norman roche (“rock”).

A village and civil parish in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9860).


Caxton

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3058).


Eastwood

A town and civil parish with a town council in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4646).


Boxgrove

A village and civil parish of West Sussex, England.


Fordham

From Old English ford + either hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“promontory”).

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL6370).

A village and civil parish in Colchester borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL9228).

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

A hamlet and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TL6199).


Halford

en-proper noun

Halford (countable and uncountable, plural Halfords)

From Old English healh (“nook, corner; recess”) + ford (“ford”).

der

A village and civil parish in Stratford-upon-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2545).


Orwell

From Middle English Orewelle (attested in Chaucer).

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3650).


Stone

en-prop

Stone (countable and uncountable, plural Stones)

A village and civil parish in Dartford borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ5774).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9034).

A village and civil parish in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8575).


Walton

Variously from Old English weall (“wall”) or wealh (“Celt, Welshman”) + tūn (“settlement”)

Place names in Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the USA.

A village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3517).


Sheen

From Old English Sceon (“shelter, shed”), from Proto-Germanic *skūrō.

A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England, on the border with Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1161).


Shipley

From Old English scēap (“sheep”) + lēah (“meadow, field, pasture”), thus a field for grazing sheep; equivalent to sheep + -ley. Compare Gateley (literally “goat lea”).

A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4444).

A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ1421).

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.


Shelton

From Old English scylfe (“deck, shelf”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Skelton.

A small village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7844).


Street

en-proper noun

Street (countable and uncountable, plural Streets)

Street, County Westmeath
Street, Somerset
en:Street (disambiguation)

A large village and civil parish in Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4836).


Stroud

A town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8505).

A village and civil parish west of Petersfield, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7223).


Barrow

English surname, from placenames derived from Old English bearu (“grove”).
The place in Furness is of Celtic origin, from *barros (“promontory, peak”) + Old Norse ey (“island”).

A village and civil parish (served by Barrow cum Denham Parish Council) in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL7663).

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, which includes the settlements of Great Barrow and Little Barrow.

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, which replaced the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness on 1 April 2023.


Beal

Named after several places in England, from Old English beo (“bee”) + hyll (“hill”).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5325).


Farley

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

A hamlet and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0744).


Hartley

Hartley (countable and uncountable, plural Hartleys)

From Old English heorot (“hart, stag”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hart + -ley (“lea”).

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7808).

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ605675).


Hilton

From many placenames in England and Scotland, including:
* Old English hyll (“hill”) + tun (“settlement”); sometimes the first element is interpreted as Old English hield (“slope”) or helde (“tansy”)
* From Norman Hildun, from Old English hild (“battle”) + húnn (“bear cub”)

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2966).

A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2430).

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A village and civil parish in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7803).

A small village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1621).

A village and civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4611).

A civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England, near Featherstone.

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English


Holbrook

Holbrook (countable and uncountable, plural Holbrooks)

Holbrooks (plural)
Halbrook (alternative)
Halbrooks (alternative)

From Old English hol (“hole; hollow, sunken”) + brōc (“stream, brook”).

der

A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3645).

A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1636).


Horton

en-proper noun

Horton (countable and uncountable, plural Hortons)

The majority of the English toponyms derive from Old English horh (“mud, slime”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). The village in Gloucestershire derives from Old English heorot (“stag, hart”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”)

Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead#English

A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref TQ0175).

A village and civil parish in East Dorset district, Dorset (OS grid ref SU0307).

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7584).

A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8550).

A village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3214).

A small village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9457).


Hurley

From Old English hyrne (“corner”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).

A locale in England. Probably from Old English hyrne (“corner, hirn”) + lēah (“woodland; clearing”).

A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU8283).


Lockwood

Lockwood (countable and uncountable, plural Lockwoods)

From Old English loc (“lock; enclosure, fold”) + wudu (“wood”); analysable as lock + wood.

der

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

A civil parish in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England.


Newtown

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A small village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4763).


Odell

The village was known as Wadehelle in the Domesday Book, from Old English wād (“woad”) + hyll (“hill”).

A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9657).


Hutton

en-proper noun

Hutton (countable and uncountable, plural Huttons)

From Old English hōh (“ridge, spur”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A hamlet and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4326).

A village and civil parish in North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3558).


Penn

* As an English surname, named after various places such as Penn in Buckinghamshire or Staffordshire, of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *penn (“(hill) top, head”).
* Also as an English surname, from the noun pen (“enclosure”).
* Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Parnell.
* As a German surname, from Sorbian pien (“tree stump”), from Proto-Slavic *pьňь.

der

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SP9094).


Lake

en-proper noun

Lake (countable and uncountable, plural Lakes)

A large village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ5983).


Rayleigh

A town and civil parish with a town council in Rochford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8090).


Vigo

A village (Vigo Village) and civil parish in Gravesham borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6461).


Bingham

en-prop

Bingham (countable and uncountable, plural Binghams)

Uncertain. Perhaps from Old English Bynna (given name) + -ing + hām (“home, property”), or from Old Norse bingr (“stall, bed”) + hām.

A town and civil parish in Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK703343).


Bingley

en-proper noun

Bingley (countable and uncountable, plural Bingleys)

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

A market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE108389).


Bowes

North Riding of Yorkshire
North Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England, historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref NY9913).


Brayton

A village and civil parish next to the town of Selby, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE6030).


Bromfield

A small village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY3548). An alternative spelling is Broomfield, as shown on a 1986 OS map.

A village and civil parish near Ludlow, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO4877).


Broughton

Broughton (countable and uncountable, plural Broughtons)

From Old English beorg (“mountain, hill”) or brōc (“brook, stream, torrent”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

(uncountable) A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A suburb and civil parish (served by Broughton and Milton Keynes Parish Council) in Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8939).

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2877).

Little Broughton
Little Broughton#English

A civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough, which includes Great Broughton and Little Broughton.

A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3032).

A village and civil parish in the city of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5235).

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9609).

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering borough (OS grid ref SP8375).

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD9451).

A village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7673).

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4238).


Burnham

Burnham (countable and uncountable, plural Burnhams)

From Old English burna (“stream”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).

