Tarleton

Tarleton (countable and uncountable, plural Tarletons)

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

der

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


Highley

en-proper noun

Highley (countable and uncountable, plural Highleys)

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

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


Dymond

Dymond (countable and uncountable, plural Dymonds)

Temiskaming Shores
Temiskaming Shores#English

A community and former township in the City of Temiskaming Shores, Timiskaming district, Ontario, Canada.


Shuttleworth

Shuttleworth (countable and uncountable, plural Shuttleworths)

From Old English sċyttel (“bar, bolt”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD805175).


Bramwell

Bramwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bramwells)

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Bra#Brae-Bram

A hamlet in High Ham parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4329).


Seddon

Seddon (countable and uncountable, plural Seddons)

Perhaps a habitational surname from an unidentified place in England.

A locality on Kangaroo Island, South Australia.


Ellwood

Ellwood (countable and uncountable, plural Ellwoods)

A hamlet in West Dean parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO5808).


Cantley

Cantley (countable and uncountable, plural Cantleys)

Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood#English

A village in Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood parish, Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3803).

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


Vanscoy

Vanscoy (countable and uncountable, plural Vanscoys)

A village in Vanscoy, Saskatchewan, Canada


Albury

Albury (countable and uncountable, plural Alburys)

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

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

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

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A village in Tiddington-with-Albury parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6505).

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

(uncountable) A placename:
A village in New Zealand.


Moorhouse

Moorhouse (countable and uncountable, plural Moorhouses)

From Old English mōr (“moor, marsh, fen”) + hūs (“house”).

A small village in Burgh by Sands parish, City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3356).

Laxton and Moorhouse
Laxton and Moorhouse#English

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A hamlet in Laxton and Moorhouse parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7566).


New City

census-designated place
census-designated place

A hamlet and census-designated place, the county seat of Rockland County, Clarkstown, New York, United States.


Elyria

A small village in Valley County, Nebraska, United States.


Burbage

Burbage (countable and uncountable, plural Burbages)

Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth#English

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

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


Carrollton

A number of places in the United States:

A village, the county seat of Carroll County, Ohio.


Wyllie

Wyllie (countable and uncountable, plural Wyllies)

A village in Ynysddu community, Caerphilly county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1794).


Halton

Halton (countable and uncountable, plural Haltons)

* (Halton, Ontario, Canada): Named after William Mathew Halton, a British colonial bureaucrat in Upper Canada.

A village in Runcorn, Cheshire, England, which gave its name to the above borough (OS grid ref SJ5381).

A village in Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8710).

A village in Halton-with-Aughton parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5064).

A village in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9967).


Swaby

Swaby (countable and uncountable, plural Swabys)

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

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


Newburn

Newburn (countable and uncountable, plural Newburns)

The Fife place-name was historically Nithbren (1150). Possibly from Pictish, perhaps from *Nith, an ethonym, with a cognate of Welsh bryn (“hill”) or Welsh pren (“tree”).

Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne#English

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, west of the city and on the north bank of the Tyne (OS grid ref NZ1665).


Poulton

Poulton (countable and uncountable, plural Poultons)

Poulton and Pulford
Poulton and Pulford#English

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A small village in Poulton and Pulford parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ3958).

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


Hurn

Hurn (countable and uncountable, plural Hurns)

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole#English

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


Sublette

A locality in Weld County, Colorado, United States.

A village in Lee County, Illinois, United States.


Pinedale

Yellowhead County
Yellowhead County#English

A hamlet in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.


Los Lunas

A village, the county seat of Valencia County, New Mexico, United States.


Mosquero

San Miguel County
San Miguel County#English

A village, the county seat of Harding County, New Mexico, United States. Also partly in San Miguel County.


Fort Sumner

A village, the county seat of De Baca County, New Mexico, United States, named after the historic fort.


La Grange

La Grange (countable and uncountable, plural La Granges)

A suburban village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.

United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands#English

A settlement on the island of Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands, United States.


Mason City

A village in Custer County, Nebraska, United States.


Central City

An urban village in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.

A village in Marion County, Illinois, United States.


Steamboat Springs

Named after the chugging noise produced by the springs, which sounded like a steamboat.

A locality in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.


Red Lodge

A village in Forest Heath district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL6970).


Greeley Center

A village, the county seat of Greeley County, Nebraska, United States, usually known as Greeley.


Tribune

A small community in southern Saskatchewan, Canada.


Johnson City

Andrew Johnson
Endicott Johnson Corporation
George F. Johnson
Johnson City

The Kansas city is named in honor of railroad official A.S. Johnson; the Missouri unincorporated community after then-incumbent president Andrew Johnson; the New York village after George F. Johnson, who led Endicott Johnson Corporation; the Oregon city after founder Delbert Johnson, the Tennessee city after founder Henry Johnson, and the Texas city came from the founder James P. Johnson.

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


Semington

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


Lyneham

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

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

Lyneham and Bradenstoke
Lyneham and Bradenstoke#English

A large village and former RAF base in Lyneham and Bradenstoke parish, north Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0278).


Ossa

Ossa (countable and uncountable, plural Ossas)

Surname borrowed from Spanish Ossa, itself from Basque otsoa (“wolf”).

A village in Larissa regional unit, Greece.

A village in Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece.


Nairn

A small community in southern Ontario, Canada.


Kinross

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

A settlement in Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Ettrick

A locality in Kyogle Council, New South Wales, Australia.

Rural City of Murray Bridge
Rural City of Murray Bridge#English

A locality in the Rural City of Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia.

Middlesex Centre
Middlesex Centre#English

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A community of the municipality of Middlesex Centre, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.

A settlement in Central Otago, New Zealand.

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A small village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, 17 miles south-west of Selkirk (OS grid ref NT2714).

Trempealeau County
Trempealeau County#English

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


Stonehaven

A small settlement west of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

Gloucester County
Gloucester County#English

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


Kincardine

From Scottish Gaelic Cinn Chàrdainn, possibly adapted from an earlier Pictish *Pencarden, equivalent to Welsh pen (“head, top”) + cardden (“enclosure”).

A hamlet near Ardgay, Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH6089).

A municipality and community of Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.


Dunfermline

From Scottish Gaelic Dùn Phàrlain, the first element being from dùn (“fortification”), and the rest of uncertain origin, possibly from an alteration of the river Lyne Burn, from linne (“waterfall, pool”) + bùrn (“water”).

A village in Fulton County, Illinois, United States, first settled by people from Dunfermline, Fife.


Kirkcaldy

From Scottish Gaelic Cair Chaladain (“place of Caled's fort”), from Pictish caer (“fort”) + caled (“hard, harsh, rough”), possibly referring to a tough ruler.

der

A hamlet in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada.


Leven

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1045).


Topham

en-proper noun

Topham (countable and uncountable, plural Tophams)

A hamlet in Sykehouse parish, Doncaster borough, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6217).


Horsey

From Old English hors (“horse”) + īeġ (“island”).

A village in Norfolk, England, in the Broads.


Hopewell

Hopewell (countable and uncountable, plural Hopewells)

Ultimately from hope + well.
The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Hopewell, Pennsylvania.

Christ Church Parish
Christ Church Parish#English

A settlement in Christ Church Parish, Barbados.

Saint Thomas Parish
Saint Thomas Parish#English

A settlement in Saint Thomas Parish, Barbados.

A village in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A settlement in Clarendon parish, Jamaica.

A settlement in Hanover parish, Jamaica.

A settlement in Manchester parish, Jamaica.

