Farthinghoe

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, formerly in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP5339).


Water Stratford

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6534).


Mixbury

A village and civil parish (without a council) in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6033).


Owston

en-proper noun

Owston (countable and uncountable, plural Owstons)

From Old English ēast (“east”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE549011).


Sandford-on-Thames

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5301).


Wraxall

en-proper-noun

Wraxall (countable and uncountable, plural Wraxalls)

From a lost Old English word *wrocc (“buzzard”), perhaps used as a personal name, + -s- + healh (“corner, angle, nook”). Compare the doublet Wroxall.


Enstone

Enstone (countable and uncountable, plural Enstones)

From the Old English personal name Enna + stān (“stone”), from a standing stone which was part of ancient neolithic tomb.

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3724).


London Colney

The 'London' element was from its position on the road to London; Colney is from the River Colne + Old English ea or eg.

A large village and civil parish in the City of St Albans district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1704).


East Tisted

A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7032).


Lustleigh

A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7881).


Chagford

A market town and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7087).


Barcombe

A small village and civil parish in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4214).


Banham

en-proper noun

Banham (countable and uncountable, plural Banhams)

From Old English bēan (“bean”) + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM065880).


Hartshorne

Hartshorne (countable and uncountable, plural Hartshornes)

From Old English heorot (“stag”) + -s- + horn (“horn”).

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK320213).


Brokenborough

Brokenborough (countable and uncountable, plural Brokenboroughs)

From Old English brocen (“broken; uneven”) + beorg (“mountain, hill”).

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST918892).


Pakenham

Pakenham (countable and uncountable, plural Pakenhams)

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

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL924673).


Margaretting

A village and civil parish in the City of Chelmsford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL6701).


Cornforth

Cornforth (countable and uncountable, plural Cornforths)

From a metathesized form of Old English cran (“crane”) + ford (“ford”).

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ313343).


Castle Gresley

A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2718).


Cleeve

en-prop

Cleeve (countable and uncountable, plural Cleeves)

A village and civil parish in North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4666).


Nidd

A small village and civil parish in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire; the parish borders the river (OS grid ref SE3059).


Bygrave

en-proper noun

Bygrave (countable and uncountable, plural Bygraves)

From Old English bī (“by, near, around”) + græf (“ditch, trench”).

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

A village and civil parish of North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL258873).


Allerton Mauleverer with Hopperton

A civil parish (without a council) in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England.


Flaxby

A small village and civil parish (served by Goldsborough and Flaxby Parish Council) in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3957).


Unstone

From the unattested Old English personal name *Ōn or *Ōna + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A village and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3777).


Chelford

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8174).


Hessay

A village and civil parish in City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5253).


Wilstrop

A civil parish (served by Tockwith with Wilstrop Parish Council) and site of a medieval village in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4855).


Moor Monkton

A village and civil parish in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5056).


Tockwith

A village and civil parish (served by Tockwith with Wilstrop Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE4652).


Boroughbridge

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE3966).


Brafferton

A village and civil parish (without a council) in Darlington borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2921).


Tresmeer

A small village and civil parish in north-east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2387).


Scargill

en-proper-noun

Scargill (countable and uncountable, plural Scargills)

Recorded as Scracreghil in the Domesday Book, from Old Norse skraki (“diving duck”) + gil (“valley, ravine”).

A hamlet and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ050106).


Scotter

en-prop

Scotter (countable and uncountable, plural Scotters)

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England; not to be confused with Scotton, just to the south (OS grid ref SE8800).


Skipwith

en-proper noun

Skipwith (countable and uncountable, plural Skipwiths)

Recorded as Schipwic in the Domesday Book, from Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + wīc (“outlying settlement”). The last element was later changed under the influence of Old Norse viðr (“tree; forest, wood”).

A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6638).


Raynham

A civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England.


Elworthy

Elworthy (countable and uncountable, plural Elworthys)

From the Old English personal name Ylla + worþig (“estate, enclosure”).

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST083349).


Selling

en-prop

Selling (countable and uncountable, plural Sellings)

A village and civil parish in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0456).


Ault Hucknall

A civil parish and small village (or hamlet) in Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4665).


