Almondsbury

/ˈɑːməndzbəɹɪ/

From Old English allr (“all”) + madhr (“men”) + burg (“bury”).

compound

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6084).


Chestfield

A village and civil parish in Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1366).


Kirkburton

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1912).


Abbots Ripton

A small village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2378).


Ugborough

A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6755).


Cornwood

A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6059).


South Brent

A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6960).


Cullingworth

A village and civil parish with a village council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0636).


Biddulph

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8857).


Rocester

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1039).


Temple Hirst

A small village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6025).


Stoke Hammond

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8829).


Hougham

en-proper noun

Hougham (countable and uncountable, plural Houghams)

From either the Old English personal name Huhha or hōh (“promontory, hill-spur”) + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8844).


Tuxford

Partly uncertain. Oldest Domesday Book attestation is Tuxfarne. The first element is likely the Old English personal name Tuk (modern day Tuck/Tucker), genitive singular Tukes. The second element is now ford, but this is clearly a reinterpretation from the second earliest attested form Tuxforne (with vowel mutation), which leaves the original -farne element still unexplained. The modern form is equivalent to Tuck's ford.

A village and civil parish with a town council in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7370).


Mellis

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0974).


Loxton

Loxton (countable and uncountable, plural Loxtons)

Recorded as Lochestone in the Domesday Book, the village takes its name from the Lox Yeo River + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A village and civil parish in North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3755).


Longhoughton

A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2415).


Stannington

A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2179).


Swafield

A village and civil parish (served by Swafield and Bradfield Parish Council) in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2832).


Thorrington

A village and civil parish in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0920). The former railway station used the spelling of Thorington.


Bramfield

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2915).


Weeley

A village and civil parish in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM1422).


Great Bentley

A village and civil parish in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM1121).


Teynham

A village and civil parish in Swale district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9562).


Birchington

A large coastal village and civil parish in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3069).


Kippax

A large village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4130).


Gainford

A village and civil parish (served by Gainford and Langton Parish Council) in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1716).


Northaw and Cuffley

A civil parish in Welwyn Hatfield borough, Hertfordshire, England.


Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre

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


Staintondale

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref SE9998).


Fylingdales

A civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district.


Gaddesby

A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6813).


Malvern Wells

A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7742).


Forest Row

A large village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4234).


Shoreham

From Old English scor (“shore”) + ham (“village, home, estate”).

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5161).


Seamer

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ4910).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref TA0183).


Driffield

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0257).

A village and civil parish (served by Driffield and Harnhill Parish Council) in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SU0799).


Filey

A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref TA1180).


Gilling East

A village and civil parish (served by Gilling East with Cawton, Coulton and Grimston Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE6177).


Etwall

Perhaps from the Old English personal name Ēata + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2631).


Calow

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A village and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4171).


Raunds

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9972).


Chorlton

en-proper noun

Chorlton (countable and uncountable, plural Chorltons)

From Old English ċeorl (“churl: freeman, peasant”) + -tūn (“-ton: enclosure, estate, town”).

inh

A small village and civil parish (served by Hough and Chorlton Parish Council) in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7250).

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, which includes the hamlet of Chorlton Lane (OS grid ref SJ4547).


Warcop

The first element is of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse varða (“cairn”) or vǫrðr (“watch, guard”). The second element is from Old English copp (“hill”).

A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7415).


Gotherington

A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9629).


Deeping St Nicholas

A village and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2115).


Halton-with-Aughton

A civil parish in City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England.


Hassocks

From Old English hassuc (“clump of grass”); see hassock.

A large village and civil parish in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3015).


Snailwell

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL6467).


Tackley

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4820).


Asfordby

A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7019).


Giggleswick

A village and civil parish near Settle, Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD8164).


Hartland

en-proper noun

Hartland (countable and uncountable, plural Hartlands)

From Old English heorot (“hart”) + land (“land”), because the village in Devon is situated on a peninsula whose form resembles a hart.
The town in New Brunswick is named after surveyor James R. Hartley (1833 - 1868).

A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS2524).


Penkridge

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English

A large village, a civil parish and market town in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9214).


Rossington

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK6298).


Bolton Percy

A village and civil parish (served by Bolton Percy, Colton and Steeton parish council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5341).


Belstead

A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1341).


Ravensthorpe

A village and civil parish (served by Ravensthorpe and Coton parish council) in Daventry district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP6670).


Blythburgh

Recorded as Blideburh, Domesday Book 1086; equivalent to River Blyth + burgh

A village and civil parish (served by Blythburgh with Bulcamp and Hinton parish council) in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4575).


Urchfont

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0457).


Dunster

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9843).


Lingfield

A village and civil parish in Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ3943).


Botley

A village and civil parish in Eastleigh borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5113).


North Hinksey

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 SP4905).


Lambourn

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3278).


Lacey Green

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8200).


Great Shefford

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3875).


East Garston

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3676).


Welford

Welford (countable and uncountable, plural Welfords)

From either Old English wella (“well, spring, stream”) or welig (“willow”) + ford (“ford”).

der

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4073).

A village and civil parish in Daventry district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP6480).


Lambley

From Old English lamb + lēah (“clearing”).

A village and civil parish in Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6245).


Collyweston

A village and civil parish in East Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SK9902).


Coanwood

A village and civil parish in south-west Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY6859).


Lartington

North Riding of Yorkshire
North Riding of Yorkshire#English

A small village and civil parish in County Durham, England; historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref NZ0117).


Stainmore

A civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England.


Alston Moor

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A moor and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district.


Ravenstonedale

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7204).


Temple Sowerby

As in other place names, "Temple" stems from the Knights Templar. Recorded as Sourebi 1179, from Old Norse, and Templessoureby in 1292.

A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY6127).


Souldern

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5231).


West Wycombe

A village and civil parish near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SU8394).


Wisbech St Mary

A village and civil parish in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF4208).


Hanslope

A village and civil parish in Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8046).


Watford Rural

A civil parish in Three Rivers district, Hertfordshire, England.


Billingborough

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1134).


Nonington

A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2552).


Tilmanstone

A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3051).


