Theydon Bois

/ˌθeɪdᵊn ˈbɔɪz/

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


Clowne

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


Cadbury

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

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


Sydenham

en-proper noun

Sydenham (countable and uncountable, plural Sydenhams)

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

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

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


Plaistow

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


Wallington

Wallington (countable and uncountable, plural Wallingtons)

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

der

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

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


Hanworth

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


Harlington

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

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


Hanwell

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


Sudbury

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

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

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

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


Plumstead

en-proper noun

Plumstead (countable and uncountable, plural Plumsteads)

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

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


Oxted

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

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


Market Bosworth

Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth#English

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


Blaby

Blaby (countable and uncountable, plural Blabys)

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

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


Coleford

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

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


Tendring

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


Wilby

Wilby (countable and uncountable, plural Wilbys)

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

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

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

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


Haywards Heath

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

der

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


Cholsey

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

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


Stanway

en-proper noun

Stanway (countable and uncountable, plural Stanways)

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

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


Wadworth

A village and civil parish of South Yorkshire, England.


Biggleswade

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

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


Sundon

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

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


Braybrooke

Braybrooke (countable and uncountable, plural Braybrookes)

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

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


Polesworth

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

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


Colwich

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

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


Castle Donington

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

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


Willington

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

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

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

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

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


Lostwithiel

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

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


Upton-on-Severn

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


Westerham

Westerham (countable and uncountable, plural Westerhams)

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

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


Farringdon

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

Lower Farringdon
Lower Farringdon#English

Upper Farringdon
Upper Farringdon#English

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


Westbourne

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

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


Heighington

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

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


High Ongar

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


Ongar

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


Burscough

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


Helpston

Soke of Peterborough
Soke of Peterborough#English

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


Saxmundham

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


Marks Tey

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


Brundall

Brundall (countable and uncountable, plural Brundalls)

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

der

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


Brantham

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


Manningtree

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

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


Livesey

en-prop

Livesey (countable and uncountable, plural Liveseys)

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

Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen#English

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


Moston

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

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


Fishlake

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


Brading

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


Stainforth

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

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


East Brent

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


Coryton

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

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


Berrow

en-proper noun

Berrow (countable and uncountable, plural Berrows)

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

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

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


Long Marston

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

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


Eggesford

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


Lapford

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


Stoke Gifford

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

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


Southam

Southam (countable and uncountable, plural Southams)

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

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

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


Copplestone

en-prop

Copplestone (countable and uncountable, plural Copplestones)

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

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


Cricklade

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


King's Nympton

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


St Erth

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


Toddington

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

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


Haltwhistle

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


Shackerstone

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


Goostrey

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


Lenham

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


Longtown

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


Boreham

en-proper noun

Boreham (countable and uncountable, plural Borehams)

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

der

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


Gosforth

Gosforth
Gosforth, Cumbria
Gosforth, New South Wales

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


Lynemouth

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

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


Newsham

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


Balcombe

en-proper noun

Balcombe (countable and uncountable, plural Balcombes)

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

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


Ashington

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

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


Alnmouth

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

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


Warkworth

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

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


Pegswood

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


Isle of Grain

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


Barnham

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


Tisbury

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


Kingskerswell

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


Cranbrook

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

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

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


Ketton

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


Horton in Ribblesdale

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


Groton

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


Meriden

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


Framlingham

/ˈfɹæmlɪŋəm/

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


Dullingham

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

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


Bosham

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


Waterbeach

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

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


Littleport

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


Manea

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


Southbourne

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


Shelford

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

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


Fishbourne

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


Shirebrook

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


Hampole

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


Kirkby Stephen

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


Berrington

Berrington (countable and uncountable, plural Berringtons)

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

der

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


Soham

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

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


Kirkby

en-proper noun

Kirkby (countable and uncountable, plural Kirkbys)

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

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


Werrington

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

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

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


Strumpshaw

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


Wymondham

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

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


Knaresborough

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


Newbiggin

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

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

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


Awsworth

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


Oulton

Oulton (countable and uncountable, plural Oultons)

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

der

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


Attleborough

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


Portbury

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


Tebay

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


Appleby-in-Westmorland

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

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


Bowness

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


Great Bedwyn

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


Pewsey

en-proper noun

Pewsey (countable and uncountable, plural Pewseys)

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

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


Euxton

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


Disley

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


Grayrigg

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


Saltwood

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

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


Rushden

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

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

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

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

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


Shap

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


Ufton Nervet

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


Claypole

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


Stourton

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

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


Drax

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


Plumpton

Plumpton (countable and uncountable, plural Plumptons)