A settlement in St. Andrew parish, Jamaica.

A settlement in St. Ann parish, Jamaica.

A settlement in St. Elizabeth parish, Jamaica.

A settlement in Westmoreland parish, Jamaica.

Two villages in Eastern Cape, South Africa.

A village in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Fairfield County
Fairfield County#English

A large number of places in the United States:

A community of Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

A community of Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.


Dunmore

Dunmore (countable and uncountable, plural Dunmores)

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic dùn (“fortress, fort, stronghold”) + mòr (“big, large, great”).

der

A village in Airth parish, Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS891893).

A hamlet in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.


Eastburn

en-proper noun

Eastburn (countable and uncountable, plural Eastburns)

A hamlet in Kirkburn parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England; a stream named Eastburn Beck is nearby (OS grid ref SE9955).

Steeton with Eastburn
Steeton with Eastburn#English

A village in Steeton with Eastburn parish, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England; another Eastburn Beck is nearby (OS grid ref SE0244).


Croston

Croston (countable and uncountable, plural Crostons)

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

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


Dummer

Dummer (countable and uncountable, plural Dummers)

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

A community in the Rural Municipality of Caledonia No. 99, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

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


Harewood

Harewood (countable and uncountable, plural Harewoods)

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

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


Midgley

Midgley (countable and uncountable, plural Midgleys)

From Old English myċġ (“midge, gnat, mosquito”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to midge + -ley (“lea”).

der

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0326).


Hooton

en-proper noun

Hooton (countable and uncountable, plural Hootons)

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3678).


Kinnaird

Kinnaird (countable and uncountable, plural Kinnairds)

Scottish habitational surname, from Scottish Gaelic ceann (“head”) + aird (“summit, peak”).

Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross#English

A hamlet near Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN9559).

A village and castle in eastern Perth and Kinross council area (OS grid ref NO2428).


Murrow

Murrow (countable and uncountable, plural Murrows)

From Old English mōr, from Proto-West Germanic *mōr (“moor”) + Middle English rewe, rowe, rawe, from Old English rǣw, rāw, probably from Proto-Germanic *raiwō, *raigwō, *raih- (“row, streak, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyk- (“to carve, scratch, etch”).

der

A village in Wisbech St Mary parish, Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF3707).


Boxley

en-proper noun

Boxley (countable and uncountable, plural Boxleys)

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

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


Goldsborough

Goldsborough (countable and uncountable, plural Goldsboroughs)

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

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

A hamlet in Lythe parish, Scarborough district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref NZ8314).

A locality in the Cairns Region of Queensland, Australia.


Lanark

From Cumbric *lanerc (“a glade”), compare Welsh llannerch (“glade, clearing”).

An unincorporated village in Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

Lanark Highlands
Lanark Highlands#English

A community and former village in Lanark Highlands township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Wishaw

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

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


Mells

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

Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet
Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet#English

A hamlet in Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, formerly in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM4076).


Mattoon

Mattoon (countable and uncountable, plural Mattoons)

A village in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States.


Casco

Casco (countable and uncountable, plural Cascos)

A town and village therein, in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.


Ratley

Ratley (countable and uncountable, plural Ratleys)

Ratley and Upton
Ratley and Upton#English

A village in Ratley and Upton parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3847).


Pilling

Pilling (countable and uncountable, plural Pillings)

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


Gilford

Gilford (countable and uncountable, plural Gilfords)

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A village in County Down, Northern Ireland.


Twining

Twining (countable and uncountable, plural Twinings)

A village in Mason Township and Turner Township, Arenac County, Michigan.


Mangham

Mangham (countable and uncountable, plural Manghams)

A village in Richland Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Lorton

Lorton (countable and uncountable, plural Lortons)

A village in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States.


Hempstead

Hempstead (countable and uncountable, plural Hempsteads)

From Old English hām (“homestead”) + stede (“place”). Doublet of Hampstead.

A village in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL6338).

A settlement in Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7864).

A village in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1037).

A hamlet in Lessingham parish, North Norfolk, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG4028).

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


Beswick

Beswick (countable and uncountable, plural Beswicks)

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

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


Stackpole

Stackpole (countable and uncountable, plural Stackpoles)

Apparently from Old Norse stakkr (“stack”) + pollr (“pool”).

Stackpole and Castlemartin
Stackpole and Castlemartin#English

A village in Stackpole and Castlemartin community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SR9896).


Heatley

Heatley (countable and uncountable, plural Heatleys)

A village in Lymm parish, Warrington borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7088).

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A settlement in Abbots Bromley parish, East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0627).


Winford

Winford (countable and uncountable, plural Winfords)

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

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

A hamlet in Newchurch parish, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5684).


Tremaine

Tremaine (countable and uncountable, plural Tremaines)

From Cornish trev (“farmstead; town”) + men (“stone”).


Satterthwaite

Satterthwaite (countable and uncountable, plural Satterthwaites)

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

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


Hannaford

Hannaford (countable and uncountable, plural Hannafords)

A rural locality in Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia, named after pastoralist Samuel Hannaford.

A hamlet in Swimbridge parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6029).


Bartlow

Bartlow (countable and uncountable, plural Bartlows)

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

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


Burn

Burn (countable and uncountable, plural Burns)

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

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


Maskell

Maskell (countable and uncountable, plural Maskells)

A village in Dixon County, Nebraska, United States.


Ardrossan

Strathcona County
Strathcona County#English

A hamlet in Strathcona County in Alberta, Canada, named for the town in Scotland


Montford

Montford (countable and uncountable, plural Montfords)

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

der

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


Bonsall

en-proper noun

Bonsall (countable and uncountable, plural Bonsalls)

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

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


Belgrave

Belgrave (countable and uncountable, plural Belgraves)

A small village in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3861).

A community of North Huron, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


West Kilbride

A village in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2048).


Haddington

A hamlet in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9163).


Bevington

Bevington (countable and uncountable, plural Bevingtons)

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

A hamlet in Ham and Stone parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST657949).


Sarratt

Sarratt (countable and uncountable, plural Sarratts)

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


Trowell

Trowell (countable and uncountable, plural Trowells)

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


Holford

Holford (countable and uncountable, plural Holfords)

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

der

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

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

A community of Chatsworth, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Byford

en-proper noun

Byford (countable and uncountable, plural Byfords)

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

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


Roughton

Roughton (countable and uncountable, plural Roughtons)

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

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

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

A hamlet in south Shropshire, England, east of Bridgnorth (OS grid ref SO7594).


Lytton

Lytton (countable and uncountable, plural Lyttons)

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A village in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.


Wormley

Wormley (countable and uncountable, plural Wormleys)

From Old English wyrm (“snake”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to worm or wyrm + -ley (“lea”).

A village in Broxbourne district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL322054).

A village in Witley parish, Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9438).


Byfield

Byfield (countable and uncountable, plural Byfields)

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

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

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

A rural locality in Byfield National Park, Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia.

A village in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.


Rockhill

Rockhill (countable and uncountable, plural Rockhills)

A hamlet in Clun parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO2879).


Pine City

A former mining settlement in Mono County, California, United States.

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


Martinsville

A number of places in the United States:


Elberton

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A village in South Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6088).


Fairplay

A locality in Adams County, Pennsylvania.


Whitelaw

Whitelaw (countable and uncountable, plural Whitelaws)

Habitational surname from Old English hwīt (“white”) + hlǣw (“hill, mound”).

Manitowoc County
Manitowoc County#English

A village in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States.

A hamlet in the Municipal District of Fairview, No. 136, northern Alberta, Canada.