Winsham

A village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3706).


Great Elm

A village and civil parish in Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7449).


Farrington Gurney

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

A village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6255).


Publow

A small village and civil parish (served by Publow with Pensford Parish Council) in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6264).


Hampstead Norreys

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5276).


Harleston

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0160).


Tivetshall

Tivetshall St Margaret
Tivetshall St Margaret#English

Tivetshall St Mary
Tivetshall St Mary#English

A civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, formed on 1 April 2019 by merging Tivetshall St Margaret and Tivetshall St Mary parishes.


Finstall

Vinstal-stude, 1295, Vinestallstede 1368. A place with a shed for heaping wood, in preparation for making salt. Related to Medieval Latin finstallum. From Old English fin and Middle English stal, plus Middle English sted. (See also Old English steall, plus Old English stede).

A village and civil parish in Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9870).


North Mymms

A village and civil parish in Welwyn Hatfield borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2204).


Tupton

A village and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3966).


Harbury

A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3759).


Bromham

en-proper noun

Bromham (countable and uncountable, plural Bromhams)

From Old English brōm (“brushwood”) + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0051).

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9665).


Ansty

A village and civil parish in Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3983).

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9526).


Ansty and Staplefield

A civil parish in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England.


Cranmore

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST6643).


Eskdaleside cum Ugglebarnby

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


Wroxall

A village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5579).


Beausale, Haseley, Honiley and Wroxall

A civil parish in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England.


Cromford

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2956).


East Woodhay

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A hamlet and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4061).


West Woodhay

A hamlet and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3963).


Ludgershall

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6617).

A town and civil parish with a town council in eastern Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2650).


Andoversford

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0219).


Tadcaster

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4843).


North Barrow

A village and civil parish (served by Cary Moor parish council) in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6029).


South Barrow

A village and civil parish (served by Cary Moor parish council) in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6027).


Ashford-in-the-Water

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1969).


Winster

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2460).


Whaley Bridge

A small town and civil parish with a town council in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0181).


Hassop

A village and civil parish (without a council) in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2272).


Edensor

Edensor (countable and uncountable, plural Edensors)

From the Old English personal name Ēadin or Ēadhun + -s- + ōfer (“border, edge, riverbank”).

A village and civil parish (without a council) in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2570).


Crich

From Old Welsh cruc (“hillock, mound, tumulus”). See modern Welsh crug (“mound”).

der

A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3554).


Darley Dale

A town and civil parish with a town council in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2763).


Great Longstone

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2071).


Sedgehill and Semley

A civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England.


Etchingham

A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ7126).


Wadhurst

A market town and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ6431).


Ticehurst

en-proper noun

Ticehurst (countable and uncountable, plural Ticehursts)

From an unknown first element + Old English hyrst (“wood”).

A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ6930).


Wilstead

A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0644).


Belper

A town and civil parish with a town council in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3547).


Little Eaton

A village and civil parish in Erewash borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3641).


Peak Forest

A village and civil parish in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1179).


Sparkwell

A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5857).


Bulford

A village and civil parish in south-eastern Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1743).


Kineton

A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3351).


Stratfield Mortimer

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU6664).


Bardney

A village and civil parish with a group parish council in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1269).


Cleobury Mortimer

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO6775).


Wragby

A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1378).


Yarnton

Yarnton (countable and uncountable, plural Yarntons)

Recorded as Hardintone in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from the Old English personal name Earda + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4712).


Cold Ash

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5169).


Watton-at-Stone

From Old English wād (“woad”) + tūn; recorded as Wattun in 969, Wodtone 1086 (Domesday Book), and Watton atte Stone in 1311.

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3019).


Yealand Conyers

Recorded as Yeland Coygners in 1301, possibly an early variant of Conyers.

A village and civil parish in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5074).


Yealand Redmayne

Recorded as Yeland Redman in 1341, later Redmayne, after the Redmayne family.

A village and civil parish in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5075).


Droitwich Spa

A civil parish with a town council in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England, which serves the town of Droitwich.


Leighton-Linslade

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A civil parish with a town council in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England.


Bradford-on-Tone

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST1722).


Great Missenden

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8901).


Holmes Chapel

Originally Hulme or Holme, with the addition of chapel.

A large village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7667).


Prestbury

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9077).

A village and civil parish in Cheltenham borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9723).


Kelbrook and Sough

A civil parish in Pendle borough, Lancashire, England.


Styal

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8383).


Horsforth

A suburban town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2337).


South Elmsall

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4710).


Cononley

A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9947).


Kildwick

A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0146).


Grassington

A small market town and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0064).


Lazonby

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5439).


Hesket

A civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England.


Langwathby

A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5633).


Ainstable

A small village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5346).


Ancaster

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9844).


Moreton on Lugg

A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5045).


Horsford

Horsford (countable and uncountable, plural Horsfords)

From Old English hors (“horse”) + ford (“ford”).

A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1916).


Penshurst

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5243).


Laverton

A village and civil parish (with a grouped parish council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE2273).


Weston-sub-Edge

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1241).


Lullington

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2513).

A village and civil parish in Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7851).


Willersey

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1039).


Bishop's Cleeve

A large village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9627).


Yealmpton

A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5751).


Newdigate

A village and civil parish in Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1942).


Ormside

A civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England, served by Bandleyside Parish Council and including the settlements of Great Ormside and Little Ormside.


Crosby Garrett

A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7209).


Wetheral

A village and civil parish in City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY4654).


West Moors

A large village and civil parish in east Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU0803).


Toseland

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2362).


Blofield

Blofield (countable and uncountable, plural Blofields)

From Old English blāw (“blue”) + feld (“field”).

A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3309).


Woodplumpton

A village and civil parish in city of Preston district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5034).


Bovey Tracey

Named after the River Bovey and the de Tracey (or de Tracy) family.

A town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8178).


Westhampnett

A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8806).


Consall

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A small village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9848).


Perranarworthal

A village and civil parish south-west of Truro, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7738).


Perranzabuloe

A small village and civil parish in Cornwall, England; the parish includes Perranporth (OS grid ref SW7752).