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

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


Tunstead

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


Dalston

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

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


Long Drax

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


Hartlebury

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


Horwich

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

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


Newton-le-Willows

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


Eardington

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


Beeston

Beeston (countable and uncountable, plural Beestons)

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

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


Much Wenlock

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


Arley

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

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


Buildwas

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


Kingmoor

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


Bishopton

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


Ferryhill

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


Steyning

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


Halwill

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


St Germans

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


Baschurch

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


Cosford

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


Hellifield

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


Evercreech

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


Witham Friary

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


Normanton

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

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

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


Hawkhurst

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


Wheathampstead

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


Quainton

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

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


Allhallows

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

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


Wakes Colne

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


Long Melford

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


Lidlington

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

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

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


Grateley

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


Eryholme

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


Tollerton

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

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


Micklefield

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


Farnley

Farnley (countable and uncountable, plural Farnleys)

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

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


Birstall

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


Saddleworth

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


Ampthill

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

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


Elstow

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


Sharnbrook

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

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


East Langton

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


Desborough

Desborough (countable and uncountable, plural Desboroughs)

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

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

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


Irchester

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


Barrow upon Soar

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


Sileby

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

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


Syston

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


Millbrook

Millbrook (countable and uncountable, plural Millbrooks)

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

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

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


Houghton Conquest

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


Alsager

/ˈɔːlseɪd͡ʒə/

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


Bardon Mill

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


Goathland

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


Micheldever

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


Cliffsend

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


Haddenham

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

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


Marholm

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


Bavington

A civil parish in central Northumberland, England.


Seaford

Seaford (countable and uncountable, plural Seafords)

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

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


West Dean

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

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

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


Blisworth

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

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


Starcross

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

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


Towcester

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

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


King's Sutton

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


Garsdale

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


Haverthwaite

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


Ardingly

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


Horsted Keynes

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

der

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


Lapworth

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


Tutbury

com

Old English <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang">burh</i>

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

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


Annesley

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


Long Buckby

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


Brinklow

en-proper noun

Brinklow (countable and uncountable, plural Brinklows)

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

der

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


Kings Langley

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


Cheddington

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


Penistone

en-prop

Penistone (countable and uncountable, plural Penistones)

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

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


Kilsby

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


Bulkington

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


Roade

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


Castlethorpe

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


Coppull

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


Burton-in-Kendal

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


Minsterley

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


Garstang

en-proper noun

Garstang (countable and uncountable, plural Garstangs)

/ˈɡɑː(ɹ)stəŋ/

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

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


Widmerpool

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


Whissendine

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


Harringworth

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

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

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


Grimston

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

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 (OS grid ref TF7222).

Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford
Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford

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


Kingham

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

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


North Rode

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


Taplow

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

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


Eardisley

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


Cossington

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

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


Horncastle

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


Waitby

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


Mountsorrel

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


Thornaby

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


Great Ayton

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


Nunthorpe

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

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

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


Kirkby Thore

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

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


Rushwick

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


Bucknell

Bucknell (countable and uncountable, plural Bucknells)

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

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

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


Kidsgrove

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


Foxton

Foxton (countable and uncountable, plural Foxtons)

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

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

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


Sedgefield

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


Little Shelford

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


Stapleford

First recorded as Stapelford, from an unknown language .

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

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

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

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

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

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


Honeybourne

Honeybourne (countable and uncountable, plural Honeybournes)

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

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


Hook Norton

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


Moreton-in-Marsh

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


Ingleton

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

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


Moreton

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

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


Grosmont

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


Bleasdale

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


Mouldsworth

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

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


Otford

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


Wiveliscombe

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

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


Dulverton

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


Knebworth

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


Wortley

Wortley (countable and uncountable, plural Wortleys)

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

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


Betchworth

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


Shildon

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


Drakelow

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

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


West Burton

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


Shilton

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


Speen

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


Wath

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


Treeton

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


Send

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


Church Fenton

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


Guisborough

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


Brockenhurst

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


Lamesley

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


Corbridge

Corbridge (countable and uncountable, plural Corbridges)

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

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


Cliffe

en-prop

Cliffe (countable and uncountable, plural Cliffes)

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


Crigglestone

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


Savernake

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


Twyford

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

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

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

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


Amberley

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


Rolleston

en-proper noun

Rolleston (countable and uncountable, plural Rollestons)

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

der

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

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

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


Kintbury

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


Patney

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


Thatcham

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


Aldermaston

/ˈɔːldəˈmɑːstən/

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


Brewham

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


Theale

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


Burlescombe

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


Stoke Canon

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


Long Sutton

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

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

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


Curry Rivel

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

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


Woolmer Green

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


Tallington

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


Essendine

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


Arlesey

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

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


St Neots

Named after Neot, a Cornish monk and saint.

