Selby

Selby (countable and uncountable, plural Selbys)

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

A village in the town of Greater Napanee, Ontario, Canada.


Burnley

From Brun (a river name meaning "brown") + Old English lēah (“meadow, clearing”).

A community of Alnwick/Haldimand township, Ontario, Canada.


Uttoxeter

A small village in Plympton-Wyoming, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.


Warminster

A community of Oro-Medonte township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Woodhouse

Various places in the United Kingdom and Canada.

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

A suburban village and ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4284).


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).


Colnbrook

From the Colne Brook, which flows through the village.

Colnbrook with Poyle
Colnbrook with Poyle#English

A village in Colnbrook with Poyle parish, Slough borough, Berkshire, England; formerly in Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref TQ0277).


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

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

A village in St Leonards and St Ives parish, east Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU1204).


Grantham

en-proper noun

Grantham (countable and uncountable, plural Granthams)

From either the Old English personal name Granta or grand (“gravel”) + hām (“homestead”).

A locality in the municipal district of Taber, southern Alberta, Canada.


Wickford

A village in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States, named after the Essex town.


Walton-on-the-Hill

Walton-on-the-Hill, Staffordshire
Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey

Reigate and Banstead
Reigate and Banstead#English

A village in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2254).

A settlement in Berkswich parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9620).


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).


Longfield

Longfield (countable and uncountable, plural Longfields)

From Old English lang (“long”) + feld (“field”).

Longfield and New Barn
Longfield and New Barn#English

A village in Longfield and New Barn parish, Dartford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ604688).


Swanley

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

A small settlement in Burland parish and Baddiley parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6152).


Farningham

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


Chadwell St Mary

A large village and (non-civil) parish north of Tilbury, Thurrock, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6478).


Chadwell

A village in Scalford parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7824).

A hamlet in Sheriffhales parish, Shropshire, England, on the border with Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ7814).


South Ockendon

A large village and parish in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ5881).


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; previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3056).


Woodbridge

A hamlet in Farway parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY1895).

A hamlet in Holwell parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST7112).

A small settlement in Withington parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0314).

A settlement and inn (The Woodbridge) in North Newnton parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1357).

A suburban community of Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, formerly a town.

A locality in Kingborough council area, southern Tasmania, Australia.


Oldbury

From old + -bury. Doublet of Aldborough, Aldbrough, and Aldeburgh. Compare Oldenburg.

doublet

Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge and Malling#English

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A settlement and fortification in Ightham parish, Tonbridge and Malling district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ5856).

A village in Bridgnorth parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7192).

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

A hamlet in Hartshill parish, North Warwickshire district, England (OS grid ref SP3194).

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A rural locality in the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Western Australia.


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).


Old Windsor

A village in Berkshire, England, near the town of Windsor.


Bishopston

A village and community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS5888).


Cheswick

en:Cheswick, Northumberland
en:Cheswick, South Gloucestershire

From Old English ċȳse + wīc; alternatively, cheese + -wick.

A small village in Ancroft parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0346).


Cotham

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

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


Frenchay

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A village in Winterbourne parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, also partly a suburb of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST6377).


Downham

South Hanningfield
South Hanningfield#English

A small village in South Hanningfield parish, Chelmsford district, Essex (OS grid ref TQ7296).

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 village in Saint Elizabeth parish, Jamaica.

A village in Brown Township, Carroll County, Ohio.


Waltham

en-proper noun

Waltham (countable and uncountable, plural Walthams)

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

A village and municipality in the region of Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.

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).

Sturminster Marshall
Sturminster Marshall#English

A hamlet in Sturminster Marshall parish, Dorset (OS grid ref SY9598).


Kingswood

Kingswood (countable and uncountable, plural Kingswoods)

From Old English cyning (“king”) + -s- + wudu (“wood”).

A village in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7491).

A village in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2455).

A hamlet in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1871).

Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross#English

A small settlement in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0638).


Knowle

A village in Wickham parish, Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5609).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1876).


Mangotsfield

A suburban village in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, on the northeast boundary of Bristol (OS grid ref ST6576).


Stapleton

Stapleton (countable and uncountable, plural Stapletons)

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 in Peckleton parish, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP4398).

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).

A village in Condover parish, central Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4704).

A village, the county seat of Logan County, Nebraska, United States.


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).


Warmley

A suburban village in Siston parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, between Bristol and Bath (OS grid ref ST6673).


Whitchurch

Whitchurch (countable and uncountable, plural Whitchurches)

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

der

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

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 suburban village in Tavistock parish, West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4873).

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

A small village in Solva community, west Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM7925).


Thornbury

en-proper noun

Thornbury (countable and uncountable, plural Thornburys)

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 community and former town in the town of Blue Mountains, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Chorleywood

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


Chorley

Farewell and Chorley
Farewell and Chorley#English

A village in Farewell and Chorley parish, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0711).


Wimborne

A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.


Heysham

A large village and port in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4161).


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).


Seaton

Seaton (countable and uncountable, plural Seatons)

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

A coastal village in Deviock parish, Cornwall, on a river of the same name (OS grid ref SX304544).

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).

Seaton with Slingley
Seaton with Slingley#English

A village in Seaton with Slingley parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ399499).

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).

A village in Mercer County, Illinois, United States.


Somerton

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

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

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

A village in Tamworth regional council area, New South Wales, Australia.


Honiton

A locality on Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, apparently named after Honiton, Devon.


Germoe

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


Sway

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


Corfe Castle

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


Corfe

A village in Taunton Deane district, Somerset, England.


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).


Oswaldtwistle

A village in Hyndburn borough, Lancashire, England.


Colne

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


Winsford

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

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


Stoke Mandeville

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

Stoke Mandeville
Stoke Mandeville Hospital


Cheadle

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A suburban village in Stockport borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8688).


Handforth

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


Stokenchurch

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


Littleborough

From Old English lȳtel (“little”) + burh (“borough”) or bróc (“brook”). Piecewise doublet of Littlebury and Luxembourg.

piecewise doublet

A large village in Rochdale borough, Greater Manchester, England. Originally in Lancashire.

Sturton le Steeple
Sturton le Steeple#English

A hamlet in Sturton le Steeple parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England, by the River Trent. (OS grid ref SK8282).


Knighton

en-proper noun

Knighton (countable and uncountable, plural Knightons)

A hamlet on the Isle of Wight, England. The K is usually pronounced to distinguish it from Niton.

A hamlet in Staffordshire, England, on the Shropshire border.

A hamlet in Oxfordshire, England, part of Compton Beauchamp.