Kilham

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0664).

A hamlet and civil parish in northern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NT8832).


Shotton

A civil parish in County Durham, west of the village in Peterlee.


Charfield

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7292).


Radcliffe on Trent

A large village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6439).


Bottesford

A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK8039).


Tarporley

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5562).


Aston Rowant

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU7299).


Putley

A village and civil parish in eastern Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO6437).


Amble

A town, harbour, and civil parish with a town council in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2604).


Peopleton

A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9350).


Rattery

A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7461).


Colyton

A small town and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY2494).


Colnbrook with Poyle

A civil parish and council ward in Slough borough, Berkshire, England.


Great Chesterford

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5042).


Alcester

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP0957).


Arrow with Weethley

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


Alne

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE4965).


Feniton

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY0999).


Clyst St Mary

A village and civil parish served by Bishop's Clyst parish council in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9790).


Exton and Horn

Officially formerly referred to as Exton (with Horn).

A civil parish in Rutland, England, created in 2016.


Landcross

A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon, England, served by Littleham and Landcross parish council (OS grid ref SS4623)


Exton

# The villages in Devon and Somerset, England: from Old English Ex (“River Exe”) + tūn (“village”), 'the farm or village by the river Exe'.
# The village in Hampshire, England: from Old English Ēast Seaxe (“East Saxons”), genitive plural, Ēast Seaxna + tūn (“estate”), 'the settlement or estate of the East Saxons'.
# The village in Rutland, England: from Old English oxa (“ox”), genitive plural *exna + tūn, 'the ox farm'.

A village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6121).

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 SS9233).


Bicton

A village and civil parish in central Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4415).


Croft and Yarpole

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


Littleham

A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon, England, served by Littleham and Landcross parish council (OS grid ref SS4323).


Herongate and Ingrave

A civil parish in Brentwood borough, Essex, England.


Littlebury

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5139).


Thirlwall

/ˈθɜː(ɹ)lwɔːl/

A civil parish in south-west Northumberland, England.


Kirkbymoorside

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE6986).


Welburn

From Old English wella (“spring”) + burna (“stream”).

A village and civil parish south-west of Malton, Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7268).

A village and civil parish near Kirkbymoorside, Ryedale district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE6884)


Codsall

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English

A large village and civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8603).


Highclere

A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4360).


Burghclere

A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4761).


Cottesmore

A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK9013).


Scalford

From Old English sċeald (“shallow”) + forde (“ford”). Doublet of Shalford and Shelford. The alteration of /ʃ/ to /sk/ is down to Old Norse influence.

A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7624).


Candlesby with Gunby

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


Gunby and Stainby

A civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England, served by Colsterworth and District Parish Council.


Bubwith

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7136).


Tidenham

A village and civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST5596).


Exminster

From Old English Ex (“the river Exe”) + mynster (“minster”), 'the minster by the river Exe'.

A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9487).


St Dennis

A village and civil parish in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9557).


Hothfield

From hāþ, Kentish pronunciation of Old English hǣþ (“heath”) + feld (“field”). Doublet of Heathfield.

A village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9745).


North Fambridge

A village and civil parish in Maldon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8597).


Mapperley

A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4343).


Combpyne Rousdon

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


Chepping Wycombe

Variant of earlier Chipping, from Old English cieping (“market, marketplace, market-town”), distinguishing this Wycombe from others of the same name.

inh

A civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Wycombe district.


Great Paxton

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2063).


Shipston-on-Stour

A town and civil parish with a town council in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2540).


Manston

A village and civil parish served by Manston and Hammoon parish council, in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8115).

A village and civil parish in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3466).


Hammoon

A small village and civil parish served by Manston and Hammoon parish council, in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8114).


Hollingbourne

A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8455).


Bearsted

A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7955).


Axmouth

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

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY2591).


Rodmarton

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST9497).


Bourton-on-the-Water

/ˈbɔːtən ɒn ðə wɔːtə/

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1620).


Bramford

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1246).


Finningham

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0669).


Ardleigh

From Old English personal name Earda + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

A village and civil parish in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0529).


Claydon with Clattercote

A civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England.


Burston and Shimpling

A civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, which includes the named places.


Swainsthorpe

A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2200).


Shimpling

A small village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL8651).


Aston Abbotts

The name dates from the 11th century, when the land was gifted to the abbots of St Albans.

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8420).


Forncett

Forncett St Mary
Forncett St Mary#English

Forncett St Peter
Forncett St Peter#English

A civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, which includes the settlements of Forncett St Mary, Forncett St Peter and Forncett End.


Flordon

A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM1897).


Goodnestone

A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2554).


Minster-on-Sea

A civil parish on the Isle of Sheppey, Swale borough, Kent, England, which includes the village of Minster.


Bledlow-cum-Saunderton

A civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England.


Dronfield

en-proper noun

Dronfield (countable and uncountable, plural Dronfields)

From Old English drān (“drone, male bee”) + feld (“field”).

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A town and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3578).


Chacewater

A village and civil parish in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7544).


Corringham

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8791).


Arncott

A village, which is divided into Lower Arncott and Upper Arncott, and a civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6117).


Somerby

From Old Norse Sumarliði (“a personal name”) + býr (“settlement”). Compare the doublet Somersby.

A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7710).

A hamlet and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0606).


Stocksfield

A village and civil parish in southern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0561).


Stewartby

A village and civil parish (served by Stewartby and Kempston Hardwick parish council) in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0242).


Buckland Newton

A village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST6905).


Althorne

A village and civil parish in Maldon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ9198).


Mistley

I can see all of Mistley behind me, and Manningtree too, huddled at the waist of the river.

2021, A. K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches, Granta Books, pages 270-271:

A coastal village and civil parish in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM1131).


Twyford and Thorpe

Thorpe Satchville
Thorpe Satchville#English

A civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England, which includes the settlements of Twyford (Leics.), Thorpe Satchville and John O'Gaunt.


Broughton and Old Dalby

Nether Broughton
Nether Broughton#English

A civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England, which includes Nether Broughton and Old Dalby.