A large village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in South Bucks district, and partly in Slough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9382).


Carrington

Carrington (countable and uncountable, plural Carringtons)

Carringtons (plural)
Corrington (alternative)
Courington (alternative)
Curenton (alternative)
Curington (alternative)
Currington (alternative)

Two main origins:
* The village in Greater Manchester is named with the unattested Old English personal name *Cāra + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The village in Scotland is named with the Old English personal name Cērihere + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7492).

A village and civil parish (served by Carrngton and New Bolingbroke Parish Council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3155).


Clapton

Clapton (countable and uncountable, plural Claptons)

Claptons (plural)
Clapperton (alternative)

From Middle English Clopton, from Old English *clopp (“rock, hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1617).


Cliburn

A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5824).


Clopton

Clopton (countable and uncountable, plural Cloptons)

Cloptons (plural)
Clapperton (alternative)

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref TL0680).

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM224815).


Cobham

A village and civil parish in Gravesham borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6768).


Cockfield

Cockfield (countable and uncountable, plural Cockfields)

From the Old English personal name Cocca or Cohha + feld (“field”).

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ126242).

A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL905546).


Cowley

Cowley (countable and uncountable, plural Cowleys)

Various origins:
* The village in Gloucestershire is from Old English cū (“cow”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to cow + -ley (“lea”).
* The hamlet in Derbyshire is from Old English col (“coal”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to coal + -ley (“lea”).
* The other places in England are from the Old English personal name Cufa + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9614).


Dalby

A village and civil parish (served by Partney and Dalby Parish Council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4070).


Eaton

Eaton (countable and uncountable, plural Eatons)

From Old English ea (“river”) + tun (“homestead”). As a surname, it is given to someone living near a river or on an island, or any of the various places in England called "Eaton". See also Eton, which is a doublet.

A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK7929).

A village and civil parish (served by Gamston with West Drayton and Eaton Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7178).


Farlow

Farlow (countable and uncountable, plural Farlows)

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + hlǣw (“hill, mountain”).

A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO640806).


Frampton

Frampton (countable and uncountable, plural Framptons)

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

der

A village and civil parish in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6295).

A village and civil parish in Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3239).


Gainsborough

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8190).


Hatfield

en-proper noun

Hatfield (countable and uncountable, plural Hatfields)

Hatfields (plural)
Hetfield (alternative)

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, which includes Great Hatfield and Little Hatfield.

A town and civil parish in Welwyn Hatfield borough, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL2208).

A town and civil parish in Doncaster borough, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE6509).


Hatton

Hatton (countable and uncountable, plural Hattons)

A civil parish and hamlet in Warrington borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6082).

A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2130).

A small village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF1776).

A village and civil parish in Warwick district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2467).


Hayton

A village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in the City of Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY5057).

A village and civil parish (served by Hayton and Burnby Parish Council) in the East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE8245).

A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7284).


Haywood

Haywood (countable and uncountable, plural Haywoods)

Haywoods (plural)
Heawood (alternative)
Heywood (alternative)

From Old English ġehæg (“fence, enclosure”) + wudu (“wood”).

A civil parish and hamlet south-west of Hereford, Herefordshire, England, served by Callow and Haywood Group Parish Council (OS grid ref SO4834).


Hazelwood

A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3246).


Headley

Headley (countable and uncountable, plural Headleys)

A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU8236).


Heywood

A civil parish near Diss, South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England.

A small village and civil parish north of Westbury, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8753).


Higham

Higham (countable and uncountable, plural Highams)

From Old English hēah (“high”) + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in Gravesham district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ715715).

A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM034357).

A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL744646).


Ince

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4576).


Kington

Kington (countable and uncountable, plural Kingtons)

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

A town and civil parish with a town council in north-west Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO2956).

A village and civil parish (served by Kington and Dormston Parish Council) in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9856).


Langton

A small village and civil parish (served by Gainford and Langton Parish Council) in County Durham (OS grid ref NZ1619).

A small village and civil parish near Horncastle, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF2368).

A small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7967).


Laughton

Laughton (countable and uncountable, plural Laughtons)

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

A village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ501131).

A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP660891).

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK849972).


Linwood

From Old English lind (“linden tree”) + Old English wudu (“woods, forest”).

A small village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1186).


Melton

Melton (countable and uncountable, plural Meltons)

From Old English middel (“middle”) + tūn (“enclosure”). Compare Middleton and Milton.

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2850).


Pilton

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Pilton, Stoke Doyle and Wadenhoe Parish Council) in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0284).

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Rutland (OS grid ref SP9102).

A village and civil parish in Mendip district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST5940).


Rawdon

Rawdon (countable and uncountable, plural Rawdons)

From Old Norse rauðr (“red”) + Old English dūn (“hill”).

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2139).


Scruton

Scruton (countable and uncountable, plural Scrutons)

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

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE2992).


Sedgwick

From Sicges (genitive singular of Old English personal name Sicg) + wīċ (“dairy farm”).

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD5187).


Staunton

Staunton (countable and uncountable, plural Stauntons)

From Old English stān (“stone”) + tūn (“enclosure; town, settlement”). Compare Stanton, which shares the same etymology.

A village and civil parish next to Corse, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7829).

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

Staunton in the Vale
Staunton in the Vale#English

A civil parish (without a council) in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England; a the local village is named Staunton in the Vale.


Stoughton

Stoughton (countable and uncountable, plural Stoughtons)

From Old English stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Stockton.

A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK638490).

A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU802114).


Swinton

Swinton (countable and uncountable, plural Swintons)

From Old English swīn (“pig, swine, wild boar”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7673).


Waddington

A large village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9764).

A small village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7343).


Wadsworth

en-proper noun

Wadsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Wadsworths)

Wadsworths (plural)
Wordsworth (alternative)

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

A civil parish in Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England.


Warden

A village and civil parish in south Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9166).


Warton

From Old English weard (“guard, lookout”) + tūn (“enclosure, settlement”).

A village and civil parish in the city of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5072).


Whitworth

Whitworth (countable and uncountable, plural Whitworths)

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + worð (“enclosure”).