Pleasley

A village and civil parish in Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK5064).


Draycott in the Moors

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9740).


Glapwell

A village and civil parish in Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4765).


Scarcliffe

A village and civil parish in Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4968).


Playden

en-proper-noun

Playden (countable and uncountable, plural Playdens)

From Old English plega (“game”) + dene (“valley”).

A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ955226).


Stanion

Stanion (countable and uncountable, plural Stanions)

Recorder as Stanere in the Domesday Book and as Stanerna in the Pipe rolls, the placename probably derives from Old English stān (“stone”) + earn (“house, cottage”).

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP9186).


Woolavington

A village and civil parish in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3441).


Acklam

Acklam (countable and uncountable, plural Acklams)

From Old English āc (“oak”) + leum (“clearing”).

A village and civil parish in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE784617).


Hillington

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 TF718255).


Wonersh

A village and civil parish in Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0145).


Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon

A civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England.


Hilperton

A village and civil parish near Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8759).


Alderbury

A village and civil parish south-east of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1827).


Whaddon

A village and civil parish outside Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP8034).

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3546).


East Hardwick

A village and civil parish in Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE462061).


Sawtry

A large village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1683).


Greenham

From Old English grēne (“green”) + hamm (“river meadow”).

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4865).


Stawley

A small village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST0622).


Downley

en-proper noun

Downley (countable and uncountable, plural Downleys)

From Old English dūn (“hill, mountain”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to dune or down + -ley (“lea”).

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU8595).


Feock

A coastal village and civil parish south of Truro, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8238).


Pitminster

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2219).


Tovil

A suburban area and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7554).


Measham

Measham (countable and uncountable, plural Meashams)

From the name of the River Mease + Old English hām (“homestead”).

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

A large village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK3312).


Horton Kirby and South Darenth

A civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England.


Toller Porcorum

Toller refers to the River Toller, since renamed the River Hooke, although there still is the Toller Brook, which joins the Hooke at the village. Porcorum is from Latin porcorum (“of the pigs”).

A village and civil parish in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY5698).


Okehampton Hamlets

A civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England, which surrounds Okehampton civil parish.


Brookland

en-proper-noun

Brookland (countable and uncountable, plural Brooklands)

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

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

A village and civil parish in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ990259).


Langcliffe

A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD8265).


Tintwistle

Every day AND night thousands of tonnes of road freight navigates along the A628 Woodhead Pass. It doesn't require exact statistics to understand that the A628 situation is chronic at the best of times, especially for Tintwistle residents and closure of the pass in winter.

2021 November 17, “Open Access: Hope for Woodhead”, in RAIL, number 944, page 64:

A village and civil parish in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0297).


Crathorne

Crathorne (countable and uncountable, plural Crathornes)

From Middle English crak (“crake”) + thorne (“thorn”).

A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ443030).


Monxton

A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3144).


Netherseal

A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2813).


Weobley

Weobley (countable and uncountable, plural Weobleys)

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

A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO402865).


Shenstone

en-prop

Shenstone (countable and uncountable, plural Shenstones)

A village and civil parish in Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1004).


Lastingham

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7390).


Sinnington

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7485).


Brickhill

en-proper-noun

Brickhill (countable and uncountable, plural Brickhills)

From Breton breg (“hill”) + Old English hyll (“hill”).

A civil parish and suburban area in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL053521).


Ecclesfield

A village and civil parish in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3594).


Grimoldby

en-proper noun

Grimoldby (countable and uncountable, plural Grimoldbys)

From the Old Norse personal name Grimaldi + býr (“farmstead”).

A village and civil parish (served by Grimoldby and Manby Parish Council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3988).


Manby

Manby (countable and uncountable, plural Manbys)

From the Old Norse personal name Manni + býr (“farmstead; town”).

A village and civil parish (served by Grimoldby and Manby Parish Council) in, and the administrative centre of East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3987).


Thirlby

en-proper-noun

Thirlby (countable and uncountable, plural Thirlbys)

From the Old Norse personal name Þrilli or Þrylli + býr (“village, settlement”).

A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE485839).


Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp

A civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England.


Hedon

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1828).