Hope under Dinmore

A village and civil parish in north Herefordshire, England, served by Hope under Dinmore and Newton Group Parish Council (OS grid ref SO5052).


Bourton

A village and civil parish in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7730).

A civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England, which includes Great Bourton and Little Bourton.

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU2387).


Upper Broughton

A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6826).


Wick St Lawrence

A village and civil parish in North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3665).


Bishops Cannings

Recorded as Bisshopescanyngges 1314; Cannings is from the family or followers of Cana + -ingas. The manorial affix is for early possession by the Bishops of Salisbury.

A village and civil parish north-east of Devizes, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0364).


Messingham

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE8904).


Barnetby le Wold

A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0509).


Osgodby

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0792).

A village and civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0584).


Heacham

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

A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6737).


Great Ponton

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9230).


Henlow

From Old English henn (“hen”) + hlǣw (“mountain, hill”).

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1738).


Wickwar

A village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7288).


Buxton with Lamas

A civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England, which includes the settlements of Buxton and Lamas.


Tottington

An abandoned village and civil parish (without a council) in Breckland district, Norfolk, England; the area was taken over for military purposes (OS grid ref TL8995).


Seer Green

A village and civil parish in southern Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SU9691).


Shottesbrooke

Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead#English

A locality and civil parish (without a council) in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8477).


Market Lavington

A village and civil parish in central Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0154).


West Lavington

A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8920).

A village and civil parish in central Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0053).


Carlton-on-Trent

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7963).


Ranskill

A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6587).


Naburn

A village and civil parish in City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5945).


Beningbrough

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE5257).


Thirkleby High and Low with Osgodby

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


Croxdale and Hett

A civil parish in County Durham, England, that includes the named places.


East Cowton

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ3003).


Edingale

A village and civil parish in Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2112).


Great Aycliffe

A civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England, which includes Newton Aycliffe and Aycliffe Village.


Riccall

A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6237).


Balne

A scattered village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5819).


Irthlingborough

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

A small town and civil parish with a town council in East Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP9470).


Watton

Watton (countable and uncountable, plural Wattons)

From the Old English personal name Wata + tūn (“settlement”).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0150).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9100).


Matfen

A village and civil parish in southern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0371).


Welham

A small village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP7692).


Barlby with Osgodby

A civil parish with a town council in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England.


Kingston St Mary

Distinguishing this location from other places also known as Kingston.

A village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2229).


Burton Bradstock

A coastal village and civil parish near Bridport, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY4889).


Stockton on the Forest

A village and civil parish in the City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6555).


Cardington

A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0847).

A village and civil parish in central Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5095).


Radway

A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3748).


Wootton Wawen

A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1563).


Brighstone

A village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ4282).


South Kelsey

A village and civil parish (served by South Kelsey and Moortown Parish Council) in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0498).


Helmdon

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 SP5843).


Stow cum Quy

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL5260).


Little Wilbraham

A village and civil parish (served by Little Wilbraham and Six Mile Bottom Parish Council) in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL5458).


Bramhope

A village and civil parish (served by Bramhope and Carlton Parish Council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2543).


West Wickham

West Wickham
West Wickham, Cambridgeshire

A village and civil parish (served by West Wickham and Streetly End Parish Council) in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL6149).


Seneley Green

A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England, which includes Garswood.


Kirby Grindalythe

A village and civil parish (served by Kirby Grindalythe and Duggleby Parish Council) in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9067).


Middleton Tyas

A village and civil parish in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England, near Scotch Corner (OS grid ref NZ2205).


Neasham

Neasham (countable and uncountable, plural Neashams)

From Old English nosu (“nose; projecting piece of land”) + hām (“homestead”).

der

A village and civil parish in Darlington borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3210).


Bryanston

en-proper noun

Bryanston (countable and uncountable, plural Bryanstons)

A village and civil parish west of Blandford Forum, Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8706).


Shepton Montague

A village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6731).


East Carlton

A village and civil parish in Corby borough, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8389).


Wythall

A village and civil parish in Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0875).


West Malling

Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge and Malling#English

A market town and civil parish in Tonbridge and Malling borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6857).


Burton Green

A village and civil parish in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England, on the border with Coventry (OS grid ref SP2775).


Long Itchington

Named after the Warwickshire River Itchen; recorded as Longa Hichenton c.1185.

A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4165).


Old Cleeve

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 ST0341).


East Farleigh

A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7353).


Seascale

A coastal village and civil parish in Copeland borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY0401).


Barwick in Elmet and Scholes

A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.


Ruscombe

A village and civil parish in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU7976).


Spofforth with Stockeld

A civil parish in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England.


Stutton

A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1534).


Boston Spa

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4345).


Thorp Arch

The affix Arch is from the de Arches family of the 11th century.

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4346).


Scarcroft

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3641).


Thorner

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3740).


Royal Leamington Spa

A civil parish and town with a town council in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England.


Uley

A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7998).


Shadwell

Shadwell (countable and uncountable, plural Shadwells)

Various origins:
* The Gloucestershire placename derives from Old English sċeard (“notch; shard; cleft, gap”) + wella (“well, spring”).
* The suburb of London is named with Old English sċeald (“shallow”) + wella (“well, spring”).
* The Norfolk placename derives from Old English scēad (“boundary”) + wella (“well, spring”).
* The West Yorkshire placename probably derives from Old English sċeadu (“shade; shady place”) + wella (“well, spring”).

der

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3439).


Northbourne

A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3352).


Pilsley

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2471).

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A village and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4262).


Sawley

A village and civil parish in Erewash borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4731).

A village and civil parish (served by Bolton-by-Bowland, Gisburn Forest and Sawley Parish Council) in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7746).

A village and civil parish (served by Grantley, Sawley, Skelding and Eavestone Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE2467).


Charlcombe

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

A hamlet and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7567).


Bolton-by-Bowland

A village and civil parish (served by Bolton by Bowland, Gisburn Forest and Sawley Parish Council) in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7849).


Polegate

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5804).


Caton-with-Littledale

A civil parish in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England.