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8818).


Woolley

Woolley (countable and uncountable, plural Woolleys)

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

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3213).


Overton

Overton (countable and uncountable, plural Overtons)

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

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5149).

A village and civil parish in City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4358).

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5555).


Borden

A village and civil parish near Sittingbourne, Swale district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8862).


Ottery St Mary

A town and civil parish with a town council, on the River Otter in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY1095).


Walcott

Walcott (countable and uncountable, plural Walcotts)

From Old English wealh (“foreigner, Briton, Welshman”) + cot (“cottage”); compare the doublet Walcot.

inh

Any of a number of places in England and the USA:

A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1356).

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3632).


Gillingham

en-proper noun

Gillingham (countable and uncountable, plural Gillinghams)

/ˈɡɪ.lɪŋ.əm/

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

A town and civil parish in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST805265).

A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM411920).


Sandon

A village and civil parish in city of Chelmsford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7404).

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3234).


River

River (countable and uncountable, plural Rivers)

A suburban village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2943).


Frome

A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST7848).


Chippenham

From Old English Ċippanham, from the personal name Cippa, genitive singular, Cippan + hamm (“promontory”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in north Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9173).

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL6669).


Flitwick

From the name of the River Flit + Old English wīc (“village; temporary abode”).

der

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0334).


Harpenden

A town and civil parish with a town council in St Albans district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1314).


Kenilworth

From Old English feminine personal name Cynehild (“royal battle”), genitive singular Cynehilde + worþ (“enclosure”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2971).


Uckfield

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wealden district, East Sussex, England, on the River Uck (OS grid ref TQ4721).


Oswestry

Recorded as Oswaldestroe in 1191, a tree of a man called Oswald; from Old English trēow.

A town and civil parish with a town council in north-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ2929).


Teignmouth

From Teign + mouth, at the mouth of the River Teign.

A town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9473).


Rode

In place names, from Old English *rodu (“clearing”).

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST8053).


Denton

en-proper noun

Denton (countable and uncountable, plural Dentons)

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

(uncountable) A number of places in England:

A village and civil parish in Darlington borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ2118).

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8632).

A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM2788).

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire (OS grid ref SP8357).

A hamlet and civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1448).


Ely

Inherited from Middle English Ely, from Old English Ēlīg, of uncertain origin.

A cathedral city and civil parish (served by City of Ely Council) in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England.


Whitehaven

A port town and civil parish with a town council in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough, and historically within the county of Cumberland (OS grid ref NX9718).


Morden

A civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in Purbeck district, which includes East Morden and West Morden.


Barrington

Barrington (countable and uncountable, plural Barringtons)

* As an English surname, from several placenames, such as the one in Gloucestershire, from the Old English personal name Beorn + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). There is also the placename in Somerset of Norman origin, probably named after Barentin in Seine-Maritime, from Medieval Latin Barentinum, Barentini, of pre-Latin origin, perhaps of Celtic/Gaulish origin and identical with Barenton, both names from a Gaulish word related to water.
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), see Barnes, Barron.

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3949).

Little Barrington
Little Barrington#English

A civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England, which includes the villages of Great and Little Barrington.

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3818).


Ord

* As an English surname, from the dialectal noun ord (“point, place”). Compare Ort.
* As a Scottish Gaelic surname, habitational name from Ord in Peeblesshire or Banffshire, from òrd (“hammer”).
* The city in Nebraska is named after Edward O. C. Ord.
* The river in Australia is named after Harry Ord.

A civil parish in north Northumberland, England, that includes the settlements of East Ord, Middle Ord, Ord Mains, South Ord and West Ord.


Marston

From Old English mersc (“marsh”) + tūn (“enclosure, settlement”).

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8943).


Cirencester

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England, the site of the ancient Corinium of the Dobunni (OS grid ref SP0202).


Zennor

A village and civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4538).


Kirkburn

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9855).


Reston

Reston (countable and uncountable, plural Restons)

A civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England, including the villages of North Reston (OS grid ref TA3883) and South Reston (OS grid ref TA4083).


Knutsford

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7578).


Potton

Potton (countable and uncountable, plural Pottons)

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

A town and civil parish with a town council in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2249).


Stanstead

From Old English stan (“stone”) + stede (“place”), meaning "stony place".

A village and civil parish of Suffolk, England


Warfield

Warfield (countable and uncountable, plural Warfields)

From Old English wer (“weir”) + feld (“field”).

Bracknell Forest
Bracknell Forest#English

A village and civil parish in Bracknell Forest district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8772).


Eastville

A village and civil parish (served by Eastville, Midville and New Leake Parish Council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4056).


Whalley

Whalley (countable and uncountable, plural Whalleys)

A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7336).


Lovington

From the Old English phrase for Lufa's settlement.

A village and civil parish (served by Cary Moor parish council) in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5930).


Norwood

From north + wood. Doublet of Northwood.

A civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Harrogate district.


Burley

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

A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2103).

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8810).

Burley in Wharfedale
Burley in Wharfedale#English

A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire; see Burley in Wharfedale.


Tavistock

From its location on the River Tavy + Old English stoc; recorded as Tauistoce in 981 and Tavestoc in 1086 (DB).

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4874).


Kingstone

Kingstone (countable and uncountable, plural Kingstones)

From Old English Cyningestun, from cyninges (“king's”) + tūn (“fort, manor, town”). Doublet of Kingstown, Kingston, Conington, and Cunnington. Cf. also Coniston, Coniston Cold, Conisbrough, Kingsville, Kingsburg, Quainton, Queenstown, Queenston, Princetown, Princes Town, and Princeton.

doublet

(uncountable) The name of various places in England:

A village and civil parish (served by Kingstone and Thruxton Parish Council) south-west of Hereford, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4235).

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3713).

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0629).


Winchcombe

A town and civil parish with a town council in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0228).


Bunbury

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5658).


Brampton

From Old English brōm (“broom”) + -tun (“enclosure”).

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL2070).

A small market town and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY5361).

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, to the west of Brampton in Chesterfield.

A hamlet and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8479).