Cartledge

Cartledge (countable and uncountable, plural Cartledges)

From Old Norse kartr (“rocky ground”) + Old English læcc (“boggy stream”).

A hamlet in Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3277).


Fawley

Fawley (countable and uncountable, plural Fawleys)

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

der

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

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

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


Bagnall

en-proper noun

Bagnall (countable and uncountable, plural Bagnalls)

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

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

A community in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.


Yeaton

Yeaton (countable and uncountable, plural Yeatons)

From Old English ēa (“river, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village in Baschurch parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ432194).


Mayville

Mayville (countable and uncountable, plural Mayvilles)

A village in Tuscola County, Michigan, United States.

Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English

A village, the county seat of Chautauqua County, New York, United States.


Revere

Revere (countable and uncountable, plural Reveres)


Evanston

A small community of Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Torrington

Torrington (countable and uncountable, plural Torringtons)

From Torridge (“a river in Devon”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A small village in Tenterfield Shire, in northern New South Wales, Australia.

A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.


Goshen

Guysborough County
Guysborough County#English

A rural community of Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A number of places in the United States:

A town and village in New York; the village is the county seat of Orange County.


Donat

en-proper noun

Donat (countable and uncountable, plural Donats)

* As a French, German, Polish, English, Slovak, and Czech surname, all from the Medieval Latin saint's name Donatus, the past participle of donare (“to give”).
* As a Scottish surname, variant of Dunnett.

Muntogna da Schons
Muntogna da Schons#English

A village in Muntogna da Schons municipality, Grisons canton, Switzerland.


Tweedie

Tweedie (countable and uncountable, plural Tweedies)

Lac La Biche County
Lac La Biche County#English

A locality in Lac La Biche County, Alberta, Canada.


Lynchburg

A village in Clinton County and Highland County, Ohio, United States.


Fearn

Fearn (countable and uncountable, plural Fearns)

A hamlet in Ross-shire, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH8377).


Bradwell

Bradwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bradwells)

A village in Essex, England (properly Bradwell-on-Sea).


Kinghorn

Kinghorn (countable and uncountable, plural Kinghorns)

From Scottish Gaelic ceann (“head; height”) + gronna (“bog”); the placename later developed to Kinghorn due to folk etymology.

A community in the township of King, Ontario, Canada.


Hawthorn

Hawthorn (countable and uncountable, plural Hawthorns)

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

A hamlet in Four Marks parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6733).


Weedon

Weedon (countable and uncountable, plural Weedons)

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

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


Sweetland

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from Old English swēte (“sweet”) + land (“land”).

Lunenburg County
Lunenburg County#English

A community of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Bitton

Bitton (countable and uncountable, plural Bittons)

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


Illingworth

Illingworth (countable and uncountable, plural Illingworths)

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

A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0729).

A locality in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.


Rockford

From Old English hrōca, the genitive plural form of hroc, meaning rook (the bird) + ford.


Youngstown

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


Bridgeport

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

census-designated place
census-designated place

A number of places in the United States:

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


Cottam

Cottam (countable and uncountable, plural Cottams)

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

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

A village in Lea parish, City of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5032).

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

A community of Kingsville, Essex County, Ontario, Canada.


Woolverton

Woolverton (countable and uncountable, plural Woolvertons)

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

A village in Tellisford parish, Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7953).


Woolston

Woolston (countable and uncountable, plural Woolstons)

St Ive and Pensilva
St Ive and Pensilva#English

A hamlet in St Ive and Pensilva parish, east Cornwall (OS grid ref SX2968).

A hamlet in West Alvington parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX7141).

A hamlet in Oswestry Rural parish, north-west Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ3224).

A hamlet in Wistanstow parish, southern Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4287).

A hamlet in North Cadbury parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6527).

A hamlet in Bicknoller parish, Somerset, previously in West Somerset and Somerset West and Taunton districts (OS grid ref ST0939).


Bulmer

Bulmer (countable and uncountable, plural Bulmers)

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

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


Salt

Salt (countable and uncountable, plural Salts)

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English Selte.
The Staffordshire village was recorded as Selte in 1086 (DB), for a salt pit or saltworks.

A village in Salt and Enson parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9527).


Lyford

Lyford (countable and uncountable, plural Lyfords)

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

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

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


Russellville

A village in Lawrence County, Illinois, United States.

A village in Brown County, Ohio, United States.


Whittingham

Whittingham (countable and uncountable, plural Whittinghams)

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

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

A locality in the Singleton Council region of New South Wales, Australia.


Brailsford

Brailsford (countable and uncountable, plural Brailsfords)

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

der

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

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


Arrowsmith

en-proper noun

Arrowsmith (countable and uncountable, plural Arrowsmiths)

From arrowsmith, an occupational surname for a maker of iron arrowheads.

A township and village therein, in McLean County, Illinois, United States, named after settler Ezekiel Arrowsmith.


Ancrum

Ancrum (countable and uncountable, plural Ancrums)

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT6224).


Lyne

Lyne (countable and uncountable, plural Lynes)

As an English surname, spelling variant of Lind and Line; as an Irish surname, spelling variant of Lane.

A village in Runnymede district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0166).

A small settlement west of Peebles, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2040).


Panton

Panton (countable and uncountable, plural Pantons)

A hamlet in East Barkwith parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1758).


Bransford

Bransford (countable and uncountable, plural Bransfords)

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


Niobrara

A village in Knox County, Nebraska, United States.


Rockbridge

A village in Greene County, Illinois, United States.


Tuscarawas

Tuscarawas County
Tuscarawas County#English


Forest City

A rural community of York County, New Brunswick, Canada, just across the border from Forest City, Maine.

A village in Mason County, Illinois, United States.

Washington County
Washington County#English

A locality in Washington County, Maine, United States.


Lockport

From lock + port. Most places are named after locks used for navigation on canals or rivers.

A community of the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews and Rural Municipality of St. Clements, Manitoba, Canada.


Starkville

A hamlet in the town of Stark, Herkimer County, New York, named after John Stark.

A locality in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, named after the Stark family.


Alamance

A village in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States.


Morristown

A community of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Antigonish County
Antigonish County#English

A community of Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

St. Lawrence County
St. Lawrence County#English

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

A village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.


Juab

A locality in Juab County, Utah, United States.


Centreville

A village in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada.

A community of Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Inverness County
Inverness County#English

Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island#English

A small community of Inverness County, on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A rural farming community of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Shelburne County
Shelburne County#English

Cape Sable Island
Cape Sable Island#English

A community of Shelburne County, on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The former name of the community and former village of Rodney, in the municipality of West Elgin, in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.

A community in the municipality of Meaford, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.

Lennox and Addington County
Lennox and Addington County#English

A community in the township of Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.

The former name of the community of Centerville in the city of Fremont, Alameda County, California, United States.

St. Joseph County
St. Joseph County#English

A village, the county seat of St. Joseph County, Michigan, United States.


Big Lake

A rural community and lake in Halifax regional municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A village in Holt County, Missouri, United States.


Shepley

Shepley (countable and uncountable, plural Shepleys)

From Old English scēap (“sheep”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1909).


Muncie

Muncie (countable and uncountable, plural Muncies)

Vermilion County
Vermilion County#English

A village in Oakwood Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.


Hockley

Hockley (countable and uncountable, plural Hockleys)

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

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

(uncountable) A placename:
A village in Mono, Ontario, Canada.