A hamlet near Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England.


Ramsbury

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


Compton Beauchamp

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

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


Niton

Niton and Whitwell
Niton and Whitwell#English

A village in Niton and Whitwell parish, southern Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5076).

Yellowhead County
Yellowhead County#English

A locality in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada


Appley Bridge

A village in Wrightington parish, West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5209).


Ilkley

A rural locality in Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.


Foulridge

/ˈfoʊlɹɪd͡ʒ/

A village in Pendle borough, Lancashire, England.


Yarrow

* The river is believed to be of Celtic/Brythonic origin and related to Welsh garw (“rough”).
* English and Scottish surname derived from the river, though likely influenced by the noun yarrow.

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A hamlet and parish in the Yarrow Valley, Scottish Borders council area (OS grid ref NT3527).

A hamlet in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England.

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A small community of British Columbia, Canada.


Welland

Welland (countable and uncountable, plural Wellands)

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

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


South Walsham

A village in Broadland district, Norfolk, England.


Reepham

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


Wroxham

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


Aylesham

A village in Dover district, Kent, England.


Horning

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


Reedham

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

A small locality in Purley, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3160).


Maltby

Raithby cum Maltby
Raithby cum Maltby#English

A hamlet in Raithby cum Maltby parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3184).

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


Cuckfield

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

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


Crook

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

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


Yatton

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


Orton

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

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

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

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

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English

A hamlet in Wombourne parish, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SO8695).

A hamlet in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ3152).

A community in East Garafraxa, Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada.


Sherborne

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

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

A hamlet in Litton parish, Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5855).


Litton

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

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

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

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


Tideswell

Tideswell (countable and uncountable, plural Tideswells)

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

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


Derwent

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

A hamlet and former village in Alberta, Canada.

A community of Thames Centre, Ontario, Canada.


Norton Fitzwarren

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

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


Paulton

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

compound

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

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


Batheaston

A village in Somerset, England, to the east of the city of Bath.


Bathampton

/ˌbɑːθˈæmptən/

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


Bathford

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


Ilchester

A village in Somerset, England, in the past a Roman town and market town.


Zeals

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


Kingswear

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


Kingsbridge

A hamlet in Luxborough parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref SS9837).

A village in Llwchwr community, to the west of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS5897).


Camborne

From Cornish Kammbronn, meaning "crooked hill".

A ghost town and locality in British Columbia, Canada.

Northumberland County
Northumberland County#English

A community of Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.


Mousehole

A village and fishing port in Penzance parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4726).


Sutton Bridge

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


Southwell

A village in Portland parish, on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6870).

A settlement in Eastern Cape, South Africa.


Ashfield

A small village in Romsey Extra parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3619).

A hamlet in Stirling council area, Scotland.


Alresford

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

der

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


Old Alresford

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


Old Basing

Named after the Basingas, an Anglo-Saxon tribe. Renamed from Basing by 1986.

Old Basing and Lychpit
Old Basing and Lychpit#English

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A village in Old Basing and Lychpit parish, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England, to the east of Basingstoke (OS grid ref SU6652).


Ambergate

(In England) From Amber (“river”) + gate; it was originally named Toadmoor, and renamed after a turnpike tollgate (Amber Gate) after the railway station with this name opened in 1840. The etymology of the Australian place name is unclear.

A village in Ripley parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England, at the confluence of the Amber and Derwent rivers (OS grid ref SK3451).


Lauderdale

A locality in Allen Parish, Louisiana, United States.

St. James Parish
St. James Parish#English

A locality in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Walworth

en-proper noun

Walworth (countable and uncountable, plural Walworths)

From Old English wealh (“Briton”) + worþ (“enclosure”). Compare Walsworth.

A scattered village in Darlington borough, County Durham, England.

A town and village in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States.


Lynton

A locality in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada.


Lynmouth

Lynton and Lynmouth
Lynton and Lynmouth#English

A harbour village in Lynton and Lynmouth parish, North Devon district, Devon, England, at the mouth of the two Lyn rivers, the East Lyn and West Lyn (OS grid ref SS7249).


Bampton

Bampton (countable and uncountable, plural Bamptons)

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

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

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

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


Amesbury

A small hamlet in Timsbury parish, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6558).

Athabasca County
Athabasca County#English

A community in Athabasca County, Alberta, Canada.


Little River

The name of many rivers and other places in several countries, including:

A community of the Comox Valley region, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island#English

A community of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A community in the District of Digby, Digby County, Nova Scotia.

District of Digby
District of Digby#English

A number of places in the United States:

A settlement in the city of Little River-Academy, Bell County, Texas.

Little River-Academy
Little River-Academy#English

A settlement on Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand.

A rural locality in Snowy Valleys council area, New South Wales, Australia.


Downton

A hamlet in Milford-on-Sea parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2693).

A hamlet in Upton Magna parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5412).

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

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A hamlet in New Radnor community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO2360).


Latham

Latham (countable and uncountable, plural Lathams)

Habitational surname from any of various places in northern England, from the dative plural form of Old Norse hlaða (“storehouse, barn”).

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A village in Logan County, Illinois, United States.

A hamlet in Albany County, New York, United States.


Ashmore

Ashmore (countable and uncountable, plural Ashmores)

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

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

A village and township in Coles County, Illinois, United States.


Gurley

A village in Cheyenne County, Nebraska, United States.


Broadwell

Broadwell (countable and uncountable, plural Broadwells)

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

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

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

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

Leamington Hastings
Leamington Hastings#English

A village in Leamington Hastings parish, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4565).


Holcombe

Holcombe (countable and uncountable, plural Holcombes)

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

A hamlet in Uplyme parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY3193).

A village in Dawlish parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX9574).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7816).

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


Crabtree

Crabtree (countable and uncountable, plural Crabtrees)

A hamlet in Lower Beeding parish, Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ2225).

A rural locality in Huon Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.


Doherty

A locality in Temagami municipality, Nipissing District, north-eastern Ontario, Canada.


Bow

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

A hamlet in Ashprington parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8156).

Stanford in the Vale
Stanford in the Vale#English

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A hamlet in Stanford in the Vale parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3494).


Probus

From its church dedicated to Saint Probus.

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


Melbourn

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

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


Crider

A community of Caldwell County, Kentucky, United States.

A community of Howell County, Missouri, United States.


Wylie

Laurentian Hills
Laurentian Hills#English

A community of Laurentian Hills municipality, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.


Duxford

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

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

A hamlet in Hinton Waldrist parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, originally in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3699).