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


Tempsford

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

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


Corby Glen

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

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


Little Bytham

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


Yaxley

en-proper noun

Yaxley (countable and uncountable, plural Yaxleys)

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

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

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


Conington

Conington (countable and uncountable, plural Coningtons)

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

doublet

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

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

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


Berkswell

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


West Auckland

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


Woldingham

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


Stretton

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

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

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

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

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

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


Frodsham

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


Helsby

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


St Bees

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


Neston

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


Cuxton

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


St Margarets

St Margarets, Herefordshire
St Margarets, London
Stanstead St Margarets

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


East Grinstead

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


Daresbury

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


Mickle Trafford

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


Upper Poppleton

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


Haxby

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


Puriton

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


Danby

en-proper noun

Danby (countable and uncountable, plural Danbys)

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

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


Eastfield

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


Chetnole

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


Godstone

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


Wirksworth

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

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


Denby

Denby (countable and uncountable, plural Denbys)

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

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


Whittlesford

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


Stowmarket

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


Puddletown

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

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


Alderley Edge

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


Great Sankey

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


Culham

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

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


Sowton

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


Penketh

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


Castleton

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

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


Sonning

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


New Romney

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

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


Ruddington

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


Brackley

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

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

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


Flax Bourton

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


Cambourne

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

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


Hanborough

Church Hanborough
Church Hanborough#English

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


Uffington

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

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

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

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

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


Bisley

en-proper noun

Bisley (countable and uncountable, plural Bisleys)

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

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


Branston

Branston (countable and uncountable, plural Branstons)

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

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

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


Cockermouth

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

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


Waterhouses

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

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


Habrough

North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire#English

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


Melton Constable

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

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


Firsby

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


Buntingford

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


Woolfardisworthy

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

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


Silverdale

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

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


Lydney

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


Thorpe-le-Soken

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

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


Sutton Weaver

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


Rowsley

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


Banwell

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


Besford

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


Barrow upon Trent

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


Hurst Green

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


Blunsdon

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


Westbury-on-Severn

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


Blackrod

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

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


Oakengates

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

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


Grendon Underwood

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


Eynsford

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


Middle Claydon

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


Tenterden

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


Braunton

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


Choppington

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


Badgeworth

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


Alnwick

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


Haddiscoe

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

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


Staveley

Staveley (countable and uncountable, plural Staveleys)

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

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

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


Hampton in Arden

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


Catterick

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


Masham

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


Melmerby

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

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

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

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


Rothbury

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


Wivenhoe

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


Barnt Green

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


Barkston

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


Colwick

Colwick (countable and uncountable, plural Colwicks)

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

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


Dunton Green

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


Pluckley

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


Smeeth

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


Hildenborough

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

Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge and Malling#English

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


Headcorn

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

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


Knockholt

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

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


Staplehurst

Staplehurst (countable and uncountable, plural Staplehursts)

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

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


Bethersden

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


Northiam

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


Sedlescombe

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


Pembury

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


Yalding

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


Biddenden

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

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


Goudhurst

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

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

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

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


Meopham

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


East Leake

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


Shiplake

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


Wargrave

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


Steeton

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


Meltham

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

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


Ironville

Probably from iron + -ville in each place.

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


Norbury

Norbury (countable and uncountable, plural Norburys)

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

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

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


Ledbury

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


Hauxton

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


Aylesford

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

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


Alconbury

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


Northstowe

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


Rearsby

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


Mildenhall

Mildenhall (countable and uncountable, plural Mildenhalls)

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

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

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


Burton Coggles

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

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


Shepreth

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


Meldreth

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


Stocksbridge

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK2798).


Witton-le-Wear

A village and civil parish alongside the River Wear in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1431).


Wolsingham

A small market town and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ0737).


Bishopstone

A village and civil parish (Bishopstone Group) in Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4243).

A village and civil parish south-west of Salisbury, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0726).

A village and civil parish (Bishopstone and Hinton Parva) in Swindon borough, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU2483).


Alrewas

A village and civil parish in Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1715).


Kirton in Lindsey

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9398).