Adderley

Adderley (countable and uncountable, plural Adderleys)

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

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


Pett

Pett (countable and uncountable, plural Petts)

A village in Rother district, East Sussex, England.


Woodville

A community of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A village in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3119).

A community in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.

United States of America
United States of America

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

Various places in the United States of America:

A hamlet in the town of Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York.

A hamlet in the town of Naples, Ontario County, New York.

St. Croix County
St. Croix County#English

A village in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.


Sweetwater

A number of places in the United States:


Tonge

Tonge (countable and uncountable, plural Tonges)

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

Breedon on the Hill
Breedon on the Hill#English

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

A hamlet in Breedon on the Hill parish, North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK4123).


Junction

A village in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States.


Bloxham

Bloxham (countable and uncountable, plural Bloxhams)

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

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


Clear Lake

A village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States.

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


Milroy

Milroy (countable and uncountable, plural Milroys)

A locality east of Mudgee, Mid-Western regional council area, New South Wales, Australia.


Halling

Halling (countable and uncountable, plural Hallings)

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


Haswell

Haswell (countable and uncountable, plural Haswells)

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

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


Dunnington

Dunnington (countable and uncountable, plural Dunningtons)

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

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


Bowland

Bowland (countable and uncountable, plural Bowlands)

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

Bowland railway station
w:Bowland railway station

A locality north-west of Galashiels, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4540).


Woodhead

Woodhead (countable and uncountable, plural Woodheads)

A small settlement in Tintwistle parish, High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England, near the disused Woodhead Tunnel (OS grid ref SE0900).

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A locality in Stretton parish and Clay Cross parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3662).

A small village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ7938).


Tatham

Tatham (countable and uncountable, plural Tathams)

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

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


Clearwater

A village in Antelope County, Nebraska, United States.


Lamberton

Lamberton (countable and uncountable, plural Lambertons)

From Old English lamb (“lamb”) + burna (“stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A hamlet and locality in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Berwickshire (OS grid ref NT967572).


Hunton

Hunton (countable and uncountable, plural Huntons)

A small village in Wonston parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4839).

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

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


Bagshaw

Bagshaw (countable and uncountable, plural Bagshaws)

From either the Old English personal name Baċġa or the unattested Old English word bagga (“badger”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket”).

A hamlet in Chapel-en-le-Frith parish, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK078811).


Crookston

Crookston (countable and uncountable, plural Crookstons)

A village in Cherry County, Nebraska, United States.

A community in Centre Hastings, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.

A rural locality in West Otago, New Zealand


Cargo

Cargo (countable and uncountable, plural Cargos)

A village in Kingmoor parish, Carlisle, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3659).


Birr

Birr (usually uncountable, plural Birrs)

Middlesex Centre
Middlesex Centre#English

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A community of Middlesex Centre municipality, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.


Goswick

Goswick (countable and uncountable, plural Goswicks)

A coastal hamlet in Ancroft parish, northern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0545).


Unsworth

Unsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Unsworths)

From the Old English personal name Hund, a byname from hund (“hound, dog”), + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”). The loss of the initial "h" sound is a typical feature of Lancashire placenames.

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD814470).


Witherington

Witherington (countable and uncountable, plural Witheringtons)

Apparently from Old English wiþegn (“willow copse”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A hamlet in Downton parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1824).


Wedmore

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


Oconto

A village in Custer County, Nebraska, United States.


Gedling

A village in Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6142).


Green Bay

Lunenburg County
Lunenburg County#English

A community of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Manitoulin Island
Manitoulin Island#English

A community on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada.


Farmville

A community of Chatham County, North Carolina, United States.


Eddyville

A village in Pope County, Illinois, United States.

A village in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States.


Midhurst

A community in the township of Springwater, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Maryville

South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire#English

A hamlet and major motorway interchange in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland.

A village in Madison County, Illinois, United States.


Horndean

A large village in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7013).


Kingsland

Kingsland (countable and uncountable, plural Kingslands)

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A hamlet in Netherbury parish, Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district (OS grid ref SY4597).

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


Cowplain

A village in Havant borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7011).


Applegarth

Applegarth (countable and uncountable, plural Applegarths)

From Old Norse apaldr (“apple tree”) + garðr (“enclosure”).

A village in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England.


Farnell

Farnell (countable and uncountable, plural Farnells)

A small village in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6255).


Feltham

Feltham (countable and uncountable, plural Felthams)

Two main origins:
* The town in Greater London is from either Old English feld (“field”) or felte (“mullein”) + hām (“homestead”).
* The hamlet in Somerset is from Old English fileþe (“hay”) + hām (“homestead”).

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A hamlet in Pitminster parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2317).


Winkfield

Winkfield (countable and uncountable, plural Winkfields)

Bracknell Forest
Bracknell Forest#English

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


Northcott

Northcott (countable and uncountable, plural Northcotts)

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

St Giles on the Heath
St Giles on the Heath

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


Northway

Northway (countable and uncountable, plural Northways)

A hamlet in Parkham parish, Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS3823).

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

A hamlet in Halse parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, previously in Taunton Deane district (OS grid ref ST1229).


Withington

Withington (countable and uncountable, plural Withingtons)

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

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

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


Great Bend

census-designated place
census-designated place

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Champion, Jefferson County, New York, named for a bend in the Black River (New York).


Lymm

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


Borth

Borth (countable and uncountable, plural Borths)

A coastal village and community in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN6089).


Garson

Garson (countable and uncountable, plural Garsons)

A community in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead, Manitoba, Canada.

A community of Nickel Centre, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, named after William Garson.


Pant

Pant (countable and uncountable, plural Pants)

As a place name, usually from Proto-Brythonic *panto (“hollow”), or its descendant forms Cumbric pant and Welsh pant.

A locality in Austwick parish, North Yorkshire, England

A village in Merthyr Tydfil county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO0609).

Llanymynech and Pant
Llanymynech and Pant#English

A village in Llanymynech and Pant parish, Shropshire, England, on the border with Wales (OS grid ref SJ2722).


Burridge

Burridge (countable and uncountable, plural Burridges)

A hamlet in Chardstock parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST3106).

A village in Fareham borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5110).


Shipton

Shipton (usually uncountable, plural Shiptons)

A village in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England, originally named Hipton from Old English hēope (“fruit”) + tun (Domesday Book, 1086) (OS grid ref SE5558).

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


Sea

Sea (countable and uncountable, plural Seas)

A hamlet in Ilminster parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3413).


Sherburn

From Old English scīr (“bright”) in the definite form, scīra + burna (“stream”).

A village in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3142).

A village in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9577).


Seaham

A community in Port Stephens council area, New South Wales, Australia.


Baston

Baston (countable and uncountable, plural Bastons)

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

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


Hanby

Hanby (countable and uncountable, plural Hanbys)

From the Old Norse personal name Hundi + býr (“farmstead, settlement”).

A hamlet in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF022321).


Cherrington

Cherrington (countable and uncountable, plural Cherringtons)

From the Old English personal name Ceorra or from ġeċierring (“river turn”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A village in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ664199).


Wigglesworth

Wigglesworth (countable and uncountable, plural Wigglesworths)

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

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


Whitburn

Saddle Hills County
Saddle Hills County#English

A locality in the Municipal District of Saddle Hills County, Alberta, Canada.

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ4062).


Dunk

Dunk (countable and uncountable, plural Dunks)

A locality in Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia, which includes the Family Islands; one is Dunk Island, named after George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax.


Tustin

Tustin (countable and uncountable, plural Tustins)

A village in Burdell Township, Osceola County, Michigan, United States.