Debden

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

A village in the Rural Municipality of Canwood No. 494, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Loughton

Loughton (countable and uncountable, plural Loughtons)

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

Loughton and Great Holm
Loughton and Great Holm#English

A village in Loughton and Great Holm parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8337).

A small village in Wheathill parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO6183).


Zandvoort

A village, municipality, and beach resort in North Holland, The Netherlands.

Zandvoort

Zandvoort, Haarlem, Randstad, North Holland, Netherlands


Kidlington

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


Elmbridge

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


Claygate

A village in Elmbridge borough, Surrey, England.


Thames Ditton

A village in Elmbridge borough, Surrey, England, bordering onto the River Thames and Greater London.


Lauder

A small community of Central Otago, New Zealand, named after the Scottish town.


Melrose

Melrose (countable and uncountable, plural Melroses)

From Scottish Gaelic maol (“bare, barren”) + ros (“promontory, headland”).

A rural community of the City of Devonport and Kentish council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.

A community of Hastings County, Ontario.

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A community of Middlesex County, Ontario.

A number of places in Canada:
A small community of Nova Scotia.

Westmorland County
Westmorland County#English

A settlement in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.

A number of places in the United States:

A small community of Monroe County, Iowa.

Rensselaer County
Rensselaer County#English

A hamlet in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York.

A village and town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.


Rensselaer

/ɹɛnsəˈlɪəɹ/

A village in Ralls County, Missouri, United States, named after the nearby Rensselaer Academy.


Paulding

A village, the county seat of Paulding County, Ohio, United States.


Clovelly

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


Busby

Busby (countable and uncountable, plural Busbys)

From Old Norse buskr (“bush”) + býr (“homestead, village”).

East Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire#English

A suburban village in East Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5756).

A hamlet in Westlock County, Alberta, Canada.


Templeton

A hamlet in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS8814).

A hamlet near Gatehead, East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3934).

A village in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1111).


Arrington

Arrington (countable and uncountable, plural Arringtons)

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

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


Brereton

Brereton (countable and uncountable, plural Breretons)

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

Brereton and Ravenhill
Brereton and Ravenhill#English

A village in Brereton and Ravenhill parish, Cannock Chase district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK053164).

A village in Saint Philip parish, Barbados.


Cheney

Cheney (countable and uncountable, plural Cheneys)

A community of the city of Clarence-Rockland, eastern Ontario, Canada.


Kilburn

Kilburn (countable and uncountable, plural Kilburns)

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

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

Kilburn High and Low
Kilburn High and Low#English

A village in Kilburn High and Low parish, previously in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England, divided into High Kilburn and Low Kilburn (OS grid ref SE512797).


Quarles

Quarles (countable and uncountable, plural Quarleses)

From Old English hwerflas, plural form of hwerfel (“circle”), perhaps referred to an ancient circle of stones.

A hamlet in Holkham parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF883387).


Ridgeway

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A village in Eckington parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4081).

A hamlet on the boundary of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8853).

An unincorporated village in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.

A number of places in the United States:

A village in Hardin County and Logan County, Ohio.

A village and town in Iowa County, Wisconsin.


Seabrook

Seabrook (countable and uncountable, plural Seabrooks)

From either the Old English personal name Sǣga or sǣge (“slowly moving”) + brōc (“brook, stream”).

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

A suburban coastal village in Hythe parish, Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1835).


Shenton

Shenton (countable and uncountable, plural Shentons)

From the name of the River Sence, which is from Old English sċenċ (“drinking cup”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A hamlet in Sutton Cheney parish, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK3800).


Skelton

Skelton (countable and uncountable, plural Skeltons)

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

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

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

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A linear village on the River Ouse in Kilpin parish, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE7625).

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


Westfield

Westfield (countable and uncountable, plural Westfields)

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

Region of Queens Municipality
Region of Queens Municipality#English

A community of Region of Queens Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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

A village in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland.

A small village in Torphichen parish, West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9372).

A township and village therein, in Clark County, Illinois.

Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English

A town and village in Chautauqua County, New York.

Marquette County
Marquette County#English

A small town and village in Marquette County, Wisconsin.


Burlingham

Burlingham (countable and uncountable, plural Burlinghams)

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

Lingwood and Burlingham
Lingwood and Burlingham#English

Three villages in Lingwood and Burlingham civil parish, Norfolk, England: Burlingham Green, North Burlingham and South Burlingham.


Doig

Doig (countable and uncountable, plural Doigs)

Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Doig.

Clear Hills County
Clear Hills County#English

A community of Clear Hills County, northern Alberta, Canada, named after the Doig River.


Peebles

* The town in Scotland is from Scots Peebles, from Scottish Gaelic Na Pùballan, of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *pėbɨll (“tent, temporary settlement”), from Vulgar Latin păpiliō, from Latin pāpiliō.
* The surname is Scottish and derived from the town.

der

A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Chester No. 125, Saskatchewan, Canada.

A village in Adams County, Ohio, United States.

A locality north-west of Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand.


Roxburgh

en-proper noun

Roxburgh (countable and uncountable, plural Roxburghs)

From the Old English personal name Hrōc, a byname from hrōc (“rook, kind of crow”), + -s- + burg (“fortified place”).

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT7030).


Kappel

A village in Lenzkirch, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.


Manley

Manley (countable and uncountable, plural Manleys)

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

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

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

A village in Cass County, Nebraska, United States.


Charlton Kings

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


Stratton

Stratton (countable and uncountable, plural Strattons)

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

der

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

A village in Cirencester parish, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP015900).

A village in Franklin County, Maine, United States.

Hitchcock County
Hitchcock County#English

A village in Hitchcock County, Nebraska, United States.

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.


Weir

en-proper noun

Weir (countable and uncountable, plural Weirs)

A village in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8725).

An unincorporated village in Montcalm, Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Whitehill

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A village on the west side of Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2551).

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

A hamlet in Ospringe parish, Swale district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0059).

A village east of Dalkeith, Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3566).


Winton

Winton (usually uncountable, plural Wintons)

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

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

A hamlet in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4096).


Bagby

Bagby (countable and uncountable, plural Bagbys)

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

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


Featherstone

Featherstone (countable and uncountable, plural Featherstones)

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

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

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English

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


Gretna

An unincorporated urban community of Manitoba, Canada, on the border with North Dakota, USA.


Edge

English topographic surname, derived from the noun edge. Compare Eck.

A village in Painswick parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8409).

A hamlet in Pontesbury parish, south of Yockleton, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3908).