A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG2224).


Rockingham

en-proper noun

Rockingham (countable and uncountable, plural Rockinghams)

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

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Corby district (OS grid ref SP8691).


Wendover

A market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8607).


Alford

Alford (countable and uncountable, plural Alfords)

Alfords (plural)
Allford (alternative)
Alvord (alternative)

From the Old English female given name Ealdgȳþ + ford (“ford”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4576).

A village and civil parish (served by Cary Moor parish council) in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6032).


Bray

The town in Ireland is from Irish Bré, of uncertain origin.

Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead#English

A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9079).


Combs

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM0456).


Haynes

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0942).


Hinton

Hinton (countable and uncountable, plural Hintons)

From either Old English hēan, dative form of hēah (“high”), or hīwan (“household”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A civil parish in east Dorset, which includes Hinton Martell and Hinton Parva, and served by the Vale of Allen Parish Council Group.

A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO6803).


Horne

A small village and civil parish in Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ3344).


Mayfield

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England, on the River Dove (OS grid ref SK1545).


Pennington

Pennington (countable and uncountable, plural Penningtons)

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD2677).


Whitfield

Whitfield (countable and uncountable, plural Whitfields)

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + feld (“field”).

A large village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3045).

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP6039).


Quinton

Quinton (countable and uncountable, plural Quintons)

Variant of Quentin, merged with an Old English place name meaning "queen's town".

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

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England.


Hoo

Bachcroft, Thomas; son of Thomas Bachcroft, of Bexwell, Norfolk. Educated under Mr. Spight. Age 18. Admitted pensioner, March 10, 1518.
Man, John; of Hoo, Suffolk; son of Richard Man, mediocris fortunae. Admitted sizar. Tutor, Mr. Reve.

1888, C. H. Evelyn White, editor, East Anglian, Or, Notes and Queries, page 31:

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2558).


Houghton

Houghton (countable and uncountable, plural Houghtons)

From Old English hōh (“ridge, spur”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU341143).

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 TF789288).

A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ017411).


Worthington

Worthington (countable and uncountable, plural Worthingtons)

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

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A civil parish (without a council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD579102).

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

A village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK4020).


Kingsley

"The king's wood or clearing", from Old English cynges, genitive of cyng (“king”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

The name of various geographical places:

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5574).

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7838).

A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0146).

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English


Winslow

Winslow (countable and uncountable, plural Winslows)

From Middle English Wynselowe, from Old English Wineshlauu, from Wines (“Wine's”, personal name) + hlāw (“mound”).

compound

A town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7728).


Fenton

en-proper noun

Fenton (countable and uncountable, plural Fentons)

From Middle English Fenton, from Old English fenn (“fen, marsh”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish of West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK844767).


Egerton

Egerton (countable and uncountable, plural Egertons)

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

A civil parish of Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, with the settlement of Egerton Green (OS grid ref SJ5252).


Walsingham

Walsingham (countable and uncountable, plural Walsinghams)

From the Old English personal name Wæls + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”). First element equivalent to Vǫlsungr.

Great Walsingham
Great Walsingham#English

Little Walsingham
Little Walsingham#English

A civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, which includes Great Walsingham and Little Walsingham (OS grid ref TF9336).


Bolingbroke

/ˈbʊlɪŋbɹʊk/

/ˈbɒlɪŋbɹəʊk/

/ˈbʊlɪŋbɹʊk/

From Old English Bolin (“River Bollin”) + brōc (“stream”).

inh

River <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Bollin</i>

A civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England, which includes Old Bolingbroke.


Kenton

en-proper noun

Kenton (countable and uncountable, plural Kentons)

From either the Old English personal name Cena or cyne- (“royal”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9583).

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1965).


Coningsby

From Old Norse *Konungsby, from konungs (“king's”) + -by (“farm, town”). Cf. Kingstown, Kingston, Coniston, Coniston Cold, Conington, &c.

Conningsby (alternative)
Cunsby (alternative)

A village and civil parish with a town council in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2258).


Clavering

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL4731).


Warburton

Warburton (countable and uncountable, plural Warburtons)

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

A village and civil parish in Trafford borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ6989).


Dunstable

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0121).


Wilmington

Meaning "Wilhelm's estate", from Wilhelm + Old English ing (“belonging to”) + Old English tūn (“homestead, settlement”)

der

A village and civil parish in Dartford borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ5372).


Edgeworth

en-proper noun

Edgeworth (countable and uncountable, plural Edgeworths)

From Old English eċġ (“edge”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

A village and civil parish in the Cotswolds district, Gloucestershire, England.


Ripley

Ripley (countable and uncountable, plural Ripleys)

From the Old English folk name for the Anglian tribe, Hrype, genitive case Hrypa + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3950).

A small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE2860).

A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0556).


Braddock

A small village and civil parish in Cornwall, England; the parish was named Broadoak until 2021 (OS grid ref SX1662).


Linton

Linton (countable and uncountable, plural Lintons)

From either Old English līn (“flax”) or lind (“lime tree”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL5646).

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2716).

A village and civil parish near Bromyard, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6753).

A village and civil parish near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6525).

A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7550).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Craven district; also known as Linton-in-Craven (OS grid ref SD9962).


Martock

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4619).


Beaconsfield

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in South Bucks district (OS grid ref SU9391).


Wick

Wick (countable and uncountable, plural Wicks)

A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO9645).


Bakewell

Bakewell (countable and uncountable, plural Bakewells)

Bakewells (plural)
Balkwill (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Baduca + wella (“spring, stream”).

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A market town and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2168).


Roos

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA2930).


Duffield

Duffield (countable and uncountable, plural Duffields)

A village and civil parish in Amber Valley borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3443).


Beccles

A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4290).


Holme

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1987).

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD5278).


Westcott

Westcott (countable and uncountable, plural Westcotts)

Westcotts (plural)
Westacott (alternative)

From Old English west (“west”) + cot (“cottage; shelter”).

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7117).


Corby

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8888).


Standish

A small village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8008).


Barden

A civil parish (without a council) in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE05).

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Constable Burton and Finghall Parish Council) in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1493).