Sparham

en-proper noun

Sparham (countable and uncountable, plural Sparhams)

From either the Old English personal name Spearr or Old Norse sparri (“wooden beam, rafter”) + Old English hām (“homestead”).

der

A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0719).


Wye with Hinxhill

A civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England.


Bramham cum Oglethorpe

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


Thorpe Market

A small village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2436).


Avebury

Entering Avebury from any direction is like stepping back into the past. Before the centre of the village is reached, the road passes through an immense circle of brooding stones which stand like petrified ghosts of an age about which little is known.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 40:

A village and civil parish west of Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, location of a prehistoric stone circle (OS grid ref SU1069).


Reydon

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Waveney district (OS grid ref TM5077).


Sandhoe

A hamlet and civil parish in south Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9766).


Chetwode

en-proper-noun

Chetwode (countable and uncountable, plural Chetwodes)

From an unclear first element + Old English wudu (“wood”).

A village and civil parish of Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP6429).


Acomb

A village and civil parish in south Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9366).


Ballingham

A small village and civil parish (served by Ballingham, Bolstone and Hentland Group Parish Council) in south Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5731).


Bolstone

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Ballingham, Bolstone and Hentland Group Parish Council) in south Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5532).


Hentland

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Ballingham, Bolstone and Hentland Group Parish Council) in south Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5426).


Beeby

en-proper noun

Beeby (countable and uncountable, plural Beebys)

From Old English bēo (“bee”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”).

A village and civil parish in Charnwood district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK662640).


Melverley

A small village and civil parish in west Shropshire, England, on the border with Powys, Wales (Rivers Severn and Vyrnwy) (OS grid ref SJ3316).


Fimber

A small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8960).


Woolsington

Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne#English

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ1969).


Brundish

en-proper-noun

Brundish (countable and uncountable, plural Brundishes)

From Old English burna (“stream”) + edisċ (“eddish; pasture”).

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM268766).


Framingham Pigot

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2703).


Wetton

en-proper noun

Wetton (countable and uncountable, plural Wettons)

Recorded as Wetindona in a 13ᵗʰ century Charter, from Old English wǣt (“wet”) + dūn (“hill”).

A small village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1055).


Ecton

Ecton (countable and uncountable, plural Ectons)

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

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, east of Northampton, and previously in Wellingborough district (OS grid ref SP8263).


Fotheringhay

From Old English fodring (“grazing”) + īeġ (“island; low-lying land”).

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref TL0593).


Tangmere

From Old English tange (“tongs, fangs”) + mere (“lake, pool”).

A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU905065).


Leintwardine

A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO404741).


Saintbury

Recorded in the 12ᵗʰ century as Seynesbury, from the Old English personal name Sǣwine + byriġ (“fortified place”).

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP116543).


Cold Ashton

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7472).


Butterwick

Butterwick (countable and uncountable, plural Butterwicks)

From Old English butere (“butter”) + wīċ (“village”).

A village and civil parish in Boston district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF387448).


Longstanton

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3966).


Wimblington

From the Old English personal name Wimbel, which might be a pet form of Wynnbeald, + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish (served by Wimblington and Stonea Parish Council) in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF4192).


Swavesey

From Old English Swǣf (“Swabian”) + -s- + hȳþ (“landing-place”).

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3668).


Knotting and Souldrop

A civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England.


Clatworthy

Clatworthy (countable and uncountable, plural Clatworthys)

From Old English clāte (“burdock, clotbur”) + worþig (“piece of land, estate”).

A small village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST0530).


Themelthorpe

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0524).


Hope Woodlands

A civil parish (served by Derwent and Hope Woodlands Parish Council) in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England.


Thaxted

A small town and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL6131).


Great Bardfield

A village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL6730).


Stoke Lyne

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5628).


Frating

A small village and civil parish in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0822).


Bainton

Bainton (countable and uncountable, plural Baintons)

Various origins:
* The village in the East Riding of Yorkshire was recorded as Bagentone in the Domesday Book, suggesting a derivation from the Old English personal name Bǣga + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The hamlet in Oxfordshire was recorded as Baditone in the Domesday Book, suggesting a derivation from the Old English personal name Bada + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish (served by Bainton and Ashton Parish Council) in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF0906).