Rainford

Rainford (countable and uncountable, plural Rainfords)

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

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


Riverhead

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

Shelburne County
Shelburne County#English

A community in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Ladysmith

The South African town was named after Juana María de los Dolores de León Smith, as the wife of Sir Harry Smith she was known as Lady Smith.

A village near the city of Wagga Wagga, in the Riverina region, New South Wales, Australia.


Elizabethtown

United States of America
United States of America

The name of various places in the United States of America:

A village, the county seat of Hardin County, Illinois, United States.

A town and hamlet in Essex County, New York; the hamlet is the county seat.


Cottingham

Cottingham (countable and uncountable, plural Cottinghams)

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

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

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

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

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


Crank

Crank (countable and uncountable, plural Cranks)

A small village in Rainford parish, St Helens borough, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5099).


Worthen

Worthen (countable and uncountable, plural Worthens)

Worthen with Shelve
Worthen with Shelve#English

A village in Worthen with Shelve parish, western Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3204).


Broxton

Broxton (countable and uncountable, plural Broxtons)

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

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

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


Ramsden

Ramsden (countable and uncountable, plural Ramsdens)

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

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

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

Drakes Broughton and Wadborough
Drakes Broughton and Wadborough#English

A hamlet in Besford parish and Drakes Broughton and Wadborough parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO9246).


Papineau

Papineau (countable and uncountable, plural Papineaus)

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


Emberton

Emberton (countable and uncountable, plural Embertons)

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

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


Bladen

en-prop

Bladen (countable and uncountable, plural Bladens)

Habitational surname, from the village of Bladon in Oxfordshire, or from the town of Blaydon in Tyne and Wear.

A village in Webster County, Nebraska, United States.


Rowton

en-proper noun

Rowton (countable and uncountable, plural Rowtons)

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

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

A village in Ercall Magna parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6119).


Beynon

Beynon (countable and uncountable, plural Beynons)

A locality in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.


Grimley

Grimley (countable and uncountable, plural Grimleys)

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


Minden

A rural community west of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty region, New Zealand.


White Sulphur Springs

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


Jerseyville

A small fishing village on the Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia.

A farming community and suburb of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.


New Boston

The name of several places in the United States of America:


Glenville

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A community of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Inverness County
Inverness County#English

A community of Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Symington

Symington (countable and uncountable, plural Symingtons)

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

der

A village in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3831).

South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire#English

A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9935).


Lugar

en-proper noun

Lugar (countable and uncountable, plural Lugars)

A small village in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland, north-east of Cumnock (OS grid ref NS5921).


Wakeley

Wakeley (countable and uncountable, plural Wakeleys)

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

A hamlet in Westmill parish, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3426).


Winterton

Winterton (countable and uncountable, plural Wintertons)

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

A hamlet in the town of Mamakating, Sullivan County, New York, United States.


Bodley

Bodley (countable and uncountable, plural Bodleys)

A hamlet in Parracombe parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6645).


Carbon

Carbon (countable and uncountable, plural Carbons)

A village in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.


Mickley

'The great enclosure', from Middle English Mikelhae, from Old English miċel (“big”) + haga (“enclosure”).

A village in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England


Summerhill

Summerhill (countable and uncountable, plural Summerhills)

A number of places in various countries:

A village in County Meath, Ireland (Irish grid ref N8448).

A settlement in Edgmond parish, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7219).

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Stu-Sz#Su

A hamlet in Hammerwich parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0705).

A settlement in Amroth community, south Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1507).

A suburban village in Gwersyllt community, Wrexham county borough, Wales, also spelt Summer Hill (OS grid ref SJ3153).

A locality in the City of Launceston and Meander Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.


Manton

Manton (countable and uncountable, plural Mantons)

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

der

Northern Territory
Northern Territory#English

An outer rural locality and suburb of Darwin, in Litchfield Municipality, Northern Territory, Australia.

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

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

A former mining village, a suburb southeast of the town of Worksop, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5978).

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

A village and suburb of the town of Marlborough, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1768).


Tovey

en-proper noun

Tovey (countable and uncountable, plural Toveys)

From the Old Norse personal name Tófi, a reduced form of any of various personal names containing the element Þórr (“Thor”).

Christian County
Christian County#English

A village in Christian County, Illinois, United States.


Greenup

Greenup (countable and uncountable, plural Greenups)

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumberland, from Old English grēne (“green”) + hop (“small enclosure”).

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A village in Cumberland County, Illinois, United States.


Glassford

Glassford (countable and uncountable, plural Glassfords)

A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7247).


Battersby

Battersby (countable and uncountable, plural Battersbys)

From Old Norse Boðvar (“a personal name”) + -s- + býr (“settlement”).

Ingleby Greenhow
Ingleby Greenhow#English

A village in Ingleby Greenhow parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ5907).


Eardley

Eardley (countable and uncountable, plural Eardleys)

A community of Pontiac municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Tarbet

Tarbet (countable and uncountable, plural Tarbets)

In Scotland, from Scottish Gaelic An Tairbeart (place of portage, isthmus).

A village in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3104).

A settlement on Loch Leven, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NM7992).

A hamlet in Sutherland, Highland council area (OS grid ref NC1648).


Blakesley

Blakesley (countable and uncountable, plural Blakesleys)

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

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


L'Anse

A village on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States, which is the county seat of Baraga County.


Turvey

Turvey (countable and uncountable, plural Turveys)

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

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


Rodd

Rodd (countable and uncountable, plural Rodds)

Rodd, Nash and Little Brampton
Rodd, Nash and Little Brampton#English

A hamlet in Rodd, Nash and Little Brampton parish, western Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3262).


Coombe

Coombe (countable and uncountable, plural Coombes)

A hamlet in Ellesborough parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8406).

A hamlet in Camborne parish, south-west Cornwall (OS grid ref SW6242).

A hamlet in Gwennap parish, south-east of Redruth, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW7640).

A small village in Kea parish, near Truro, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW8340).

A settlement near Liskeard, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX2363).

A hamlet in Morwenstow parish, north of Bude, Cornwall (OS grid ref SS2011).

St Stephen-in-Brannel
St Stephen-in-Brannel#English

A village in St Stephen-in-Brannel parish, west of St Austell, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9551).

A hamlet near Tipton St John, Ottery St Mary parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY1091).

A settlement in Uplowman parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST0017).

A hamlet in Christow parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8383).

A settlement in Wotton-under-Edge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7694).

A hamlet in East Meon parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU6620).

A hamlet in Woodnesborough parish, Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2957).

A hamlet in West Crewkerne parish, South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4009).

Creech St Michael
Creech St Michael#English

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A hamlet in Creech St Michael parish and West Monkton parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, previously in Taunton Deane district (OS grid ref ST2729).

A hamlet in Enford parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1550).

Three hamlets, Higher Coombe, Middle Coombe and Lower Coombe, in Donhead St Mary parish, south-west Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8922).

A locality in the south-east of South Australia.


Coombes

en-prop

Coombes (countable and uncountable, plural Coombeses)

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


Bienville

Bienville Parish
Bienville Parish#English

A village in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, United States, which was named after the parish.


Walford

en-proper noun

Walford (countable and uncountable, plural Walfords)

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

der

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

A village in Baschurch parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ434206).

A village in Creech St Michael parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST271281).

Sables-Spanish Rivers
Sables-Spanish Rivers#English

Sudbury District
Sudbury District#English

A community of Sables-Spanish Rivers township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.