Nettlecombe

A small settlement and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST0537).


Powerstock

French: Powerstock

Recorded as Pourestoch, Domesday Book 1086, later Poorstock before coming Powerstock.

A village and civil parish (served by Powerstock and North Poorton Group Parish Council) in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY5196).


Old Catton

An outer suburb of Norwich and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2312).


Whitwell

en-proper noun

Whitwell (countable and uncountable, plural Whitwells)

A village and civil parish in Bolsover district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK5276).

A hamlet and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE2899).

A small village and civil parish in Rutland (OS grid ref SK9208).


North Poorton

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Powerstock and North Poorton Group Parish Council) in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY5198).


Stapeley

Stapeley (countable and uncountable, plural Stapeleys)

From Old English stapol (“post, support, stay; pillar”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to staple + -ley (“lea”).

der

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Stapeley & District Parish Council) in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6749).


Grendon

A village and civil parish in Wellingborough district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8760).

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2799).


Embsay with Eastby

A civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district.


Bolton Abbey

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SE0753).


Heathfield and Waldron

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


Laverstock

A village and civil parish (served by Laverstock and Ford Parish Council) next to Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (OS SU1530).


Swinderby

A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8663).


Harpham

en-proper noun

Harpham (countable and uncountable, plural Harphams)

From Old English hearpe (“harp”) + ham (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0961).


Whimple

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY0497).


Idmiston

A village and civil parish north-east of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1937).


Wokingham Without

A civil parish in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England.


Lawford

Lawford (countable and uncountable, plural Lawfords)

From the Old English personal name Lealla + ford (“ford”).

A village and civil parish in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0931).


Whippingham

A village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5193).


Milson

A small village and civil parish (served by Milson and Neen Sollars Parish Council) in southern Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO6373).


Bodiam

A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ7825).


Thurnby and Bushby

A civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England.


Neen Sollars

A village and civil parish (served by Milson and Neen Sollars Parish Council) in southern Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO6672).


Witchampton

A village and civil parish (served by Vale of Allen Group Parish Council) in east Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9806).


Eakring

From Old Norse eik (“oak”) + hringr (“ring”), literally "oak ring".

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6762).


Catcliffe

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4288).


Blagdon

A village and civil parish in North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5059).


Congresbury

The Cheddar Valley branch bears sharply southwards away from the main line at Yatton and immediately becomes single track. It is level for 1½ miles as far as Congresbury (pronounced "Coomsbury"), a crossing station with a junction at the south end for the Wrington Vale Light Railway. (The railways were later closed and removed)

1961 May, Mark B. Warburton, “Yatton and its branches to Clevedon and Wells”, in Trains Illustrated, page 280:

A village and civil parish in North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4363).


Wrington

A village and civil parish in North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4762).


Burrington

A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6316).

A small village and civil parish (served by Leintwardine Group Parish Council) in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4472).

A village and civil parish in North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4759).


Axbridge

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4354).


Wookey

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5145).


Wanstrow

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST7141).


St Cuthbert Out

A civil parish in Mendip district, Somerset, England, which includes all the villages around the city of Wells, except Wookey.


Turville

A small village and civil parish in southern Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SU7691).


Coln St Dennis

A small village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0810).


Loggerheads

A village and civil parish in Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7336).


Betley

Betley (countable and uncountable, plural Betleys)

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

A village and civil parish (served by Betley, Balterley and Wrinehill Parish Council) in Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7548).


Rennington

A village and civil parish north of Alnwick, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2118).


Winscombe and Sandford

A civil parish in North Somerset, Somerset, England.


Castle Eden

Named after a local castle and the Eden Burn, a local stream.

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4237).


Stillington

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE5867).


Hackington

A civil parish in City of Canterbury district, Kent, England.


Hoo St Werburgh

Saint Werburgh was an Anglo-Saxon princess.

A village and civil parish in Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7872).


Chevening

A small village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ4857).


Steeple Claydon

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP6926).


Raskelf

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE4971).


Old Milverton

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Old Milverton and Blackdown Joint Parish Council) in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3067).


Benhall

A village and civil parish (served by Benhall and Sternfield Parish Council) in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM3861).


New Earswick

A suburban village and civil parish in City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6055).


North Luffenham

A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK9303).


South Luffenham

A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK9401).


Streethay

A village and civil parish in Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England; it was in Fradley and Streethay parish until 1 April 2023 (OS grid ref SK1410).


Fradley

A village and civil parish in Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England; it was in Fradley and Streethay parish until 1 April 2023 (OS grid ref SK1613).


St Agnes

A village and civil parish on the north coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7250).


Stokesley

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ5208).


Askern

From Old English askr-ærn (“building surrounded by ash trees”), from æsc or Old Norse askr.

der

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5613).


Thursby

en-proper noun

Thursby (countable and uncountable, plural Thursbys)

From Old Norse Þórr (“Thor”) + býr (“town, settlement”).

A village and civil parish in Allerdale borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3250).


Fremington

A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5132).


Lyndhurst

From Old English lind (“lime tree”) + Old English hyrst (“hurst”).

A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2908).


Holy Island

An island, civil parish, and village thereon, off the coast of Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1242).


Eccleshill

Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen#English

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Eccleshill and Waterside Parish Council) in Blackburn with Darwen borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7024).


Waverton

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4564).

A village and civil parish in Allerdale borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY2247).


Longhirst

A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2289).


Ancroft

A village and civil parish in northern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0045).


Winchfield

A small village and civil parish in Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7654).


Witley

A village and civil parish in Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9439).


Buriton

A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7320).


Burton Latimer

A town and civil parish with a town council in Kettering borough, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP9074).


Berkswich

A civil parish in Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England.


St Teath

A village and civil parish in north Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0680).


Totton and Eling

A civil parish with a town council in New Forest district, Hampshire, England.


Homersfield

A village and civil parish (St Mary South Elmham otherwise Homersfield) in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, across the River Waveney from Norfolk (OS grid ref TM2885).


Fotherby

A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3191).


Croughton

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Little Stanney and District Parish Council) in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4172).

A village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP5433).


Lavenham

A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9149).