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9652).


Chelmsley Wood

A suburban area and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1886)


Hedge End

A town and civil parish with a town council in Eastleigh borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4912).


Winterborne Stickland

Winterborne is a variant of Winterbourne, Stickland comes from Old English sticol (“steep”); a number of villages and parishes in Dorset have Winterborne in their name.

A village and civil parish in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8304).


Stebbing

Stebbing (countable and uncountable, plural Stebbings)

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

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL677203).


Burntwood

A town and civil parish with a town council in Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0509).


All Cannings

Recorded as Caninge 1086 (DB), Aldekanning in 1205; from Old English eald (“old”), Cannings is from the family or followers of Cana + -ingas.

A village and civil parish east of Devizes, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0761).


Mayfield and Five Ashes

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


Marwood

en-proper-noun

Marwood (countable and uncountable, plural Marwoods)

From Old English ġemære (“border, limit”) + wudu (“wood”).

A civil parish of County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ053972).


Ashford Hill with Headley

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England, on the border with Berkshire.


Ebrington

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1840).


Selwood

en-proper noun

Selwood (countable and uncountable, plural Selwoods)

From Old English sealh (“willow”) + wudu (“wood”).

A civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST787486).


Theakston

Theakston (countable and uncountable, plural Theakstons)

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

A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE450959).


Stoke Bruerne

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP7449).


Marsworth

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP9214).


Hardingstone

A suburban village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Northampton borough (OS grid ref SP7657).


Duston

A suburb and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Northampton borough (OS grid ref SP7261).


Redbourn

A village and civil parish in City of St Albans district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1012).


Markington with Wallerthwaite

A civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England


Coldridge

A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6907).


Cherry Burton

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9942).


Etton

Etton (countable and uncountable, plural Ettons)

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

A village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF1406).

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9843).


Dalton Holme

A civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.


Goodmanham

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8943).


Breedon on the Hill

The great age of the village is apparent even in the tautology of its name. Bre means 'hill' in the Celtic tongue of the pre-Roman Britons, dun means the same thing in Anglo-Saxon, Hill hill-on-the-Hill, in fact.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 87, Breedon on the Hill:

A village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4022).


Ailsworth

Ailsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Ailsworths)

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

A village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL124985).


Nunburnholme

A village and civil parish (served by Nunburnholme with Kilnwick Percy Parish Council) in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8548).


Fangfoss

A village and civil parish (served by Fangfoss with Bolton Parish Council) in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7653).


Warthill

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE6755).


Waltham St Lawrence

Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead#English

A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8276).


Heptonstall

en-proper-noun

Heptonstall (countable and uncountable, plural Heptonstalls)

From Old English hēope (“rosehip”) or hēopa (“dog-rose, bramble”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) + steall (“stable”).

A village and civil parish of Calderdale district, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD988279).


Graveley

en-proper noun

Graveley (countable and uncountable, plural Graveleys)

From either Old English græf (“pit, trench”) or grāf (“grove, thicket”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2464).

A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL232278).


Westow

"The women's meeting place", from Old English wīf (“woman”), genitive plural wīfa + stōw (“place”).

A village and civil parish in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7565).


Eynsham

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A large village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4309).


Scrayingham

A small village and civil parish in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7360).


Fiskerton

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0572).


Fiskerton cum Morton

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England.


Charndon

A hamlet and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6724).


Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh

Princes Risborough
Princes Risborough#English

A civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, between Princes Risborough and Aylesbury.


Severn Stoke

The parish is bounded by the River Severn on its west side.

A village and civil parish (served by Severn Stoke and Croome D'Abitot Parish Council) in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO857441).


Farnhill

en-proper-noun

Farnhill (countable and uncountable, plural Farnhills)

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + hyll (“hill”).

A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE005465).


Offley

en-proper noun

Offley (countable and uncountable, plural Offleys)

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

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

A civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL148262).


Shilbottle

A village and civil parish in east Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1908).


Berryfields

A modern housing development and civil parish (created 2015) north-west of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP7815).


Malham

en-proper-noun

Malham (countable and uncountable, plural Malhams)

Recorded as Malgun in the Domesday Book, the placename probably derives from Old Norse malg or maligr (“gravelly soil, sandbank”).