Richland

Kalamazoo County
Kalamazoo County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A village in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.


Scriven

Scriven (countable and uncountable, plural Scrivens)

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

der

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


Colfax

From coal + fox, describing a fox with black marks.

A village in McLean County, Illinois; named for Schuyler Colfax.

A town and village in Dunn County, Wisconsin; named for Schuyler Colfax.

A community of Saskatchewan, Canada; named for the city in Iowa.


Oswego

From a Mohawk name meaning "flowing out", referring to the river.

A large village in Kendall County, Illinois, United States.


Corbett

en-proper noun

Corbett (countable and uncountable, plural Corbetts)

From Anglo-Norman corbet (“little crow; carrion crow”), probably a nickname for someone with dark hair or complexion.

der

A hamlet in Delaware County, New York, United States.


Darrington

en-proper noun

Darrington (countable and uncountable, plural Darringtons)

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

A village and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England.


Hollingsworth

Hollingsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Hollingsworths)

Hampstead Norreys
Hampstead Norreys#English

A hamlet in Hampstead Norreys parish, West Berkshire, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5276).


Plumley

Plumley (countable and uncountable, plural Plumleys)

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

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


Woodside

Woodside (countable and uncountable, plural Woodsides)

Bracknell Forest
Bracknell Forest#English

A number of places in the United Kingdom, including:

A hamlet in Winkfield parish, Bracknell Forest district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9371).

Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross#English

A village next to Burrelton, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2037).

A locality near Greytown, North Island, New Zealand.


New London

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

A rural community of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Bowling Green

A hamlet in Callington parish, eastern Cornwall (OS grid ref SX3670).

A hamlet near Bugle, Treverbyn parish, north of St Austell, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX0258).

Lymington and Pennington
Lymington and Pennington#English

A hamlet in Lymington and Pennington parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SZ2996).

A hamlet north of Peplow, Hodnet parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6225).

A village in Powick parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8151).


Steuben

At least in Maine and New York, named after Prussian army officer Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), who participated in the American Revolution. The name is also of German origin.

named-after

A village in Crawford County, Wisconsin.


Ashland

From Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + land. Many places in the United States are named after Ashland, Henry Clay's estate.

A community of Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Places in the United States:
A village in Cass County, Illinois.

Natchitoches Parish
Natchitoches Parish#English

A village in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.


Allegany

Cattaraugus County
Cattaraugus County#English

A town and village in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States.


Port Sanilac

Probably from Sanilac, a Wyandotte chief.


St. Charles

A village in Saginaw County, Michigan, United States.


Heckington

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

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


Cattaraugus

A village in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States.


Saginaw

/ˈsæɡ.ɪ.nɔː/

From Ojibwe Zaagiinaang (“at-the-outlet”).

A village in Newton County, Missouri, United States.


Chilton

en-proper noun

Chilton (countable and uncountable, plural Chiltons)

Chilton
Chilton, Oxfordshire
Domesday Book
Medieval Latin

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

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


Yetminster

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


Maiden Newton

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


Shillingstone

/ˈʃɪlɪŋstən/

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


Bere Regis

/ˈbɪəɹ ˈɹiːdʒɪs/

The Bere is a small river, Regis is from Latin regis.

A village in Purbeck district, Dorset, England.


Clarksville

A village in Clinton County, Ohio; named for Sarah Clark Hadley, an early settler.

A hamlet in New Scotland, New York; named for early settler Adam A. Clark.


Sciota

McDonough County
McDonough County#English

A village in McDonough County, Illinois.


Chamberlain

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Chamberlain.wav

A village in the Rural Municipality of Sarnia No. 221, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Tacuarembó Department
w:Tacuarembó Department

A village in the Tacuarembó Department, Uruguay.


Kenney

Kenney (countable and uncountable, plural Kenneys)

A village in DeWitt County, Illinois, United States, named after founder Moses Kenney.


Covington

en-prop

Covington (countable and uncountable, plural Covingtons)

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

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

South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire#English

A hamlet in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9739).

A locale in the United States.
A village in Ohio.

Putnam Township, Pennsylvania
w:Putnam Township, Pennsylvania

A village coterminous with Putnam Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.


Bowling

en-proper noun

Bowling (countable and uncountable, plural Bowlings)

Bowling (disambiguation)#Places
Bowling (surname)

West Dunbartonshire
West Dunbartonshire#English

A village on the Clyde in West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4473).


Harden

Harden (countable and uncountable, plural Hardens)

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


Curran

Curran (countable and uncountable, plural Currans)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Corraidhín (“descendant of Corraidhín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of corradh (“spear”).

der

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A township and village therein, in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States.


Hoskins

en-proper noun

Hoskins (countable and uncountable, plural Hoskinses)

A village in Wayne County, Nebraska, United States.

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English

A locality in New Britain, Papua New Guinea.


Whaley

Whaley (countable and uncountable, plural Whaleys)

From Old English wielle (“well, spring”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to well + -ley (“lea”).

A village in Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK5171).


Milligan

Milligan (countable and uncountable, plural Milligans)

From Irish Ó Maolagáin (“descendant of Maolagán”).

der

A place in the United States:
A village in Fillmore County, Nebraska.


Fortescue

en-proper noun

Fortescue (countable and uncountable, plural Fortescues)

From Anglo-Norman Fortescu, from Norman Fort-Escu, from Old French fort+escut. Literally, “strong shield”.

A hamlet in Nether Exe parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9299).

A small village in Holt County, Missouri, United States.

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A community of Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States.


Vickers

Vickers (countable and uncountable, plural Vickerses)

A community in West Grey municipality, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Coulter

Coulter (countable and uncountable, plural Coulters)

→ Translingual: coulteri

A small village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0233).


Hilliard

Hilliard (countable and uncountable, plural Hilliards)

A hamlet in Lamont County, central Alberta, Canada.


Washburn

Washburn (countable and uncountable, plural Washburns)

A number of places in the United States:


Smiley

Smiley (countable and uncountable, plural Smileys)

a placename
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Wiseman

Wiseman (countable and uncountable, plural Wisemans)


Smallwood

Smallwood (countable and uncountable, plural Smallwoods)

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

census-designated place
census-designated place

A hamlet and census-designated place in Bethel, Sullivan County, New York, United States.


Hawley

Hawley (countable and uncountable, plural Hawleys)

Two main origins:
* The village in Hampshire is from Old English heall (“hall, dwelling, house”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hall + -ley (“lea”).
* The village in Kent is from Old English hāliġ (“holy, sacred”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to holy + -ley (“lea”).

der

Blackwater and Hawley
Blackwater and Hawley#English

A village in Blackwater and Hawley parish, Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU8559).

Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley
Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley#English

A village in Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley parish, Dartford district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5471).


Corley

en-proper noun

Corley (countable and uncountable, plural Corleys)

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

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

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


Calvert

Calvert (countable and uncountable, plural Calverts)

From Middle English calfhirde, equivalent to modern calf + herd.

Calvert, a sleepy village in rural Buckinghamshire, is where the former 'Varsity line' from Oxford to Cambridge crossed the old Great Central London extension.

2024 February 7, Paul Bigland, “Rail routes reinstated... at the double”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 48:

A hamlet in Charndon parish and Steeple Claydon parish, Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP6824).

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A community of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Whittington

Whittington (countable and uncountable, plural Whittingtons)

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

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

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

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


Heredia

Heredia (countable and uncountable, plural Heredias)

Borrowed from Spanish Heredia, itself of Basque origin.

A village in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain.


Waldron

Waldron (countable and uncountable, plural Waldrons)

Heathfield and Waldron
Heathfield and Waldron#English

A village in Heathfield and Waldron parish, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5419).


Crowell

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

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


Woodson

Woodson (countable and uncountable, plural Woodsons)


Moseley

Moseley (countable and uncountable, plural Moseleys)

A hamlet in Grimley parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8159).

A locality in Kimba district council area, South Australia.


Ransom

Ransom (countable and uncountable, plural Ransoms)

A village in Allen Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, named after Thomas E. G. Ransom.

Lackawanna County
Lackawanna County#English

A township and village therein, in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, named after Samuel Ransom.


Haskins

Haskins (countable and uncountable, plural Haskinses)

A village in Wood County, Ohio, United States.


Perdue

Perdue (countable and uncountable, plural Perdues)

A village within the rural municipality in Saskatchewan.


Whiting

Whiting (countable and uncountable, plural Whitings)

A number of places in the United States:


Woodall

Woodall (countable and uncountable, plural Woodalls)

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + heall (“hall, dwelling, house”).

A hamlet in Harthill with Woodall parish, Rotherham borough, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4880).

Harthill with Woodall
Harthill with Woodall#English


Felton

en-prop

Felton (countable and uncountable, plural Feltons)

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

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

A village in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1800).

A village in Winford parish, North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5265).


Parham

en-proper noun

Parham (countable and uncountable, plural Parhams)

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

A community of Central Frontenac township, eastern Ontario, Canada.

Central Frontenac
Central Frontenac#English


Tilley

Tilley (countable and uncountable, plural Tilleys)

A small village in Wem Rural parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5027).

County of Newell
County of Newell#English

A hamlet in the County of Newell, Alberta, Canada.

A community of Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Wray

Wray (countable and uncountable, plural Wrays)

From Old Norse vrá (“nook, corner, recess”).

A village in Wray-with-Botton parish, City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6067).


Whitmore

Whitmore (countable and uncountable, plural Whitmores)

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

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


Pyle

Pyle (countable and uncountable, plural Pyles)

A village and community in Bridgend county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS8282).


Dent

Dent (countable and uncountable, plural Dents)

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 SD7086).


Parish

Parish (countable and uncountable, plural Parishes)

A town and village therein, in Oswego County, New York, United States.


Creech

Creech (countable and uncountable, plural Creeches)

Steeple with Tyneham
Steeple with Tyneham#English

A small settlement in Church Knowle parish and Steeple with Tyneham parish, Dorset, England, previously in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY9182).


Kilpatrick

Kilpatrick (countable and uncountable, plural Kilpatricks)

A small settlement on the Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NR9027).


Humphreys

Humphreys (countable and uncountable, plural Humphreyses)

From Humphrey + the patronymic suffix -s.

A village in Sullivan County, Missouri, United States.


Ellsworth

A village in Banks Township, Antrim County, Michigan.

A township and community therein, in Lake County, Michigan.

A village, the county seat of Pierce County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the town.


Minton

Minton (countable and uncountable, plural Mintons)


Briscoe

Briscoe (countable and uncountable, plural Briscoes)

From Old Norse bretar (“Britons”) or birki (“birch”) + skógr (“wood”).

A hamlet in Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY022114).


Newberry

From Old English nīewe (“new”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“stronghold”).

A village, the county seat of Luce County, Michigan.


Hook

Hook (countable and uncountable, plural Hooks)

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

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A hamlet in Wimblington parish, Fenland district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TF4293).

A hamlet in Chardstock parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST3005).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

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

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

A hamlet in Fareham borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5005).

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

A hamlet in Timsbury parish, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6758).

A village in Lydiard Tregoze parish, near Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0784).

A village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9711).

A rural locality in South Canterbury, Canterbury, New Zealand, on the Hook River.


Nesbitt

Nesbitt (countable and uncountable, plural Nesbitts)

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

A community in the Municipality of Oakland – Wawanesa, Manitoba, Canada.


Marlow

Marlow (countable and uncountable, plural Marlows)

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

A village in Leintwardine parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO399765).


Tong

Tong (countable and uncountable, plural Tongs)

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

w:List of United Kingdom locations: To–Tq#Ton–Tor

A hamlet in Headcorn parish, Maidstone district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8346).

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

A small village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2230).

A village north of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB4436).


Minster

A large village in Minster-on-Sea parish, on the Isle of Sheppey, Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9573).

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


Willey

Willey (countable and uncountable, plural Willeys)

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

A village in Barrow parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO672991).

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


Burden

Burden (countable and uncountable, plural Burdens)

A village in Erpeldange commune, Luxembourg (French spelling).


Radford

Radford (countable and uncountable, plural Radfords)

From Old English rēad (“red”) + ford (“ford”).

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A hamlet in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4023).

A hamlet mostly in Timsbury parish, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6757).

A hamlet in Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0055).


Millard

Millard (countable and uncountable, plural Millards)

A village in Pettis Township, Adair County, Missouri.


Huntley

Huntley (countable and uncountable, plural Huntleys)

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


Geary

Geary (countable and uncountable, plural Gearys)

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Gadhra, from gadhar (“hound”)
* As an English surname, from gar (“spear”), as well as a nickname derived from Middle English gery (“unpredictable”)
* As a German surname, from Gehring and Gehrig.

A crofting community in the north of the Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG2661).

A rural community of Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Ralston

Ralston (countable and uncountable, plural Ralstons)

⇒ Translingual: Ralstonia

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

A village (called a Crown village) in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.