Heath and Holmewood

A civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England.


Menston

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1744).


Lowesby

A hamlet and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7207).


Rockcliffe

A village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in City of Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY3561).


West Grinstead

A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1720).


Droxford

A village and civil parish in City of Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6018).


Ulceby

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

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TA1014).


Londesborough

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8645).


Earswick

A village and civil parish in City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6257).


Cleator Moor

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Copeland borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY0214).


Blockley

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1635).


South Littleton

A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0746).


Shipton-under-Wychwood

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2717).


Adlestrop

Yes. I remember Adlestrop—
The name, because one afternoon
Of heat the express-train drew up there
Unwontedly. It was late June.

1917, Edward Thomas, “Adlestrop”, in Poems, London: Selwyn & Blount, page 40:

A village and civil parish (without a parish council) in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP2427).


Ascott-under-Wychwood

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2918).


Acton Round

A village and civil parish (served by Morville Parish Council) in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO6395).


Kimbolton

A village and civil parish (served by Kimbolton and Stonely Parish Council) in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL0967).

A village and civil parish (served by Kimbolton with Hamnish Parish Council) in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5261).


Twyford and Stenson

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A civil parish (without a parish council) in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England.


Huish

en-proper-noun

Huish (countable and uncountable, plural Huishes)

From Middle English Hiwis, from Old English hīwisċ, hīwisċe. Originally, a word used to refer to families or households, in general.

en:Huish (disambiguation)
en:Huish (surname)

A small village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS5311).


Mablethorpe and Sutton

A civil parish with a town council in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England, which includes Mablethorpe and Sutton on Sea.


Stathern

A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7731).


Marefield

Likely from mare (“adult female horse”) + field

A hamlet and civil parish (without a parish council) in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7407).


Harby

en-proper noun

Harby (countable and uncountable, plural Harbys)

Both placenames derive from Old Norse hjǫrð (“herd of cattle”) + bý (“farmstead”).

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England, on the Lincolnshire border (OS grid ref SK8770).


Hallaton

A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP7896).


East Norton

A village and civil parish (without a parish council) in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7800).


Scraptoft

A suburban village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6405).


Medbourne

"The meadow stream", from Old English mǣd (“meadow”) + burna (“stream”).

A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP8093).


Whichford

A village and civil parish (served by Whichford and Ascott Parish Council) in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3134).


St Cuthbert Without

A civil parish in City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England, which includes a number of villages around Carlisle.


Ulceby with Fordington

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


Ullesthorpe

A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5087).


Blidworth

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5956).


Barford

Barford (countable and uncountable, plural Barfords)

Perhaps from Old English bere (“barley”) + ford (“ford”).

A village and civil parish (served by Barford and Wramplingham Parish Council) in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1107).

A village and civil parish (served by Barford, Sherbourne and Wasperton Joint Parish Council) in City of Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2761).


Mendham

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2783).


Little Barford

A hamlet, a civil parish and a power station in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1856).


Ampleforth

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE5878).


Cranleigh

From Old English cran (“crane”), genitive plural crana + lēah (“wood clearing”), 'the cranes' wood clearing'.
Formerly Cranley, the spelling was altered in 1867 to avoid confusion (by the post office and railway) with Crawley.

A large village and civil parish in Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0639).


Ovington

Ovington (countable and uncountable, plural Ovingtons)

From either Wulfa or Ofa, two Old English personal names, + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in southern County Durham (OS grid ref NZ1314).

A small village and civil parish (served by Little Yeldham, Tilbury Juxta Clare and Ovington Parish Council) in Braintree district, Essex (OS grid ref TL7642).

A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TF9202).

A village and civil parish in southern Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ0663).


Blanchland

A small village and civil parish in southern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9650).


Little Houghton

A village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8059).

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4205).


Goxhill

A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA1021).


Hordle

A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2695).


Clawson, Hose and Harby

A civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England; Clawson refers to Long Clawson.


Churcham

A small village and civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7618).


Islip

en-prop

Islip (countable and uncountable, plural Islips)

From the name of the River Ise + Old English slæp (“slippery place”).

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP9878).

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5214).


Lythe

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ8413).


Ockley

From Old English personal name Occa + lēah (“wood, woodland clearing”).

A village and civil parish in Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1440).


Hindolveston

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0329).


Ludgvan

From Cornish Lujuan ("place of ashes", "burnt place"). Mentioned in the Domesday Book as Latin Luduhan, which is possibly related to Breton luduenn (singulative of ludu, (ash)).

der

A village and civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5033).


Ambrosden

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6019).


North Elmham

A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9820).


Dursley

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7598).


Scrooby

A small village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6590).


North Muskham

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7958).


South Muskham

A village and civil parish (served by South Muskham and Little Carlton Parish Council) in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7957).


Wotton

en-proper noun

Wotton (countable and uncountable, plural Wottons)

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A small village and civil parish in Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1247).


Henfield

A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ2116).


Itchen Stoke and Ovington

A civil parish in City of Winchester district, Hampshire, England.


Grindleford

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2477).


Tumby

A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2359).


Mareham le Fen

A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2761).


Hartwith cum Winsley

A civil parish in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England.


Wildmore

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


Winsley

A village and civil parish near Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8061).


Whipsnade

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0118).


Littleworth

Littleworth (countable and uncountable, plural Littleworths)

From Old English lȳtel (“little, small”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

(uncountable) A number of places in England:

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU3197).


Forsbrook

From Middle English Fotes-broc, from Old English fotes (plural of fot, "foot") + broc (brook), literally "Footsbrook".

der

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9641).


Bearpark

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England, west of the city of Durham (OS grid ref NZ2343).


Ponteland

From Anglo-Norman pont (“bridge”) + Middle English īland (“island”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in southern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1672).


Greasley

A civil parish and hamlet in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4947).


Maghull

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD3702).


Hednesford

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cannock Chase district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0012).


Baddiley

A civil parish (served by Sound and District Parish Council) and scattered settlement in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6050).


Lugwardine

A village and civil parish (served by Bartestree with Lugwardine Group Parish Council) in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5541).