Wain

en-proper noun

Wain (countable and uncountable, plural Wains)

A village in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.


Ashurst

Ashurst (countable and uncountable, plural Ashursts)

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

Ashurst and Colbury
Ashurst and Colbury#English

A village in Ashurst and Colbury parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU340881).

A small village in Speldhurst parish, Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England, on the border with East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ5138).

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

A locality in Graham County, Arizona, United States.


Glazebrook

Glazebrook (countable and uncountable, plural Glazebrooks)

From a Brythonic word meaning blue, green + Old English brōc (“brook, stream”).

A village in Warrington borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6992).


Flemington

A locality and suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

A rural locality in southern Canterbury, New Zealand.

A rural locality in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

A village in Polk County, Missouri, United States.


Leverton

Leverton (countable and uncountable, plural Levertons)

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

A hamlet in Hungerford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3370).

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


Fothergill

Fothergill (countable and uncountable, plural Fothergills)

A coastal hamlet north of Flimby, Maryport parish, Allerdale borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY0234).


Glasson

Glasson (countable and uncountable, plural Glassons)

A small village in Bowness parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY2560).

A coastal village in Thurnham parish, City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England, also known as Glasson Dock (OS grid ref SD4456).


Holmer

Holmer (countable and uncountable, plural Holmers)

Holmer and Shelwick
Holmer and Shelwick#English

A village in Holmer and Shelwick parish, just north of Hereford, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5042).


How

How (countable and uncountable, plural Hows)

A hamlet in Hayton parish, City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5056).


Bamburgh

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

compound

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


Stonehouse

en-proper noun

Stonehouse (countable and uncountable, plural Stonehouses)

South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire#English

A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7546).


Northwood

Northwood and Tinkersley
Northwood and Tinkersley#English

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A settlement in Northwood and Tinkersley parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2664).

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

A settlement in Wem Rural parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ4633).

A number of places in the United States:

A community of Irvine, Orange County, California.


Harrisonburg

Catahoula Parish
Catahoula Parish#English

A village, the parish seat of Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Knowsley

A village in Knowsley borough, Merseyside, England, originally in Lancashire (OS grid ref SJ4395).


Itasca

Henry Schoolcraft
Itasca
Lake Itasca
Mississippi River

A pseudo-Indian word coined by Henry Schoolcraft for Lake Itasca, the true source of the Mississippi River, from Latin veritas (“truth”) and Latin caput (“head”).

A village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States.


Yorkville

Kalamazoo County
Kalamazoo County#English

A community of South Gull Lake, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States.

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

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A village in Belmont County and Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.


Phillipsburg

A village in Laclede County, Missouri, United States.

Montgomery County
Montgomery County#English

A village in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States.


Osceola

Anglicized form of Creek Asi-yahola, name of an influential Seminole leader.

A community of Admaston/Bromley, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.

A former logging community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States.

A village and town in Polk County, Wisconsin.


Ashville

Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English

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

A village in Pickaway County, Ohio, United States.

A community in southwestern Manitoba, Canada.


McCook

A village in Cook County, and industrial suburb of Chicago, Illinois, United States.


Neosho

From a Native American word relating to water.

A village in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States.


Brockton

A small village in Stanton Long parish and Shipton parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5793).


Bloomington

From blooming (“flowering”) + -ton (“placename suffix”).

Annapolis County
Annapolis County#English

A community of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A hamlet in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.

A village in Franklin County, Nebraska, United States.

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

Washington County
Washington County#English

A community of Washington County, Utah, United States.

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


Edinburg

After Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland.


Jary

A village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.


Plainview

census-designated place
census-designated place

A hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, Long Island, New York, United States.


Danville

Most likely from various people named Dan + -ville.

A village in Knox County, Ohio, United States.


Ballston Spa

A village, the county seat of Saratoga County, New York, United States.


Shenandoah

/ˌʃɛnənˈdoʊ.ə/

/ˌʃɛnənˈdoʊ/

From Skenandoa, a 19th-century Oneida chief, from Oneida oskanu·tú (“deer”) or kanʌʔtú:saʔ (“hemlock”).

A community of East Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, United States.


Jeffersonville

A village in Wayne County, Illinois, United States.

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

A village in Fayette County, Ohio, United States.

A village in Cambridge, Lamoille County, Vermont, United States.


Doniphan

A village in Hall County, Nebraska, United States.


Luray

A village in Clark County, Missouri, United States.


Fishkill

From Dutch vis (“fish”) + kil (“creek”).

A town in New York, and a village within it.


Tuscumbia

A village, the county seat of Miller County, Missouri, United States.


Red Bluff

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

An unincorporated settlement and Indian reserve near the city of Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada.


Bay City

A village in Pierce County, Wisconsin, United States.


Buncombe

A village in Johnson County, Illinois, United States.


Atherstone

w:List of United Kingdom locations: As-Az#At

A hamlet in Whitelackington parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3816).


St. Peter

A village in Grisons canton (Graubünden), Switzerland.

A village in Fayette County, Illinois, United States.


Green Lake

A village in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, named after a nearby lake.


Philipsburg

A village in the municipality of Saint-Armand, Quebec, Canada.


leper colony

Popularized during the period of New Imperialism, when leprosy was largely absent in Europe but seen as a growing threat in its colonial empires.

An isolated community used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.

melaatse kolonie

isolated community of lepers — see also leprosery


Ashwood

Ashwood (countable and uncountable, plural Ashwoods)

From Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + wudu (“wood”).

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English

A village in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SO8688).


Birky

From Ukrainian Бі́рки (Bírky). Compare Borki.

The name of numerous settlements in the Ukraine, including:

A village in Zmiiv urban hromada, Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, the Ukraine, founded in 1659.

Бі́рки

village in Zmiiv, Chuhuiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine

A rural settlement in Nova Vodolaha settlement hromada, Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, the Ukraine, founded in 1659.

Бі́рки

rural settlement in Nova Vodolaha, Kharkiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine

A village in Ivano-Frankove settlement hromada, Yavoriv Raion, Lviv Oblast, the Ukraine, first mentioned in August 1458.

Бі́рки

village in Ivano-Frankove, Yavoriv, Lviv, Ukraine


Schaumburg

Schaumburg (countable and uncountable, plural Schaumburgs)

A village in Cook County and DuPage County, Illinois


Cranfield

Cranfield (countable and uncountable, plural Cranfields)

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

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

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


Hartington

Hartington Town Quarter
Hartington Town Quarter#English

A village in Hartington Town Quarter parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1260).

Frontenac County
Frontenac County#English

A village in South Frontenac township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.


Saxby

Saxby (countable and uncountable, plural Saxbys)

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

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

A village in Freeby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK8220).


De Witt

A village in Saline County, Nebraska, United States.


St. James

St. James (countable and uncountable, plural St. Jameses)

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


Biggar

Biggar (countable and uncountable, plural Biggars)

Probably from Old Norse bygg (“barley”) + geiri (“gore, triangular plot of land”), or from Old English beow + Old English gāra, same meaning.

A village in Barrow-in-Furness district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD186662).


Danbury

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

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

Red Willow County
Red Willow County#English

A village in Red Willow County, Nebraska, United States.


Elkton

A village in Huron County, Michigan, United States.


St. Augustine

A village in Knox County, Illinois, United States.


Sully

Sully (countable and uncountable, plural Sullys or Sullies)

Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan#English

A coastal village in the Vale of Glamorgan county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1568).


Hermitage

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

A hamlet in Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district (OS grid ref ST6407).

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY5095).

United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands#English

A settlement in Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.