Horley

From Old English horn + lēah (“meadow”); "clearing in a horn-shaped piece of land".

Reigate and Banstead
Reigate and Banstead#English

A town and civil parish in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2842).

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4143).


Bawtry

A market town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, on the border with Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK6593).


Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

A small coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ3087).


Thrumpton

A small village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5131).


Barwell

From Old English bār (“boar”) + wælla (“spring”).

Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth#English

A large village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP4496).


Coleshill

Coleshill (countable and uncountable, plural Coleshills)

From an unclear first element + Old English hyll (“hill”).

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SU9495).

A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU2393).

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2089).


Thurmaston

A large village and civil parish in Charnwood borough, near Leicester, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6109).


Malpas

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Malpas (countable and uncountable, plural Malpases)

From Old French mal (“bad”) + pas (“passage”), because of the difficulty of the terrain.

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A small market town and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4847).


Penwortham

Probably from Cumbric pen (“head, top, summit”) + Old English worþham (“(high status) land holding”). Or else, the full name may be equivalent to Welsh pen (“head, top summitt”) + y (“(of) the”) + werddon (“green”)

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A town and civil parish in South Ribble district, near Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref (approx) SD5228). It appears on maps as Higher Penwortham, Lower Penwortham and Penwortham Lane.


Bleadon

A village and civil parish in North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3457).


Hockham

A civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England, which includes the village of Great Hockham; the civil parish is also often called Great Hockham (OS grid ref TL9592).


Wretham

A civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England, which includes the village of East Wretham (OS grid ref TL9190).


Swaffham

From Middle English Swafham, from Old English Swāfhām/Swǣfhām, a combination of Swǣfe (“Swabian person”) and hām (“home”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF8209).


Crowborough

In the 1890s and in the early years of the present century there was considerable building development in the area around Sanderstead, Warlingham and Oxted, where large villas were springing up. East Grinstead, Tunbridge Wells and Uckfield were growing fast, as was that loosely knit "subtopia"—neither town, village nor country—which is known collectively as Crowborough.

1960 November, H. P. White, “The evolution of train services on the Southern's Oxted line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 662:

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5130).


Arthington

A small village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2744).


Otley

en-proper noun

Otley (countable and uncountable, plural Otleys)

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

A market town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2045).

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2055).


Newport Pagnell

A town and civil parish with a town council in Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8743).


Dauntsey

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9981).


Ashendon

A village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP7014).


Gerrards Cross

Named after the 17th century Gerrard family.

A town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in South Bucks district (OS grid ref TQ0088).


Aynho

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP5133).


Ardley

Ardley (countable and uncountable, plural Ardleys)

From the Old English personal name Eardwulf, which is composed of the elements eard (“homeland; earth”) and wulf (“wolf”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5427).


Fenny Compton

A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4152).


Cropredy

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4646).


Blackthorn

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6219).


Pangbourne

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU6376).


Steventon

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A small village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5447).

A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU4691).


Shrivenham

A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU2388).


Brinkworth

A village and civil parish in northern Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0184).


Little Somerford

A village and civil parish near Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9684).


Hullavington

A village and civil parish in northern Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8982).


Madeley

A town and civil parish with a town council in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6904).

A village and civil parish in Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7744).


Goring-on-Thames

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

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


Calverton

A village and civil parish in Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP7938).

A large village and civil parish in Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6149).


Welbourn

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

A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9654).


Elvington

A village and civil parish in the City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7047).


Hayfield

A village and civil parish in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0386).


Monk Fryston

A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5029).


Meldon

A small village and civil parish west of Morpeth, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1183).


Hatherleigh

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5404).


Lifton

A village and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX3885).


Crowhurst

A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ7512).

A village and civil parish in Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ3947).


Charlbury

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A small town and civil parish with a town council in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3519).


Hopton-on-Sea

A coastal village and civil parish in Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG5300).


Darsham

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4169).


Corton

A coastal village and civil parish north of Lowestoft, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM5497).


Bevercotes

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Markham Clinton Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6972).


Eggborough

A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5623).


Wennington

A small village and civil parish in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6170).


Ratcliffe-on-Soar

A small village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4929).


Minshull Vernon

A hamlet and civil parish (Minshull Vernon and District) in Cheshire East borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6760).


Standon

From Old English stān (“stone”) + dūn (“hill”).

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3922).

A small village and civil parish in Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8134).


Winwick

Winwick (countable and uncountable, plural Winwicks)

From the Old English personal name Wina + wīc (“village”).

A small village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1080).

A village and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire, England, historically in Lancashire (OS grid ref SJ6092).