A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD900629).


Barnston

en-proper noun

Barnston (countable and uncountable, plural Barnstons)

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

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL6419).


Ellesborough

Recorded as Esenberge in the Domesday Book, the placename derives from Old English esol (“ass, donkey”) + beorg (“hill”), denoting a place where asses were pastured.

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8306).


Warborough

From Old English weard (“guard”) + beorg (“hill”).

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU5993).


Withyham

A civil parish and small village in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4935).


Lower Withington

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8169).


Holkham

en-proper-noun

Holkham (countable and uncountable, plural Holkhams)

Perhaps from Old English holh (“hollow”) + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF892438).


Lissington

Lissington (countable and uncountable, plural Lissingtons)

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

A village and civil parish of West Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF108833).


Garthorpe

A small village and civil parish (served by Garthorpe and Coston Parish Council) in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK8321).


East Goscote

A village and civil parish in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6413).


Little Compton

A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2630).


Monkton

Monkton (countable and uncountable, plural Monktons)

From Old English munuc (“monk”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST186710).

A village and civil parish in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR286649).


Bilbrough

en-proper noun

Bilbrough (countable and uncountable, plural Bilbroughs)

From the Old English personal name Bila or Billa + burg (“stronghold, fortress”).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE531465).


Chilmark

From Old English Chilmerc, from *cigel (“peg, pole”) + mearc (“boundary, mark”).

A village and civil parish of Wiltshire, England.


Wroughton

en-proper-noun

Wroughton (countable and uncountable, plural Wroughtons)

Perhaps from Old Norse hverfr (“shifty, changeable”), referring to a local river, + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A village and civil parish in Swindon district, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1480).


Newent

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7225).


Ellerby

en-proper noun

Ellerby (countable and uncountable, plural Ellerbys)

From the Old English personal name Ælfweard, which is composed of the elements ælf (“elf”) and weard (“guard”), + Old Norse býr (“farmstead; settlement”).

A civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA162389).

A village and civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ799146).


Oakamoor

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A small village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0544).


Hexhamshire

From Middle English Hexhamschire; equivalent to Hexham + -shire.

A civil parish in Northumberland, England, to the south of Hexham.


Ousby

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY6234).


Church Knowle

A village and civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY9481).


North Petherton

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2933).


Clunbury

A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO371805).


Whitcombe

Whitcombe (countable and uncountable, plural Whitcombes)

From either Old English wīd (“wide”) or hwīt (“white”) + cumb (“combe, valley”).

A village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY717882).


Nafferton

A village and civil parish east of Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0559).


Hutton Cranswick

A village and civil parish south of Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0252).


Groby

Groby (countable and uncountable, plural Grobys)

Perhaps from Old Norse gróf (“pit, hollow, gully”) + býr (“farmstead”).

Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth#English

A village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5207).


Hapton

A village and civil parish in Burnley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7931).


Brierfield

A town and civil parish with a town council in Pendle borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8436).


Tharston and Hapton

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


Mortehoe

A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4545).


Lower Beeding

A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ2227).


Orford

Orford (countable and uncountable, plural Orfords)

From Old English ōra (“bank, shore”) + ford (“ford”).

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM422499).


Theddlethorpe All Saints

A village and civil parish (served by Theddlethorpe All Saints and St Helens Parish Council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4688).


Theddlethorpe St Helen

A village and civil parish (served by Theddlethorpe All Saints and St Helens Parish Council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4788).


Saltfleetby

Saltfleetby All Saints
Saltfleetby All Saints#English

Saltfleetby St Clement
Saltfleetby St Clement#English

Saltfleetby St Peter
Saltfleetby St Peter#English

A civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England, with three widely spaced settlements: Saltfleetby All Saints, Saltfleetby St Clement and Saltfleetby St Peter.


Cawston

en-proper-noun

Cawston (countable and uncountable, plural Cawstons)

Recorded as Caustune in the Domesday Book, it probably derives from the genitive case of the Old Norse personal name Kalfr + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG136312).

A village and civil parish in Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4773).


Balsham

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL5850).