Mountfield

A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ7420).


Dutton

Dutton (countable and uncountable, plural Duttons)

The village in Cheshire is from Old English dūn (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), while the civil parish in Lancashire is from the Old English personal name Dudda + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ575767).

A civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD662368).


Wing

A large village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8822).

A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8903).


Salcombe

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in South Hams district, southern Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7339).


Upham

Upham (countable and uncountable, plural Uphams)

From Old English upp (“upper”) + hām (“homestead”).
The civil parish in New Brunswick is named after Loyalist military officer and politician Joshua Upham (1741 - 1808).

A village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU531202).


Stowe

From Middle English stowe, from Old English stōw (“place”).

A civil parish and former village in Buckinghamshire.

A small village and civil parish in south-west Shropshire, also spelt Stow (OS grid ref SO3173).


Heaton

Heaton (countable and uncountable, plural Heatons)

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

A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ950626).


Effingham

From Old English, "Effa's farmstead," from Effa + -ing + ham (“home”). The first element is a variant of Æffa, Uffa, a king of the Angles (c. 575), attested in names such as Abridge, Uffington, and Ufford, but of uncertain origin.

A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1253).


Grafton

Grafton (countable and uncountable, plural Graftons)

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

Any of various towns across the English-speaking world:

A village and civil parish in Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO496493).

A civil parish in eastern Wiltshire, which includes the settlements of East Grafton and West Grafton.


Charing

From char (to bend), itself from Old English ċierr.

A village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9549).


Fleetwood

From Old English flēot (“pool, stream”) + wood.

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3348).


Denham

A large village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in South Bucks district (OS grid ref TQ0486).

A small village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1974).

A small village and civil parish (served by Barrow cum Denham Parish Council) in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL7561).


Sowerby

Sowerby (countable and uncountable, plural Sowerbys)

From Old Norse saurr (“mud, dirt, sour ground”) + bý (“farmstead”).

der

A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4381).


Freeland

Any of a number of places in English-speaking countries:

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4112).

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English


Wingate

en-proper noun

Wingate (countable and uncountable, plural Wingates)

Wingates (plural)
Windeatt (alternative)

From Old English wind (“wind”) + ġeat (“gate”).

(uncountable) Any of a number of towns in English-speaking countries:

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4037).


Worth

Worth (countable and uncountable, plural Worths)

A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR3356).

A civil parish in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, which formerly included the village.


Rye

* As an English surname, variant of Rea.
* Also as an English surname, from the noun rye.
* As a Norwegian surname, from several farmsteads whose name derive from Old Norse rjóðr (“forest clearing”); see the verb ryðja (“to clear”).
* As a Danish surname, from the town Ry in Skanderbord.
* The town in England is perhaps derived from Old English riþ (“river, stream”).

River Rye, Yorkshire
Rye (disambiguation)
Rye, East Sussex
Rye, New York

A small town and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ9220).


Healey

A rural estate, hamlet, and civil parish in southern Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ0158).

A small village and civil parish (served by Fearby, Healey and District Parish Council) in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1880).


Goodrich

A village and civil parish (served by Goodrich and Welsh Bicknor Group Parish Council) in south Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5719).


Epping

Epping (countable and uncountable, plural Eppings)

From Old English yppe (“upland”) + ing (“meadow”).

A market town and civil parish in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL455025).


Banbury

From Old English Bannanburg, from Old English *Banna (“name of a 6th-century Saxon chieftain said to have built a stockade in that place”) or bana, bona (“a byname meaning ‘felon, murderer’”) (see bane) + burgh (“borough; settlement; town”).

der

A market town and civil parish with a town council, on the River Cherwell in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4540).


Sandringham

The town in Newfoundland is named after Sandringham House to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6928).


Picton

en-proper noun

Picton (countable and uncountable, plural Pictons)

From either the Old English personal name Pīca or pīc (“point, peak, pinnacle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ4107).


Settle

Settle (countable and uncountable, plural Settles)

From Old English setl (“sitting, residence”).

A town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD816640).


Langford

Langford (countable and uncountable, plural Langfords)

Two main origins:
* From Old English lang (“long”) + ford (“ford”).
* The village in Nottinghamshire derives from the Old English personal name Landa + ford.

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1840).

A village and civil parish in Maldon district, Essex (OS grid ref TL838089).

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK8258).

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP2402).


Macclesfield

From the Old English name Maccel, hence meaning field of Maccel. The Domesday Book records the name of Maclesfeld.

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England.


Wark

A village and civil parish in mid Northumberland, England, otherwise known as Wark on Tyne (OS grid ref NY8677).


Loftus

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England.


Coates

Coates (countable and uncountable, plural Coates or Coateses)

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9700).


Hough

A village and civil parish (served by Hough and Chorlton Parish Council) south of Crewe, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7150).


Watford

Watford (countable and uncountable, plural Watfords)

From either Old English wæt (“wet”) or wāþ (“hunting, chase”) + ford (“ford”).

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP6068).


Blenheim

Battle of Blenheim
Höchstädt an der Donau

The house was named to commemorate the Allied victory at the 1704 Battle of Blindheim (near Höchstädt an der Donau in Bavaria). Other places are named after the house, often with an association to the Duchy of Marlborough.

A civil parish (without a council) west of Woodstock, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire.


Helston

From Cornish Hellys (meaning "old court), with the -ton suffix added.

A town and civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6527).


Tunstall

Tunstall (countable and uncountable, plural Tunstalls)

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

der

A village and civil parish south of Sittingbourne, Swale district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ8961).

A small village and civil parish in Lancaster district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD6073).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE2195).

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM3655).


Anstey

en-proper noun

Anstey (countable and uncountable, plural Ansteys)

From Old English ān (“one; a, an”) + stig (“path”). Compare Ansty, which shares the same etymology.

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A small village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL4032).

A village and civil parish in Charnwood district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5408).


Ryde

Once a Regency seaside resort, visitor numbers in Ryde were up and down historically, then down for good 1970s onwards (cheap Mediterranean charter flights).

2019, Isabel Waidner, We Are Made of Diamond Stuff, Dostoyevsky Wannabe Originals, page 33:

A town and civil parish with a town council on the northeast coast of the Isle of Wight, England.