A small village, a civil parish and a lost settlement in Daventry district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP6273).


Fawkham

A civil parish and hamlet in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5866).


Claydon

A village and civil parish (served by Claydon and Whitton Parish Council) in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1350).


Ashbourne

Ashbourne (countable and uncountable, plural Ashbournes)

From Old English æsċ (“ash-tree”) + burna (“stream”).

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1846).


Redgrave

Redgrave (countable and uncountable, plural Redgraves)

From Old English hrēod (“reed”) + græf (“grave; trench, ditch”).

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0478).


Longhope

A village and civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6818).


Smannell

A small village and civil parish in Test Valley borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3849).


Berden

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL4629).


Stallingborough

A village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA2011).


Munslow

A small village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5287).


Pamber

From Old English penn (“fold, enclosure”) + beorg (“mountain, hill”).

A civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane borough, Hampshire, England.


Ashwick

From Old English æsc (“ashtree”) + wīc (“farm dwelling”).

A village and civil parish in Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6348).


Snodland

A town and civil parish with a town council in Tonbridge and Malling borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7061).


Egginton

Egginton (countable and uncountable, plural Eggintons)

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

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2628).


Castle Ashby

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A village, civil parish, and country house in South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8659).


Holbeton

A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6150).


Cutsdean

A small village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England, originally in Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0830).


North Wraxall

A village and civil parish in north-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8175).


Minchinhampton

A market town and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8700).


Wem

Recorded as Weme 1086 (Domesday Book); from Old English wamm or wemm.

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in north Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5129).


Steeple Bumpstead

A village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL6841).


Silsden

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0446).


Limpley Stoke

A village and civil parish on the western edge of Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST7860).


Chapel-en-le-Frith

A town and civil parish in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0580).


Bolton-le-Sands

Recorded as Bodeltone, Domesday Book 1086; -le-Sands (on the sands) added in the 19th century.

A large village and civil parish in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4868).


Portreath

A village, fishing port, and civil parish on the north coast of west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6545).


St Day

The saint commemorated is likely to be the Breton, Saint Dei.

A village and civil parish in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7342).


Appledore

A village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9529).


Pentewan Valley

A civil parish south of St Austell, Cornwall, England.


Wilsford cum Lake

A civil parish in Wiltshire, England, containing the settlements of Wilsford, Normanton and Lake.


Charlton St Peter

A small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1156). The parish council is joint with Wilsford parish (Pewsey Vale).


Wilsford

A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0043).

Charlton St Peter
Charlton St Peter#English

A village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1057). The parish council is joint with Charlton St Peter parish.


Mylor

Mylor Churchtown
Mylor Churchtown#English

Restronguet Passage
Restronguet Passage#English

A civil parish in Cornwall, England, which includes the settlements of Angarrick, Carclew, Flushing, Mylor Bridge, Mylor Churchtown and Restronguet Passage.


Antrobus

Antrobus (countable and uncountable, plural Antrobuses)

Apparently from either:
* "within the woods", from the Norman French Entre-bois. (Eliding the last consonant verbally is only a latter-day variation in French originating in Paris.)
* the Old Norse personal name Eindriði + buski (“bush, thicket”).

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6479).


Abbotsham

A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4226).


Scorton

A village and civil parish in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ2400).


Oxenhope

A village and civil parish with a village council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0335).


Eckington

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A town and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4279).

A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9241).


Woughton

A civil parish with a community council in Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England.


Westgate-on-Sea

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3170).


Folkton

A village and civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0579).


Redmire

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE0491).


Bedale

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2688).


Elmesthorpe

A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP4696).


Queenborough

A small town and civil parish with a town council on the Isle of Sheppey, Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9172).


Wardley

A small village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8300).


Newington

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A village and civil parish in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1837).

A village and civil parish in Swale borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ8584).

A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6096).


Chalfont St Giles

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SU9893).


South Hiendley

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3912).


Collingham

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK8361).

A village and civil parish (served by Collingham with Linton Parish Council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3845).


Cotleigh

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST2002).


Busbridge

A village and civil parish near Godalming, Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9842).


Hambledon

A village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6414).

A village and civil parish in Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9638).


North Huish

A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7156).


Baildon

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1539).


Diptford

A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7256)


Medstead

A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6537).


Moretonhampstead

A market town and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7586).


Leverington

A village and civil parish next to Wisbech in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF4411).


Bere Ferrers

From Old English bǣr or bearu, with manorial affix from the de Ferers family.

A village and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4563).