Hagley

A village and civil parish in Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9181).


Billington and Langho

A civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England.


Peasedown St John

A large village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7057).


Hellidon

A village and civil parish in Daventry district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP5158).


East Horsley

A large village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0953).


Falmer

A village and civil parish in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3508).


Instow

A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England, at the confluence of the rivers Taw and Torridge (OS grid ref SS4730).


Yapton

A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9703).


Thorpe Mandeville

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP5344).


Chipping

From Old English cēping (“market, marketplace”). Compare Swedish köping ("market"). Chipping, Cheapside, and cheap all reflect ancestry from Old English ceapian, concerning trading in markets.

A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6243).


Oswestry Rural

A civil parish in north-west Shropshire, England.


Wistanstow

A village and civil parish in southern Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO4385).


Leyburn

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE1190).


Wensley

From Middle English Wednesleȝ, Wodnesleie, from Old English Wōdnes lēah (literally “Woden’s meadow”). Equivalent to Woden's (compare Wednesday) + -ley (“lea”).

suf

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE0989).


South Darley

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


Harmby

A village and civil parish in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1289).


Baginton

A village and civil parish in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England, just outside Coventry (OS grid ref SP3474).


Dethick, Lea and Holloway

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


Addingham

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0749).


Finghall

A small village and civil parish (served by Constable Burton and Finghall Parish Council) in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1889).


Castle Bolton

A reversal of the name of Bolton Castle.

A village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE0391).


Castlemorton

A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7937).


Old Leake

A village and civil parish in Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4050).


Holton le Clay

A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA2802).


Ludborough

A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2995).


Utterby

A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3093).


Authorpe

A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4080).


Little Steeping

A village and civil parish (served by Firsby Group Parish Council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4362).


Sibsey

A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3550).


Algarkirk

A village and civil parish in Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2935).


Surfleet

A village and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TL2528).


Deeping St James

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1509).


North Thoresby

A village and civil parish (served by North Thoresby, Grainsby and Waithe Parish Council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2998).


Burgh le Marsh

A small town and civil parish with a town council in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF5065).


Blankney

A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0660).


Metheringham

A village and civil parish (served by Metheringham, Sots Hole and Tanvats Parish Council) in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0761).


Ruskington

A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0851).


Gosberton

A village and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2431).


Cowbit

A village and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2618).


Pinchbeck

en-prop

Pinchbeck (countable and uncountable, plural Pinchbecks)

A village and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref TF2425).


Gedney Hill

A village and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3311).


Great Yeldham

A village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7638).


Little Hereford

Recorded as Lutelonhereford, Domesday Book 1086, from Old English lȳtel (“little”), dative lȳtlan. The name may have arisen from being an area north of the River Teme almost cut off from the rest of Herefordshire.

A village and civil parish (served by Brimfield and Little Hereford Group Parish Council) in north Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5468).


Whitwick

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

A village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4316).


Cossall

A village and civil parish in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4842).


Longden

en-proper noun

Longden (countable and uncountable, plural Longdens)

From Old English lang (“long”) + denu (“valley”).

A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, south-west of Shrewsbury (OS grid ref SJ4406).


Birdlip

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9214).


Kingsbury Episcopi

Recorded as Chingesberie in 1086 (Domesday Book), from Old English cyning + burh; the affix from Latin episcopi relating to its early possession by the Bishop of Bath.

A village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4321).


Thorney

From Old English þorn (“thorn-tree”) + ēġ (“island”).

A village and civil parish in the city of Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2804).

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK8573).


Denby Dale

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2308).


Semer

A small village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9946).


Durston

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 ST2928).


Draycott in the Clay

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1528).


Hartington Nether Quarter

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

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


Harlaxton

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8832).


Brockworth

A suburban village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England, just outside Gloucester (OS grid ref SO8916).


Bidborough

A village and civil parish in Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5643).


Clent

A village and civil parish in Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9279).


Spennymoor

A town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2533).


Wicklewood

A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0702).


Woodchester

A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8402).


Nailsworth

A town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST8499).


Lowdham

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6646).


Hightown

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD3003).


Wootton Bridge

A village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5491).


Ditton Priors

Priors relates to possession by the prior of Wenlock priory.

A village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO6089).


Finmere

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6333).


Upper Beeding

A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1910).


Brocklesby

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA1411).


Hoe

From Old English hōh (“heel; spur of a hill”).

der

A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF995211).


Midville

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Eastville, Midville and New Leake Parish Council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3857).


Polperro

A large village, a civil parish and fishing harbour in south Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2050).


St Newlyn East

From Sancta Niwelina, patron saint of the local church. The East affix may have been added to distinguish it from Newlyn, also in Cornwall.

A village and civil parish south of Newquay, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8256).


Bassenthwaite

A village and civil parish in Allerdale borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY2332).


Bramber

A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1810).


Billingshurst

A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0825).


Colwall

A hamlet and civil parish in east Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO7342).


Dacre

A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY4526).

A village and civil parish in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1960).


Foston on the Wolds

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1055).


Crosscanonby

A small village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY0739).


Thorngumbald

Recorded as Torne in the Domesday Book in 1086, and Thoren Gumbaud by 1297, with manorial affix from the Gumbaud family.

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA2026).


Camerton

A village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY0331).

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

A village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6857).


East Markham

A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7373).


Above Derwent

A civil parish in Allerdale borough, Cumbria, England.


Setmurthy

A civil parish (served by Embleton and District Parish Council) in Allerdale borough, Cumbria, England.


Hethersett

A large village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1505).


Acton Bridge

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5975).


Castle Hedingham

A village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7835).


Sible Hedingham

A village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7834).


East Lavington

A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9416).


White Colne

A village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8729).


Earls Colne

A village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8529).


Badley

en-prop

Badley (countable and uncountable, plural Badleys)

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

A civil parish without a parish council in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0655).


Cassop-cum-Quarrington

A civil parish in County Durham, England.


Church Minshull

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6660).


Little Missenden

From Middle English Missedene (also Messedena and Musindone), from ? + Old English dene (valley).

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SU9298).