Shanklin

A town and civil parish with a town council on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5881).


Sandown

A ‘slum zoo’ in Sandown and a nation in decline, but here we go. What a life.

2019, Isabel Waidner, We Are Made of Diamond Stuff, Dostoyevsky Wannabe Originals, page 101:

A town and civil parish with a town council on the southeast coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5984).


Ventnor

A town and civil parish with a town council on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5677).


Coniston

From Old Norse konungr (“king's”) + Old English tūn (“town, manor”), after the model of other settlements known as Cinges tūn or Cynges tūn (“king's town”). Doublet of Coniston Cold. Cf. also Conington, Conisbrough, Coningsby, Kingston, Kingstown, Kingstone, Kingsburg, and Kingsville.

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1535).

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A village and civil parish next to Coniston Water in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD3097).


Colgate

Colgate (countable and uncountable, plural Colgates)

→ Dutch: Colgate

→ Aukan: golugeiti (“toothpaste”)

The toothpaste brand was named after the company founder, William Colgate. The surname derives from the place name, which is probably from Old English col (“coal”) and ġeat (“gate”).
The Philippine sense is a genericized trademark from the toothpaste brand, Colgate. Compare Cebuano kulgit.

Colgate (name)
Colgate (toothpaste)
Colgate, West Sussex

A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ2332).


Bole

From earlier Bolle, ultimately from either the dative singular bolde or dative plural boldum of bold (“house”); the latter is perhaps suggested by its attestation in the Domesday Book as Medieval Latin Bolun.

A village and civil parish of Nottinghamshire, England.


Freshwater

A large village and civil parish in the west of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ3387).


Brixton

(district of London): Thought to originate from Brixistane, meaning "the stone of Brixi (a Saxon lord)".

A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5552).


Hadleigh

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0242).


Ansley

Ansley (countable and uncountable, plural Ansleys)

From Old English ānsetl (“hermitage”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2991).


Everleigh

Everleigh (countable and uncountable, plural Everleighs)

Everleighs (plural)
Everley (alternative)
Everly (alternative)

From Old English eofor (“wild boar”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Compare the Dutch toponym Everlo.

A village and civil parish of Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU204538).


Easton

From Old English ēast (“east”) + tūn (“settlement”). Doublet of Aston.

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1371)

A small village and civil parish (served by Stoke Rochford and Easton Parish Council) in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK9226).

A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG1310).

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM2858).


Billericay

/bɪləˈɹɪkiː/

Various theories; see Billericay#Toponym. First recorded in 1291 as Byllyrica.

A town and civil parish in Basildon borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6794).


Stow

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8881).


Marr

* As a Scottish surname, from the district of Mar in Aberdeenshire, itself named after the clan (see also Clan Mar).
* As an English surname, from placenames derived from Old Norse marr (“marsh, pool, fen”).
* As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 馬 /马 (mǎ), see Ma.

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5105).


Hemsworth

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

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4213).


Wolverton

A small village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2062).


Hanley

Hanley (countable and uncountable, plural Hanleys)

From Old English hēan, weak dative case of hēah (“high”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Compare Henley, which shares the same etymology.

A civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO668659).


Toft

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3656).

A small village and civil parish (served by Plumley with Toft and Bexton Parish Council) in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7576).


Bideford

From Old English personal name, Bȳda + ford.

A historic port town and civil parish with a town council on the estuary of the River Torridge in Torridge district, Devon, south-west England (OS grid ref SS4526).


Hayle

A harbour town and civil parish with a town council in West Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5537).


Willingham

Willingham (countable and uncountable, plural Willinghams)

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

A village and civil parish of South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL408707).


Sheerness

A town and civil parish with a town council on the Isle of Sheppey in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9274).


Congleton

Congleton (countable and uncountable, plural Congletons)

/ˈkɒŋɡəltən/

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

A town and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ854628).


Bracknell

First recorded in a Winkfield Boundary Charter of AD 942 as Braccan heal, perhaps meaning "nook of land belonging to a man called Bracca".

Bracknell Forest
Bracknell Forest#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Bracknell Forest district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8669).


Minehead

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9746).


Northallerton

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE3693).


Keighley

Keighley (countable and uncountable, plural Keighleys)

Keighleys (plural)
Keathley (alternative)
Keatley (alternative)
Keithley (alternative)
Keithly (alternative)
Kightley (alternative)
Kightly (alternative)

Recorded as Middle English Chichelai in the Domesday Book, the town is named with the Old English personal name Cyhha + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0641).


Farnborough

A small village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU4382).

A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP4349).


Aylesbury

A town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8113).


Workington

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cumberland unitary authority, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough, and historically in the county of Cumberland (OS grid ref NX9928, NY0028).


Evesham

Inherited from Middle English Evesham, from Old English Eofeshamm (literally “Eof's enclosure”), from Eof (given name) + hamm (“enclosure”).

inh

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0343).


Clevedon

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4071).


Trowbridge

en-proper noun

Trowbridge (countable and uncountable, plural Trowbridges)

Trowbridges (plural)
Troubridge (alternative)

From Old English trēow (“tree”) + brycġ (“bridge”).

A town and civil parish in and the county town of Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8557).


Huntingdon

Huntingdon (countable and uncountable, plural Huntingdons)

From Old English Huntandūn, equivalent to hunta (“hunter”) + dūn (“hill, mountain”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, and former county town of Huntingdonshire (OS grid ref TL2372).


Diss

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM1179).


Bicester

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5822).


Westbury

Westbury (countable and uncountable, plural Westburys)

From Old English west (“west”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”), alternatively west + -bury.

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6235).

A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3509).

A town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST868511).


Bridgwater

Bridgwater (countable and uncountable, plural Bridgwaters)

Bridgwaters (plural)
Bridgewater (alternative)

Recorded as Brigewaltier in the Pipe rolls, the town's name derives from Old English bryċġ (“bridge”) + the personal name Walter, from the local landowner Walter of Douai.

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3037).