Llanyblodwel

A small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ2422).


Up Holland

A civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England.


Bratton Fleming

A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6437).


Hetton

A civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, which includes Hetton-le-Hole and the surrounding area.


Peakirk

From Pegecyrcan (1016), the Church of St Pega.

A village and civil parish in Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF1606).


Edale

A village and civil parish in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1285).


Dinnington

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4012).

Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne#English

A village and civil parish in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2073).


Thorley

Thorley (countable and uncountable, plural Thorleys)

From Old English þorn (“thornbush”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to thorn + -ley (“lea”).

A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL4719).


Prudhoe

A town and civil parish with a town council in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0963).


Wivelsfield

A village and civil parish in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3420).


Desford

Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth#English

A village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4703).


Southminster

A village and civil parish in Maldon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ9699).


Dormansland

A village and civil parish in Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ4042).


Swineshead

A village and civil parish in Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2340).


Backwell

A village and civil parish in North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4868).


Hever

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England, the location of Hever Castle (OS grid ref TQ4744).


Rowlands Castle

Recorded as Rolokescastel (Rolok's castle) in the 14th century.

A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7310).


Buckland Monachorum

A village and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4968).


Dartmoor Forest

A large civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England.


Lydford

A village and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5185).


Lambrigg

A civil parish in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD59).


Bywell

A small village and civil parish in south Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0461).


Earith

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3875).


Silverstone

Silverstone (countable and uncountable, plural Silverstones)

A village, a civil parish and motor racing circuit in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP6744). The racing circuit is partly in Buckinghamshire.


Langtree

A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4515).


Pinxton

A village and civil parish mostly in Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England, with a few acres in Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK4555).


St Sampson

Samson of Dol
St Sampson's Church, Golant

Named after Saint Samson of Dol, as was St Sampson's Church, Golant.

A civil parish north of Fowey, Cornwall, England.


Ashchurch Rural

A civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England


Lea Marston

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2093).


Trimley St Martin

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2737).


Trimley St Mary

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2836)


Wolston

Wolston (countable and uncountable, plural Wolstons)

Mentioned as Ulvricetone in the Domesday Book, the placename derives from the Old English personal name Wulfrīc + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4175).


Wotton-under-Edge

/ˈwʊtən ˌʌndəɹ ˈɛdʒ/

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7593).


Marchwood

A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3810).


Edwinstowe

A large village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6266).


Brassington

Brassington (countable and uncountable, plural Brassingtons)

From an unattested Old English personal name Brandsige + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2354).


Green Hammerton

Recorded as Grenhamerton in 1176, "Hammerton with the green", from Middle English grene + the Hamerton family.

A village and civil parish in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4657).


Kirk Hammerton

Recorded as Kyrkehamerton (1286), "Hammerton with the church", from Middle English kyrke and Old Norse kirkja + the Hamerton family.

A village and civil parish in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4655).


Nacton

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2240).


Haughley

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0262).


Water Orton

A village and civil parish in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1791).


Sutton Bonington

A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5025).


Dordon

A village and civil parish in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SK2600).


Powderham

A hamlet, castle, former manor, and civil parish (without a council) in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9684).


Donington

A large village and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2035).

A hamlet and civil parish near Albrighton, Shropshire, England, the parish council is joint with Boscobel parish (OS grid ref SJ8004).


Emneth

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 TF4907).


Worfield

A village and civil parish (served by Worfield and Rudge Parish Council) in south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7595).


Beckington

A village and civil parish in Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST8051).


Albrighton

A large village and civil parish in eastern Shropshire, England, formerly in the old Bridgnorth district (OS grid ref SJ8104).


Elsenham

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5326).


Frinton and Walton

A civil parish with a town council in Tendring district, Essex, England.


Kelvedon

A village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8618).


Hatfield Peverel

The Peverel affix refers to William Peverel (or Ralph Peverel).

A village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7911).


South Woodham Ferrers

A town and civil parish with a town council in Chelmsford borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8097).


Stansted Mountfitchet

The affix Mountfitchet came from a Norman family.

A large village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England, north-west of Stansted Airport (OS grid ref TL5125).


Marston Moreteyne

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9941).


Wanborough

A small village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9348).

A village and civil parish in Swindon borough, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2082).


East Clandon

A small village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0551).


West Clandon

A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0452).


Charlton Musgrove

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST7331).


Somercotes

A large village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4253).


Shalford

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

A village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7229).

A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0047).


Mentmore

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP9019).


Over

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3770).


Highnam

A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7919).