Birch

Birch (countable and uncountable, plural Birches)

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

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A small village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8507).


Moulton

Moulton (countable and uncountable, plural Moultons)

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

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

A village in The Moultons parish, South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF306240).

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

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

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

Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan#English

A hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan county borough, South Glamorgan, Wales (OS grid ref ST072457).


Applegate

Applegate (countable and uncountable, plural Applegates)

A village in Sanilac County, Michigan, United States.


Smalley

Smalley (countable and uncountable, plural Smalleys)

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

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


Patten

Patten (countable and uncountable, plural Pattens)

census-designated place
census-designated place

Penobscot County
Penobscot County#English

A town, village, and census-designated place therein, in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.


Whatley

Whatley (countable and uncountable, plural Whatleys)

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

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

A hamlet in Winsham parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3606).


Ellington

Ellington (countable and uncountable, plural Ellingtons)

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

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

Ellington and Linton
Ellington and Linton#English

A village in Ellington and Linton parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2791).


Whiteside

Whiteside (countable and uncountable, plural Whitesides)

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + sīde (“side; slope of a hill”).

A village near Bathgate, West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS967966).

A community of Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A village in Lincoln County, Missouri, United States.


Harwood

Harwood (countable and uncountable, plural Harwoods)

From Old English hara (“hare”) or hār (“hoar, grey”) + wudu (“wood”).

A village in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NY828093).

A village in Vernon County, Missouri, United States.


Seeley

Seeley (countable and uncountable, plural Seeleys)

From Middle English seely (“happy”). As a German surname, from Seele (“soul”).

A community in the town of Lenroot, Sawyer County, Wisconsin.


Hamel

Hamel (countable and uncountable, plural Hamels)

A village in Madison County, Illinois, United States.


Morey

Morey (countable and uncountable, plural Moreys)

A village and commune in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.


Hardwick

Hardwick (countable and uncountable, plural Hardwicks)

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

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

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A hamlet in Buckden parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1968).

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

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

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

Shelton and Hardwick
Shelton and Hardwick#English

A village in Shelton and Hardwick parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM223900).

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

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

Hardwick with Tusmore
Hardwick with Tusmore#English

A village in Hardwick with Tusmore parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5729).

A village in Hardwick-with-Yelford parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3705).

Aston cum Aughton
Aston cum Aughton#English

A hamlet in Todwick parish and Aston cum Aughton parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4886).


Dunning

Dunning (countable and uncountable, plural Dunnings)

Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross#English

A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0214).

A village in Blaine County, Nebraska, United States.


Beaulieu

Beaulieu (countable and uncountable, plural Beaulieus)

From Old French beau + lieu, French Beaulieu.

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


Maxey

Maxey (countable and uncountable, plural Maxeys)

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

der

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


Gandy

en-proper noun

Gandy (countable and uncountable, plural Gandys)

A village in Logan County, Nebraska, United States.


Windham

Windham (countable and uncountable, plural Windhams)

From Wymondham, from personal name Wigmund's + hām (“home”).

A town, hamlet, and census-designated place in Greene County, New York, United States.

A village in Portage County, Ohio, United States.


Venables

en-prop

Venables (countable and uncountable, plural Venableses)

Probably derived from Latin venabulum (“hunting spear”), in the sense of "hunting ground". The surname arrived in England through Norman.

A village in the Eure department, Normandy, France.


Lindley

en-proper noun

Lindley (countable and uncountable, plural Lindleys)

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

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

A locality in Mid North, South Australia, Australia.


Broome

Broome (countable and uncountable, plural Broomes)

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

A small village in Hopesay parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4080).

A hamlet in Cardington parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO5298).

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


Eggleston

Eggleston (countable and uncountable, plural Egglestons)

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

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


Sanborn

Sanborn (countable and uncountable, plural Sanborns)

A number of places in the United States:

A hamlet and census-designated place in Niagara County, New York.


Abney

Abney (countable and uncountable, plural Abneys)

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

Abney and Abney Grange
Abney and Abney Grange#English

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village in Abney and Abney Grange parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK194792).


Littleton

Littleton (countable and uncountable, plural Littletons)

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

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

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

A hamlet in South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4930).

A hamlet in Guildford borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU9847).

A village near Shepperton, Spelthorne borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0768).

A hamlet near Semington, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9060).

United States of America
United States of America

Places in the United States of America:
A village in Schuyler County, Illinois.


Upchurch

Upchurch (countable and uncountable, plural Upchurches)

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

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


Handley

Handley (countable and uncountable, plural Handleys)

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

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A hamlet in Stretton parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3761).


Fulmer

From Old English fugol (“wild fowl”) + mere (“pond”).


Saxton

Saxton (countable and uncountable, plural Saxtons)

From Old English Seaxe (“Saxons”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Saxton with Scarthingwell
Saxton with Scarthingwell#English

A village in Saxton with Scarthingwell parish, Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4736).


Glynn

Glynn (countable and uncountable, plural Glynns)

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A village near Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands#English

A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.


Cosgrove

Cosgrove (countable and uncountable, plural Cosgroves)

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

der

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

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


Seal

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Sale
* As an occupational English surname, related to seal
* As an occupational English surname, from Old French sele (“saddle”)
* As an English nickname-derived surname, from seal (the animal)
* As a Jewish surname, spelling variant or semantic loan of Siegel

A village in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England.


Bratton

en-proper noun

Bratton (countable and uncountable, plural Brattons)

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A suburban settlement in Wrockwardine parish, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6313).

Minehead Without
Minehead Without#English

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A hamlet in Minehead Without parish, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9446).

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

A locality in the Rural Municipality of Fertile Valley, No. 285, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Farrington

Farrington (countable and uncountable, plural Farringtons)

A hamlet in Iwerne Courtney parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8415).


Jang

A village in Eastern Rukum district, Lumbini, Nepal


Belton

Belton (countable and uncountable, plural Beltons)

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

der

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A community in Thames Centre, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

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

Belton and Manthorpe
Belton and Manthorpe#English

A village in Belton and Manthorpe parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK9338).

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

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

Belton with Browston
Belton with Browston#English

A village in Belton with Browston civil parish, Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG4802).


Barnhill

en-proper noun

Barnhill (countable and uncountable, plural Barnhills)

From Old English bearn (“barn”) + hyll (“hill”).

A hamlet in Broxton parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4854).

Tuscarawas County
Tuscarawas County#English

A village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States.


Halstead

Halstead (countable and uncountable, plural Halsteads)

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

Tilton on the Hill and Halstead
Tilton on the Hill and Halstead#English

A hamlet in Tilton on the Hill and Halstead parish, Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7405).