Skipton

Skipton (countable and uncountable, plural Skiptons)

From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) (with change from sh to sk due to Scandinavian influence) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD9851).


Farnham

Farnham (countable and uncountable, plural Farnhams)

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).

A village and civil parish in Dorset, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST9515).

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex (OS grid ref TL4724).

A village and civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3460).

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM3660).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Waverley district, Surrey (OS grid ref SU8447).


Godalming

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

A town and civil parish with a town council in Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9643).


Petersfield

A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7423).


Leigh-on-Sea

*Recorded as Legra in 1086 (DB), and Legha in 1226.

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Southend-on-Sea borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8386).


Canvey Island

A small but well-populated island in the Thames Estuary which is connected by bridge to the mainland, and which is a town and civil parish with a town council in Castle Point borough, Essex, England.


Looe

From Cornish logh (“inlet”). Doublet of lay, loch, and lough.

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Cornwall, England, situated on the River Looe (OS grid ref SX2553).


Bishop's Stortford

Uncertain. Possibly the Saxon settlement derived its name from 'Steorta's ford' or 'tail ford', in the sense of a 'tail', or tongue, of land. The town became known as Bishop's Stortford due to the acquisition in 1060 by the Bishop of London. The River Stort is named after the town: 16th-century cartographers assumed that the town must have been named after the ford over the river.

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL4821).


Maldon

A town and civil parish in Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8507).


Tiptree

A large village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district, Essex, England, large enough to be called a town but the villagers rejected town status (OS grid ref TL8916).


Waltham Abbey

A town, abbey church, and civil parish with a town council in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL3800).


Burnham-on-Crouch

A town and civil parish with a town council in Maldon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ9595).


Bury St Edmunds

A cathedral and market town and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8564).


Cromer

“You should have gone to Cromer, my dear, if you went anywhere.—Perry was a week at Cromer once, and he holds it to be the best of all the sea-bathing places. […]

1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter XII, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 223:

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Norfolk, England, which is the headquarters of North Norfolk district (OS grid ref TG2142).


Chesham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SP9501).


Didcot

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, formerly in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU5290).


Blyth

From Old English blīþe. The surname derives partly from the place names, partly from a nickname.

A town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ3181).

A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6286).


Maryport

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cumberland unitary authority, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough, and historically in the county of Cumberland (OS grid ref NY0336).


Saffron Walden

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5338).


Thetford

Recorded as Theodford late 9th century, and Tedfort in 1086 (DB), from Old English þēod + ford, "people's or public ford".

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

A civil parish (served by Little Thetford Parish Council) in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire.

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TL8783).


Wisbech

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF4609).


Stamford

An assimilated (labialised) variant of Stanford.

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0207).


Sutton Coldfield

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England, historically in Warwickshire.


Stockton

Stockton (countable and uncountable, plural Stocktons)

From Old English stocc (“log; stump, tree trunk”) or stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). By surface analysis, stock + -ton. Doublet of Stoughton.

der

A number of places in Australia, New Zealand, England and United States.

A small village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM3894).

A small village and civil parish in south-east Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7299).

A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP4363).

A village and civil parish south-east of Warminster, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9838).


Tiverton

From *Tiver (a Brythonic element also found in Welsh Teifi) + -ton.
The village in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Devon.

A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9512).


Hexham

From Middle English Hexham, a contraction of Middle English Hestaldesham, Exseldesham, Extoldesham, Hestalasham, Hestoldesham, all variants of Old English Hagustaldeshām (“Hexham”), from Old English Hagustaldes (“Hagustald's”, personal name), from Old English hagosteald (“owner of a fenced-in plot of land, one living in his lord's house, an unmarried man, bachelor, young warrior”) + hām (“home, village, farmstead”). Compare also Hagustaldesēa (“Hexham”, literally “Hagustald's Island”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Northumberland, England; historically the county town of Hexhamshire (OS grid ref NY9363).


Rugeley

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cannock Chase district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0417).


Bishop Auckland

/ˈbɪʃəp ˈɔːklənd/

A town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2028).


Clitheroe

en-proper noun

Clitheroe (countable and uncountable, plural Clitheroes)

A town and civil parish with a town council in Ribble Valley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7442).


Nantwich

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6552).


Goole

A town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7423).


Selby

Selby (countable and uncountable, plural Selbys)

From Old Norse selja (“willow, sallow”) + býr (“settlement, farm”).

West Riding of Yorkshire
West Riding of Yorkshire

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE6132).


Ulverston

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district, and historically in Lancashire (OS grid ref SD2878).


Bridgnorth

A town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7193).


Uttoxeter

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England. (OS grid ref SK0933).


Ashby-de-la-Zouch

/ˌæʃbɪ dələ ˈzuːʃ/

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England, often shortened to Ashby (OS grid ref SK3516).


Padstow

A corruption of Saint Petroc + Old English stōw.

A small town, civil parish, and fishing port in northern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9175).


Paddock Wood

A town and civil parish with a town council in Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6745).


Pershore

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9446).


Keynsham

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

A town and civil parish with a town council in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6568).


Woodhouse

Various places in the United Kingdom and Canada.

A village and civil parish in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5415).


Datchet

Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead#English

A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9977).


Wraysbury

A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England, formerly in Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref TQ0074).


Brixham

A town, fishing port, and civil parish with a town council in Torbay borough, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9256).


St Ives

* Cornwall: Seen from 1284. From St Ia, a Cornish saint.
* Cambridgeshire: Seen from 1110. From Ivo of Ramsey, a Cornish saint whose relics were found here.
* Dorset: Seen from 1167. 'Place overgrown with ivy' from Old English *īfet. Saint added more recently in reference to other settlements called St Ives.
* New South Wales: Named in 1900, likely from either the Cornish town or after Isaac Ellis Ives, a local politician.

St Ives
St Ives, Cambridgeshire
St Ives, Cornwall
St Ives, Dorset
St Ives, New South Wales

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5140).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, historically in the County of Huntingdonshire (OS grid ref TL3172).


Launceston

Launceston, Cornwall
Launceston, Tasmania

A town and civil parish with a town council in eastern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX3384).