Bretton

en-proper noun

Bretton (countable and uncountable, plural Brettons)

From Old English Brett (“Briton”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A suburb and civil parish in the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF1600).


Aby with Greenfield

From Aby + with + Greenfield, see each entry for further etymology.

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


Constable Burton

A village and civil parish (served by Constable Burton and Finghall parish council) in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1690).


Kirk Bramwith

A small village and civil parish (served by Moss and District Parish Council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6211).


Askrigg

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SD9491).


Hemingbrough

Uncertain. May be from a term relating to Heming + Old English burh (borough).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE6730).


Brasted

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ4755).


Little Munden

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England.


Great Munden

A small village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3524).


Broxted

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5727).


Takeley

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5621).


Felsted

Alternative spelling: Felstead.

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL6720).


Westmill

A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3627).


Mountnessing

A village and civil parish (served by a village council) in Brentwood borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6397).


Silkstone

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2805).


Westwick

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Whorlton and Westwick Parish Council) in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ0715).

A civil parish and locality (served by Roecliffe and Westwick Parish Council) in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3466).

A small village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2726).


Cookham

Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead#English

A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8985).


Chipperfield

A village and civil parish in Dacorum borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref ref TL0401).


Closworth

A small village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5610).


Buckhorn Weston

A village and civil parish (served by Buckhorn Weston and Kington Magna Parish Council) in northern Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7524).


Hurstbourne Priors

The manor had early possession by Winchester Priory.

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4346).


Enham Alamein

The affix (added in 1945) comes from El Alamein.

A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3649).


Dinton

A village and civil parish in southern Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0131).


Milborne Port

From Old English myln + burna (“mill stream”) + Old English port (“market town”).

A large village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6718).


Chirton

/ˈt͡ʃɜː(ɹ)tən/

A village and civil parish (served by Chirton and Conock Parish Council) in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0757).


Lydbrook

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


Bishop's Waltham

An old market town and civil parish in City of Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5517).


Audley Rural

A civil parish in Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England.


Knighton on Teme

A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6370).


Clay Cross

Probably named after a local family; also named Clay Lane at one time.

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A town and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3963).


Shap Rural

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A large civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district.


Brampton Bierlow

A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, its main settlement is the village of Brampton.


Womersley

Womersley (countable and uncountable, plural Womersleys)

From the Old English personal name Wilmaer + -s- + lēah (“clearing, glade”).

A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5319).


Burgess Hill

A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3119).


Longton

A village and civil parish in South Ribble district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4825).


Woburn

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9433).


Thornton-le-Moors

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4474).


Orston

A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7741).


Everingham

From Old English eofor (“boar”) + -ing + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE804424).


Elton on the Hill

A small village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7638).


Thorpe St Peter

A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TL4860).


Heversham

A village and civil parish in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD4983).


Salhouse

A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3014).


Awre

A village and civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7008).


Holmwood

A civil parish in Mole Valley district, Surrey, England.


Fosdyke

From Old English Fotrs dīċ (Fotr's ditch).

A village and civil parish in Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3133).


Rackheath

A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2813).


Shirland and Higham

A civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England.


Caister-on-Sea

A coastal town and civil parish in Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG5212).


Bembridge

A large coastal village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ6488).


Glynde

A village and civil parish (served by Glynde and Beddingham Parish Council) in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4509).


Whitchurch Rural

A civil parish in Shropshire, England, to the south and south-east of Whitchurch.


Tillingham

A village and civil parish (served by a village council) in Maldon district, Essex (OS grid ref TL9903).


Dunchurch

A village and civil parish in Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4871).


Gildersome

A village and civil parish in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2429).


Dunham Massey

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7388).


Abbots Bromley

A village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0824).


St Keverne

The parish church is dedicated to St Akeveranus (or Aghevran).

A village and civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7921).


Coaley

A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7701).


Abbotsbury

A village and civil parish (served by Chesil Bank Parish Council) in south-west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY5785).


Great Chart with Singleton

A civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England.


Weeton

A village and civil parish in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2846).


Welwick

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA3421).


Brancepeth

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England, south-west of the city of Durham (OS grid ref NZ2237).


Trimdon

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3734).


Hincaster

A hamlet and civil parish in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD5084).


Gamston

A village and civil parish (served by Gamston with West Drayton and Eaton Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7176).

A suburban village and civil parish (served by Holme Pierrepont and Gamston Parish Council) in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK6037).


Holme Pierrepont

Pierrepont was the name of a family here in the 14th century.

A locality and civil parish (served by Holme Pierrepont and Gamston Parish Council) in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6239).


Lanchester

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1647).


Catesby

Catesby (countable and uncountable, plural Catesbys)

A civil parish in Daventry district, Northamptonshire, England.


Charwelton

A village and civil parish in Daventry district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP5355).


Ashby Magna

A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5690).


Swanbourne

From Old English swan + burna (“stream”).

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8027).


Rothley

A village and civil parish in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5812).

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Rothley with Hollinghill Parish Council) in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0488).


Chislet

A small village and civil parish in City of Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2264).


Rampisham

A small village and civil parish in Dorset, England, formerly in West Dorset district (OS grid ref ST5602).


Cheriton

/ˈt͡ʃɛɹɪtən/

From Middle English Cericton, from Old English ċiriċe (“church”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure, settlement; town”). Doublet of Kirton.

der

A village and civil parish in the City of Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5828).


Wrotham

Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge and Malling#English

A village and civil parish in Tonbridge and Malling borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6159).


Elsworth

en-proper noun

Elsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Elsworths)

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

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3163).


South Kirkby and Moorthorpe

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


Mungrisdale

A hamlet and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3630).


Myland

A civil parish (with a community council) in Colchester borough, Essex, England.


Hucclecote

An eastern suburb in City of Gloucester district, and neighbouring civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8617).


Hawksworth

Hawksworth (countable and uncountable, plural Hawksworths)

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

A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7543).


Muncaster

Muncaster (countable and uncountable, plural Muncasters)

From the Old Norse personal name Múli + the Old English noun ċeaster (“city, town”).

A civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref SD102569).