Combe

Combe (countable and uncountable, plural Combes)

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

A small village in Brixton parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX5452).

A hamlet near Scorriton, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX7068).

A hamlet in west Herefordshire, on the border with Wales (OS grid ref SO3463).

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

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

A hamlet in Huish Episcopi parish, South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4128).


Farran

Farran (countable and uncountable, plural Farrans)

A village west of Cork, County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref W 4969).


Errington

Errington (countable and uncountable, plural Erringtons)

Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island#English

A community on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.


Crofton

Crofton (countable and uncountable, plural Croftons)

From Old English croft (“enclosure”) + tūn (“farmstead”).

A settlement in Allerdale district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3050).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3718).

A small settlement in Great Bedwyn parish, Wiltshire, England, near the Crofton Locks (OS grid ref SU2662).


Burston

Burston (countable and uncountable, plural Burstons)

Various origins:
* The hamlet in Buckinghamshire is named with the Old English personal name Briddel + þorn (“thornbush”).
* The village in Norfolk is named with Old English byrst (“burst, crack in the earth, landslip”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The village in Staffordshire is named with an unclear Old English personal name, perhaps Burgwine or Burgwulf, + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A hamlet in Aston Abbotts parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8318).

Burston and Shimpling
Burston and Shimpling#English

A village in Burston and Shimpling parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM1383).

Sandon and Burston
Sandon and Burston#English

A village in Sandon and Burston parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9430).


Bellville

en-proper noun

Bellville (countable and uncountable, plural Bellvilles)

Most of the place names are from the surname Bell + -ville.

A village in Richland County, Ohio, United States.


Swanton

Swanton (countable and uncountable, plural Swantons)

Habitational surname from any of various places in Norfolk, from Old English sweġen (“swain, servant, retainer”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A village in Saline County, Nebraska, United States.

A village in Lucas County, Ohio, United States.


Scotton

en-proper noun

Scotton (countable and uncountable, plural Scottons)

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

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

Catterick Garrison
Catterick Garrison#English

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


Langstaff

Langstaff (countable and uncountable, plural Langstaffs)

A community divided between Richmond Hill, Markham and Vaughan, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.


Cudworth

Cudworth (countable and uncountable, plural Cudworths)

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

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

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3808).

A small village in Newdigate parish, Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2141).


Aime

Aime (countable and uncountable, plural Aimes)

A settlement in Aime-la-Plagne commune, Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Hornby

Hornby (countable and uncountable, plural Hornbys)

A village in Hornby-with-Farleton parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5868).

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

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

A community in the town of Halton Hills, Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario, Canada.

A town and hamlet therein, in Steuben County, New York, United States, named after landowner John Hornby.


Doylestown

From Doyle + -s- + town.
* (Ohio): Laid out in 1827 by William Doyle.
* (Pennsylvania): In March 1745 William Doyle obtained a license to build a tavern on what is now the northwest corner of Dyers Road and Coryell’s Ferry Road (now Main and State Streets), known as “William Doyle’s Tavern”; its strategic location allowed the hamlet to grow into a village.

A village in Wayne County, Ohio, United States.

A village in Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States.


Ashwell

Ashwell (countable and uncountable, plural Ashwells)

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

A rural locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.

A small village in Bishopsteignton parish, Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8974).

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

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

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

A hamlet in Whitelackington civil parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3615).


Towanda

A village in McLean County, Illinois, United States.


Cimarron

From Spanish cimarrón (“feral; maroon”).

Cimarron#Populated places in the United States

A village in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States.


Catton

Catton (countable and uncountable, plural Cattons)

A village in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England.


Cawthorne

Cawthorne (countable and uncountable, plural Cawthornes)

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

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

A small settlement (and site of Cawthorne Camp) in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7789).


Bardon

Bardon (countable and uncountable, plural Bardons)

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

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


Fairburn

Fairburn (countable and uncountable, plural Fairburns)

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

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

A hamlet east of Kaitaia, Northland, New Zealand.


Heward

Heward (countable and uncountable, plural Hewards)

A village in the Rural Municipality of Tecumseh No. 65, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Forton

Forton (countable and uncountable, plural Fortons)

A village in Wyre district, Lancashire, England.

Tatworth and Forton
Tatworth and Forton#English

A small village in Tatworth and Forton parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3307).


Yearsley

Yearsley (countable and uncountable, plural Yearsleys)

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

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


Harston

Harston (countable and uncountable, plural Harstons)

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

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

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

A small village in Belvoir parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK8331).


Eastrington

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7930).


Kil

Kil (countable and uncountable, plural Kils)

* As a Korean surname, from 길 (gil).
* As a Jewish surname, probably from Yiddish קיל (kil).

A community and municipality in Värmland, Sweden.

A community on Värmdö, Nacka, Stockholm, Sweden.


Codner

Clearwater County
Clearwater County#English

A locality in the Municipal District of Clearwater County, Alberta, Canada.


Arth

Arth (countable and uncountable, plural Arths)

* As a German surname, variant of Art, for which see Artman, or otherwise related to Ort (“point, end”).
* The place in Switzerland is from Middle High German ze Arth, from Old High German Arta, which is said mean to something like "plowed land," from an obsolete derivative of Proto-Germanic *arþrą (“plow”). However, compare *ardiz (“nature, character”), the source of Old English eard (“homeland, dwelling, land”).

cog

A municipality and village in Schwyz canton, Switzerland.


Melling

en-proper noun

Melling (countable and uncountable, plural Mellings)

A village in Melling-with-Wrayton parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6071).

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


Gorey

Gorey (countable and uncountable, plural Goreys)

A village on the east coast of Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom.


Binegar

Binegar (countable and uncountable, plural Binegars)

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


Coveney

Coveney (countable and uncountable, plural Coveneys)

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

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


Heathcote

Heathcote (countable and uncountable, plural Heathcotes)

Hartington Nether Quarter
Hartington Nether Quarter#English

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A hamlet in Hartington Nether Quarter parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1460).


Ledo

Ledo (countable and uncountable, plural Ledos)

A village in Giridih district, Jharkhand, India.


Allington

Allington (countable and uncountable, plural Allingtons)

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

compound

A small settlement in West End parish, Eastleigh borough, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4717).

A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Kent, near Lenham.

A suburban village in north-west Maidstone, Maidstone borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7457).

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

A hamlet in All Cannings parish, Wiltshire, east of Devizes (OS grid ref SU0663).

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

Chippenham Without
Chippenham Without#English

A small village in Chippenham Without parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8975).


Dedham

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


Fluvanna

Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English

A hamlet in Ellicott, Chautauqua County, New York, United States.


Rosedale

From either Old Norse personal name Rossi, genitive case Rossa, or from Old Norse hross (“horse”), genitive plural hrossa + dalr (“valley, dale”).

A beachfront settlement in Eurobodalla Shire, New South Wales, Australia.

Various places in Canada:
A community of Drumheller, Alberta.

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A community near Chilliwack, British Columbia.

An unincorporated village in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario.

United States of America
United States of America

Wyandotte County
Wyandotte County#English

Various places in the United States of America:

A community of Wyandotte County, Kansas, which is a part of Kansas City.

Iberville Parish
Iberville Parish#English

A village in Iberville Parish, Louisiana.

A locality in Hammonton, Atlantic County, New Jersey.


Indianola

A locality near Fields Landing, Humboldt County, California, United States.

Vermilion County
Vermilion County#English

A village in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States.