Cranford

Cranford (countable and uncountable, plural Cranfords)

A hamlet in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS3421).

A small village in the north of County Donegal, Ireland.

A community in the Municipal District of Taber, Alberta, Canada.


Moy

Moy (countable and uncountable, plural Moys)

A small village beside Loch Moy in the Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7634).

A hamlet beside the Loch Laggan Reservoir in the Highland council area (OS grid ref NN4282).

A village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.


Kersey

Kersey (countable and uncountable, plural Kerseys)

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

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

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

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

Rocky View County
Rocky View County#English

A locality in Rocky View County, Alberta, Canada.


Ballinger

Ballinger (countable and uncountable, plural Ballingers)

/ˈbælɪndʒəɹ/

A hamlet in Chiltern district, Buckinghamshire, England, shown as Ballinger Bottom and Ballinger Common on Ordnance Survey maps (OS grid ref SP9103).


Landa

Landa (countable and uncountable, plural Landas)

A village in Alava, Basque Country, Spain


Winfield

Winfield (countable and uncountable, plural Winfields)

A number of places in the United States:

A village in Milton Township and Winfield Township, DuPage County, Illinois.

A hamlet in the County of Wetaskiwin, No.10, Alberta, Canada.


Knowlton

Knowlton (countable and uncountable, plural Knowltons)

From Old English cnoll (“knoll, summit”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

A hamlet in East Dorset district, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU022103).

A hamlet in Dover district, Kent, England.

A village in the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Tilton

Tilton (countable and uncountable, plural Tiltons)

Habitational surname from the village of Tilton on the Hill, in Leicestershire, from the Old English personal name Tila + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Vermilion County
Vermilion County#English

A village in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States.


Milburn

Milburn (countable and uncountable, plural Milburns)

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

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

A rural settlement in Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand, named after Morris Milburn.


Pitman

Pitman (countable and uncountable, plural Pitmans)

A hamlet in the rural municipality of Redburn No. 130, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Lilley

Lilley (countable and uncountable, plural Lilleys)

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

A hamlet in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4479).

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

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


Fontana

Fontana (countable and uncountable, plural Fontanas)

From Romance. From Vulgar Latin fontana.

A village and local council of the Gozo Region, Malta


Heflin

A village in Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Matheson

Matheson (countable and uncountable, plural Mathesons)

Black River-Matheson
Black River-Matheson#English

Cochrane District
Cochrane District#English

A community of Black River-Matheson township, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada.


Newland

Newland (countable and uncountable, plural Newlands)

A locality on Kangaroo Island, South Australia.

Egton with Newland
Egton with Newland#English

A hamlet in Egton with Newland civil parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD3079).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A hamlet in Eastrington civil parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8029).

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

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

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


Newlands

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref (approx) NT1646).

A rural locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.


Whitehurst

Whitehurst (countable and uncountable, plural Whitehursts)

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from Old English hwīt (“white”) + hyrst (“hurst, hillock, wooded hill”).

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A hamlet in Dilhorne parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9745).


Utley

Utley (countable and uncountable, plural Utleys)

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

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0542).


Pomeroy

Pomeroy (countable and uncountable, plural Pomeroys)

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.


Thornhill

Thornhill (countable and uncountable, plural Thornhills)

A village in Beckermet parish, Copeland borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY0108).

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

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2518).

A hamlet in Broad Town parish, south of Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0878).

A village in Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6699).

Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality
w:Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality

A village in Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A community near Terrace, British Columbia, Canada.

Regional Municipality of York
w:Regional Municipality of York

A suburban community in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.


Hildreth

Hildreth (countable and uncountable, plural Hildreths)

A village in Franklin County, Nebraska, United States.


Harwell

Harwell (countable and uncountable, plural Harwells)

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

A hamlet in Everton parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6891).

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

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


Bosley

Bosley (countable and uncountable, plural Bosleys)

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


Woodbury

Woodbury (countable and uncountable, plural Woodburys)

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

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

Southern Midlands
Southern Midlands#English

A rural locality in Southern Midlands council area, Tasmania, Australia.

A small settlement near Geraldine, in southern Canterbury, New Zealand.

census-designated place
census-designated place

A number of places in the United States:

A hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York.

A town and village in Orange County, New York.


Hargrave

Hargrave (countable and uncountable, plural Hargraves)

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

A village in Hargrave and Huxley parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4862).

Hargrave and Huxley
Hargrave and Huxley#English

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

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

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

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

A settlement in the Rural Municipality of Wallace-Woodworth, Manitoba, Canada.


Hargraves

A village in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia.


Hartwell

Hartwell (countable and uncountable, plural Hartwells)


Boynton

Boynton (countable and uncountable, plural Boyntons)

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

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


Beardsley

Beardsley (countable and uncountable, plural Beardsleys)

A locality in Sun City West, Maricopa County, Arizona, named after William H. Beardsley.


Flagg

Flagg (countable and uncountable, plural Flaggs)

Both the surname and village are from Old English flag (“slab”), itself borrowed from Old Norse flaga, from Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”).


Bonham

A hamlet in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST7733).


Turney

en-proper noun

Turney (countable and uncountable, plural Turneys)

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from any of various places in France called Tournai, Tournay or Tourny.

A village in Clinton County, Missouri, United States.


Haile

Haile (countable and uncountable, plural Hailes)

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


Hailes

A small settlement in Stanway parish, Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England, the location of Hailes Abbey (OS grid ref SO0430).


Roden

Roden (countable and uncountable, plural Rodens)

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A hamlet in Ercall Magna parish, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5716).

A community of Main-Spessart district, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany.


Harrigan

Harrigan (countable and uncountable, plural Harrigans)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hArragáin, a corruption of Ó hÁnradháin (“descendant of Ánradhán”), a diminutive of ánradh (“warrior”). Compare Hanrahan and Horgan.

A hamlet in the town of Ellenburg, Clinton County, New York, United States.


Copley

Copley (countable and uncountable, plural Copleys)

From Old English copp (“hilltop”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A village west of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ0825).

A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0822).


Horsley

Horsley (countable and uncountable, plural Horsleys)

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

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

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

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

A small settlement in Rochester parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NY8496).


Brigham

Brigham (countable and uncountable, plural Brighams)

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

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

Foston on the Wolds
Foston on the Wolds#English

A small village in Foston on the Wolds parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0753).