Faversham

Faversham (countable and uncountable, plural Favershams)

From Old English Fefreshām, of which the second element is hām (“homestead”) and the first element is of uncertain origin; it may come from Latin faber (“smith, craftsman”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0161).


Amersham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SU9698).


Wickford

A town and civil parish with a town council in Basildon borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ7493).


Market Rasen

A small market town and civil parish with a well-known racecourse, in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1089).


West Drayton

A small village and civil parish (served by Gamston with West Drayton and Eaton Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7074).


Swanley

From Old English sweġen (“swain”) + lēah (“clearing”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England, just outside Greater London (OS grid ref TQ5168).


Farningham

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5466).


Needham Market

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0855).


Needham

Needham (countable and uncountable, plural Needhams)

From Old English nīed (“need, necessity”) + hām (“homestead”), i.e. a place that provided a poor living.

A small village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM2281).


Wickham Market

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England; a previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3056).


Woodbridge

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM2749).


Leominster

A market town and civil parish with a town council in northern Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4958).


Sunningdale

Derived from the neighbouring village of Sunninghill in the 19th century, by substituting dale for hill.

A large village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England, which was also partly in Surrey until 1995 (OS grid ref SU9567).


Cotham

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7947).


Downham Market

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

A market town and civil parish with a town council in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6103).


Filton

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A suburban town and civil parish with a town council just to the north of Bristol, in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6079).


Hanham

A suburban area and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, just outside Bristol (OS grid ref ST6472).


Downham

A civil parish (served by Little Downham Parish Council) in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire.

A small village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD7844).


Malvern

From Old English Malferna, from an Old Welsh form equivalent to Modern Welsh moelfryn (“bald hill”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England. See also Great Malvern.


Waltham

Waltham (countable and uncountable, plural Walthams)

From Old English weald (“forest”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“enclosed land”).

A village and civil parish in Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1048).

North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire#English

A large village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA2603).


Henbury

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8873).


Patchway

A suburban town and civil parish with a town council to the northwest of Bristol in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, next to Filton (OS grid ref ST6081).


Stapleton

Stapleton (countable and uncountable, plural Stapletons)

Stapletons (plural)
Stapledon (alternative)

From Old English stapol (“post, pillar”) + tūn (“enclsoure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5071).

A small village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref S03265).

A village and civil parish in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ2612).

A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5019).


Stockwood

Stockwood (countable and uncountable, plural Stockwoods)

A small village and civil parish (served by Chetnole and Stockwood Parish Council) in Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST5807).


Whitchurch

Whitchurch (countable and uncountable, plural Whitchurches)

From Old English hwit + cirice (“white church”), presumably built from whitish stone.

der

A village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, and a southern suburb of Bristol, England, between Hartcliffe, Hengrove and Knowle (OS grid ref ST6167).

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8020).

A civil parish east of the above village, in West Devon district, Devon.

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4648).

A village and civil parish (served by Whitchurch and Ganarew Group Parish Council) in south Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5417).

A civil parish (without a council) in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2247).


Yate

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7182).


Sawbridgeworth

From Middle English Sabrigeworth, Sabriccheworth, Sabrichewurth, from Old English Sabrixteworde.

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England, which borders on Essex (OS grid ref TL4814).


Henley-on-Thames

A town and civil parish with a town council, on the River Thames in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU7682).


Henley-in-Arden

A small town and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1566).


Thornbury

en-proper noun

Thornbury (countable and uncountable, plural Thornburys)

Thornburys (plural)
Thornberry (alternative)

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

A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS4008).

A village and civil parish (served by Thornbury Group Parish Council) in northern Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6259).

A market town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST6390).


Chorleywood

A large village and civil parish in Three Rivers district, Hertfordshire, England, which borders onto Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref TQ0296).


Grange-over-Sands

A town and civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district, and historically in Lancashire (OS grid ref SD4077).


Carnforth

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4970).


Bootle

A village and civil parish in Cumberland UA, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough, historically in the county of Cumberland (OS grid ref SD1088).


Sefton

A village and civil parish (served by Sefton and Lunt Villages Parish Council) in Sefton borough, Merseyside, formerly in Lancashire (OS grid ref SD3501).


Formby

A coastal town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD2907). Formerly in Lancashire.


Lyme Regis

Regis (from Latin regis) was added to the town's name in 1284.

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in south-west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY3492).


Seaton

Seaton (countable and uncountable, plural Seatons)

From Old English sǣ (“sea, lake”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Cumberland unitary authority, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale borough, and historically in the County of Cumberland (OS grid ref NY0130).

A coastal town and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY2490).

A village and civil parish in Rutland (OS grid ref SP904982).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA163467).


Crewkerne

A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4409).


Somerton

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A civil parish in Great Yarmouth district, Norfolk, England, which includes the villages of East Somerton and West Somerton.

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4928).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4828).

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL8153).


Honiton

A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST1600).


Ilminster

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3514).


Langport

A small town and civil parish with a town council in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4226).


Beaminster

A small town and civil parish with a town council in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST4701).


Cullompton

A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST0107).


Dawlish

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9676).


Newton Abbot

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8671).


Totnes

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8060).


Ivybridge

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6356).


Germoe

A village and civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5829).


New Mills

A town and civil parish with a town council in High Peak district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9985).


Sway

A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2798).


New Milton

A market town and civil parish with a town council in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2495).


Ferndown

A town and civil parish in East Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU0700).


Corfe Castle

A village and civil parish (named after the ancient castle) in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY9681).


Corfe Mullen

/ˌkɔəɹf ˈmʌlən/

From Old English corf (“cutting, pass”) and Old French molin.

A large suburban village and civil parish with a town council in east Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY9896).


Padiham

A town and civil parish with a town council within Burnley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7933).


Todmorden

From Old English Totta (“Totta's”) + dene (“valley”); alternatively, from Old English Tod (“Death”) + Mort (“Death”) + dene (“valley”); or otherwise deriving from Old English tod (“fox”) + mor (“moor”) + dene (“valley”).

compound

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England. Until 1889 it was in both Lancashire and Yorkshire.


Colne

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3776).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Pendle borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8940).