Rosedale Abbey

Rosedale East Side
Rosedale East Side#English

A village in Rosedale East Side parish, Rosedale, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district, named after the abbey that once stood there (OS grid ref SE7295).


Williamsport

A locality in Manistee County, Michigan, United States; marked on maps but may not exist.

A village in Pickaway County, Ohio, United States.


Bellaire

A village, the county seat of Antrim County, Michigan, United States.

A village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.


Whale

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A hamlet in Lowther parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5221).


Patoka

In New Zealand, from the Maori language.

A village and township in Marion County, Illinois.

Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship#English

A village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.

Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship#English

A settlement in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.

A rural community of the Hawke's Bay region, New Zealand.


Green Springs

A village in Sandusky County and Seneca County, Ohio.


Langdale

en-proper noun

Langdale (countable and uncountable, plural Langdales)

From Old English lang (“long”) + Old Norse dalr (“valley”), "long valley".

A community on the Sunshine Coast, southern British Columbia, Canada.


Karanja

Karanja (countable and uncountable, plural Karanjas)

A rural locality in Derwent Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia; the name is thought to be of Indian origin.


Johnsonville

A village in Wayne County, Illinois, United States.

Rensselaer County
Rensselaer County#English

A hamlet in the towns of Pittstown and Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York, United States.


Pontypool

From Welsh Pont-y-pŵl. From pont y pŵl (literally “bridge of the pool”), from Latin pōns (“bridge”) and English pool.

A village in the city of Kawartha Lakes, previously Victoria County, Ontario, Canada.


Kúty

A village and railway junction in Slovakia.


Corrales

Corrales (countable and uncountable, plural Corraleses)

Borrowed from Spanish Corrales. This surname is found mostly in Spain and Mexico.

A village in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States.


Emmen

A village and municipality in Lucerne canton, Switzerland.


Aalten

A village and municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands.


Pandy

A small village in Crucorney community, north Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO3322).

A hamlet in Wrexham county borough, Wales, south-east of Bangor-on-Dee (OS grid ref SJ4243).

A hamlet in Wrexham county borough, south of Glyn Ceiriog (OS grid ref SJ1935).

A village in Wrexham county borough, north of the town of Wrexham (OS grid ref SJ3353; not marked on OS maps).


Caledon

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.


Lardner

A locality in West Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.


Kelleys Island

Named after Datus and Irad Kelley, who settled on the island in the early 19th century. The name was used since 1840.

A village in Erie County, Ohio, United States, and the island which it fully occupies in Lake Erie.


Gibsonburg

From Gibson + -burg; named after a General William H. Gibson, who laid out the town in 1871.

A village in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States.


Wandoan

A feather edge of the unit has also been penetrated in Union-Kern-A.O.G. Burunga No. 1, 16 miles northeast of Wandoan.

1965, Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, U-K-A. Wandoan No. 1, Queensland of Union Oil Development Corporation, Kern County Land Company and Australian Oil and Gas Corporation Limited:

For Wandoan coal, it was somewhat small.

2004, Toshiaki Kabe, Atsushi Ishihara, Eika Weihua Qian, I. Putu Sutrisna, Yaeko Kabe, Coal and Coal-Related Compounds: Structures, Reactivity and Catalytic Reactions, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 232:

As part of the Wandoan project, Xstrata intended to develop a new 210 km rail line, known as the Surat Basin railway project, which would extend from the mine at Wandoan up to the existing Moura-Gladstone line.

2015, Mark C. Thurber, Richard K. Morse, The Global Coal Market: Supplying the Major Fuel for Emerging Economies, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 282:

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


Hett

Croxdale and Hett
Croxdale and Hett#English

A hamlet in Croxdale and Hett parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2836).


Laventille

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English

A community of Trinidad and Tobago, known for poverty and crime.


Amboy

A village and commune in Calamuchita department, Córdoba province, Argentina.


Luserna

From Italian Luserna, from Venetan Łuxerna, from Cimbrian Lusérn, probably from a Middle High German word for “mountain pass”.

Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-Alto Adige#English

A Cimbrian-speaking village in Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.


Wengen

A mountain village in Bern canton, Switzerland.


Pangnirtung

An Inuit hamlet on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.


Unthank

A hamlet in Dalston parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY3948).

A hamlet in Glassonby parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY6040).

A hamlet in Skelton parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4536).

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A hamlet in Holmesfield parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3076).

A hamlet just south of Stanhope, Stanhope parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NY9939).

A hamlet in Alnham parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU0111).

Plenmeller with Whitfield
Plenmeller with Whitfield#English

A locality in Plenmeller with Whitfield parish, Northumberland, which includes Unthank Hall, and the hamlets of East Unthank and West Unthank (OS grid ref NY7363).

A hamlet north of Brechin, Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6061).


Salmon River

Many of the rivers are named for the presence of salmon.

A number of rivers and communities in Canada:

A small rural community of Digby County, Nova Scotia.

A small community of Richmond County, Nova Scotia.


Deerfield

Several places in the United States:
A village in Lake County, Illinois.

The name of multiple communities in Maryland.

Several places in the United States:
A village in Lenawee County, Michigan.

Several places in the United States:
A village in Vernon County, Missouri.

A town and village in Dane County, Wisconsin.


Lavant

Lanark Highlands
Lanark Highlands#English

A community of Lanark Highlands township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Teddington

A village in Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9633).

A small settlement on Lyttelton Harbour, Canterbury, New Zealand.


Chesterton

Chesterton (countable and uncountable, plural Chestertons)

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

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

A hamlet in Worfield parish, south-east Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7897).

Chesterton and Kingston
Chesterton and Kingston#English

A small village in Chesterton and Kingston parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP3558).


Mineola

Any of several towns in the North America:

A village, the county seat of Nassau County, Long Island, New York, United States.


Fogo

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A community of Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland.


Asten

A village and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.


Warrenville

A locality and road in Warren Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.


Luib

A hamlet on the Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG5627).

A locality in Glen Dochart, Stirling council area, Scotland, the site of a closed railway station; the Luib Hotel still exists (in 2020) (OS grid ref NN4927).


Rosetta

A village in Mpofana Local Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.


San Bruno

Baja California Sur
Baja California Sur#English

A locality in the municipality of Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico.


Blackwater

A village in Arreton parish, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5086).


Eldon

A locality in Improvement District No. 9, Alberta, Canada.


Hebden

Hebden (countable and uncountable, plural Hebdens)

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

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


Crackpot

A small village in Grinton parish, Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SD9796)


Palanca

A village in Hîrjauca, Călărași Raion, Moldova.

A village in Palanca, Drochia Raion, Moldova.

A village in Palanca, Ștefan Vodă Raion, Moldova.

A village in Florești-Stoenești, Giurgiu, Romania.


Tolland

A village in Taunton Deane district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST1032).


Long Stratton

A large village in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, which is also the headquarters for the district.


Coldwater

A village in Mercer County, Ohio, United States.


Goodland

A locality in Saint Michael parish, Barbados.


West Union

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


Oconee

From Mikasuki okvni (“born from water”).

A village in Shelby County, Illinois, United States.


Edgefield

A village in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0934).

Red River Parish
Red River Parish#English

A village in Red River Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Smithfield

A village in City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY4465).

A settlement in the Saramacca District, Suriname.

A number of places in the United States:

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands#English

A settlement in Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.


Iuka

All are apparently named after the Chickasaw chief Iuka. Alternatively the Kansas town was named after the Battle of Iuka.

A village in Marion County, Illinois, United States.


Auchencrow

A village in the Scottish Borders council area.