Newhouse

Newhouse (countable and uncountable, plural Newhouses)

* From new + house.
* Calque of German Neuhaus. Derived from Neuhaus (cf. Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr.), anglicization of German Neuhaus. From neu+Haus.
Cognate with, Catalan Casanova, French Maisonneuve, German Neuhaus, Italian Casanova, Occitan Casanova.

A hamlet in County Durham, England, United Kingdom

North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire#English

A hamlet in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom (OS grid ref NS7961).


Hatley

Hatley (countable and uncountable, plural Hatleys)

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

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

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

A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.


Stowell

Stowell (countable and uncountable, plural Stowells)

From Old English stān (“stone”) + wella (“spring, well, stream”).

A hamlet in Yanworth parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0813).

Charlton Horethorne
Charlton Horethorne#English

A village in Charlton Horethorne parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6822).


Money

Money (countable and uncountable, plural Moneys)

Money, Mississippi, looks exactly like it sounds. Named in that persistent Southern tradition of irony and with the attendant tradition of nescience, the name becomes slightly sad, a marker of self-conscious ignorance that might as well be embraced because, let’s face it, it isn’t going away.

2021, Percival Everett, The Trees, Influx Press (2022), page 11:


Holgate

Holgate (countable and uncountable, plural Holgates)

A community in Long Beach Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.

A village in Henry County, Ohio, United States.


Southwood

Southwood (countable and uncountable, plural Southwoods)

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A hamlet in Ticknall parish, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3521).

Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood#English

A hamlet in Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood parish, Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG3905).

A hamlet in Baltonsborough parish, Somerset, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5533).

Shelsley Beauchamp
Shelsley Beauchamp#English

A hamlet in Shelsley Beauchamp parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO7462).

A community in south-east Edmonton, Alberta.

A locality and former town in Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.


Niles

Niles (countable and uncountable, plural Nileses)

A number of places in the United States:

A village and township in Cook County, Illinois.


Embleton

Embleton (countable and uncountable, plural Embletons)

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

A hamlet and site of a medieval village in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4229).

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


Pinkney

Pinkney (countable and uncountable, plural Pinkneys)

A hamlet in Sherston parish, north-west Wiltshire, England, also known as Sherston Parva (OS grid ref ST8686).


Wingfield

Wingfield (countable and uncountable, plural Wingfields)

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A hamlet in Chalgrave parish, Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0026).

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

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


Pender

Pender (countable and uncountable, plural Penders)

A village, the county seat of Thurston County, Nebraska, United States.


Kingsbury

Kingsbury (countable and uncountable, plural Kingsburys)

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

doublet

A village municipality of Estrie, Quebec, Canada.

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

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


Barham

en-proper noun

Barham (countable and uncountable, plural Barhams)

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

Barham and Woolley
Barham and Woolley#English

A village in Barham and Woolley parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1375).

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

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


Vandiver

Vandiver (countable and uncountable, plural Vandivers)

Americanized form of Dutch van Duiver, a habitational surname for someone from Duiven.

A village in Audrain County, Missouri, United States.


Whitehouse

Whitehouse (countable and uncountable, plural Whitehouses)

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A locality east of Alford, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ6114).

A hamlet on the Kintyre peninsula, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NR8161).


Roa

Roa (countable and uncountable, plural Roas)

A village in Comoé district, Ivory Coast.


Burwell

Burwell (countable and uncountable, plural Burwells)

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

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

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


Parton

Parton (countable and uncountable, plural Partons)

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

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

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A hamlet in Thursby parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY2750).

A hamlet (also called Great Parton) in Eardisley parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3148).

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

A hamlet in Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX6970).


Tankersley

en-prop

Tankersley (countable and uncountable, plural Tankersleys)

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


Markle

en-proper noun

Markle (countable and uncountable, plural Markles)

A hamlet in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5777).


Crossley

Crossley (countable and uncountable, plural Crossleys)

From Old English cross (“cross”) + leah (“woodland clearing”).

compound

A locality in the Shire of Moyne, south-west Victoria, Australia.


Treadwell

en-proper noun

Treadwell (countable and uncountable, plural Treadwells)

Metonymic occupational surname for a fuller, from tread + well.

A hamlet in Delaware County, New York, United States.

Alfred and Plantagenet
Alfred and Plantagenet#English

United Counties of Prescott and Russell#English

A community of Alfred and Plantagenet township, United Counties of Prescott and Russell, eastern Ontario, Canada.


Seale

Seale (countable and uncountable, plural Seales)

A village in Seale and Sands parish, Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU8947).


Stackhouse

Stackhouse (countable and uncountable, plural Stackhouses)

A hamlet in Giggleswick parish, Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD8165).


Elston

Elston (countable and uncountable, plural Elstons)


Claxton

Claxton (countable and uncountable, plural Claxtons)

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

A village in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM3403).

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


Loveland

Loveland (countable and uncountable, plural Lovelands)

A hamlet in Orchard Park, Erie County, New York.


Pelton

Pelton (countable and uncountable, plural Peltons)

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

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


Worsham

Worsham (countable and uncountable, plural Worshams)

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

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A hamlet in Asthal parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2910).


Priddy

Priddy (countable and uncountable, plural Priddys)

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


Lessard

Lessard (countable and uncountable, plural Lessards)

A village and former commune of Lessard-et-le-Chene, Lisieux borough, Calvados department, Normandy, France


Appleby

Appleby (countable and uncountable, plural Applebys)

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

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

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A locality in Tasman District, South Island, New Zealand.

A community of Burlington, Ontario, Canada.


Marriott

Marriott (countable and uncountable, plural Marriotts)

Probably from Old English Mœ̄rgēat, a diminutive of Marīa (“Mary”), via Latin.

A hamlet in Saskatchewan, within the rural municipality.


Harker

Harker (countable and uncountable, plural Harkers)

A village in Rockcliffe parish, City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3960).


Beckley

Beckley (countable and uncountable, plural Beckleys)

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

A hamlet in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2296).

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A village in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5611)


Ridgway

Ridgway (countable and uncountable, plural Ridgways)

A village and township in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States

A hamlet in Edgton parish, south-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3986).


Hagerman

Hagerman (countable and uncountable, plural Hagermans)

A hamlet in the town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York.


Stillman

Stillman (countable and uncountable, plural Stillmans)

A locality in Au Train Township, Alger County, Michigan, United States.


Wortham

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

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


Elwell

Elwell (countable and uncountable, plural Elwells)

From Old English hæl (“omen”) + wielle (“well, spring”), presumably in reference to a pagan river worship.

A hamlet in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS655315)