Sparsholt

A village and civil parish in City of Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4331).

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 SU3487).


Westley Waterless

Recorded as Westle c.1045, Weslai 1086 (DB), and Westle Waterles 1285, the affix being from Old English wæter + lēas (“wet clearings”)

der

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

A small village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL6256).


Swettenham

en-proper-noun

Swettenham (countable and uncountable, plural Swettenhams)

From the genitive form of the Old English personal name Sweta + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ800671).


Cox Green

A civil parish and suburb of Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8679).


Ewhurst

A civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ7924).

A village and civil parish (served by Ewhurst with Ellens Green Parish Council) in Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0940).


Baughurst

From either the Old English personal name Beagga or bagga (“badger”) + hyrst (“wooded hill”).

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5861).


Langford Budville

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST111229).


Countesthorpe

A large village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5895).


Broughton Astley

Manorial affix from the de Estle family of the 13th century.

A large village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5392).


Southill

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1542).


East Huntspill

A village and civil parish in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3445).


Kelston

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

A small village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7067).


Outwood

A village and civil parish in Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ3245).


Chaddesley Corbett

Recorded as Ceadresleahge in 816, Cedeslai in 1086 (DB), with manorial affix from the Corbet family of the 12th century.

A village and civil parish in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8973).


Wixams

A new town and civil parish (created 2015) in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0544).


Stalham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3725).


Whittle-le-Woods

A village and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5821).


West Monkton

A village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2628).


North Hill

A village and civil parish in east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2776).


Brearton

en-proper noun

Brearton (countable and uncountable, plural Breartons)

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

A village and civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE322610).


Fulbourn

A large village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL5156).


The Stukeleys

A civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, which includes the villages of Great Stukeley and Little Stukeley north-west of Huntingdon.


Colmworth

From the Old English personal name Culma + worþ (“enclosure”).

A village and civil parish in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL106585).


Veryan

A village and civil parish on the south side of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9139).


Normanby

"Village of the Norwegians", from Old Norse Norðmanna, genitive plural of Norðmaðr (“Norseman”) + býr (“village”).

A village and civil parish (without a council) in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7381).


Burton upon Stather

"Stather" is from an old Danish word for a landing stage (on the River Trent); compare with staith.

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE8717).


Rotherfield

A village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5529).


Charlton Marshall

Recorded as Cerletone 1086 (DB), and Cherleton Marescal in 1288, with the manorial affix from the Marescal, Mareschal, or Marshall family.

A village and civil parish in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9003).


Little Chesterford

A small village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5141).


Staploe

From Old English stapol (“pillar, column; post”) + hōh (“spur of land”).

der

A village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL140685).


Duloe

Anglicized form of Cornish Dewlogh, from dew (“two”) + logh (“inlet; lake”).

A village and civil parish in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX233586).


Monkton Combe

A village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7762).


Wortwell

A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, on the border with Suffolk (OS grid ref TM2785).


Hardingham

A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0403).


Renhold

A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL089325).


Ravensden

From the Old English personal name Hræfn, a byname from hræfn (“raven”), + -s- + denu (“valley”).

A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL078544).


Great Barford

A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL126545).


Frampton Cotterell

Recorded as Frantone 1086 (DB) and Frampton Cotell 1257, with manorial affix from the Cotel family of the 12th century.

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A large village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6681).


King's Cliffe

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0097).


Aldenham

A small village and civil parish in Hertsmere district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TQ1398).


Shortstown

From Short + -s- + town, named after the Short Brothers factory.

A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0746).


Great Harrowden

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Wellingborough district (OS grid ref SP8870).


Little Harrowden

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Wellingborough district (OS grid ref SP8771).


West Hoathly

A village and civil parish in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3632).


Thornton Curtis

A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0817).

Thornton Abbey
Thornton Abbey railway station


Sundridge with Ide Hill

A civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England.


Thistleton

en-proper-noun

Thistleton (countable and uncountable, plural Thistletons)

From Old English þistel (“thistle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK913180).


Roxton

Roxton (countable and uncountable, plural Roxtons)

Recorded as Rochesdone in the Domesday Book, the English village is named with the Old English personal name Hrōc, a byname from hrōc (“rook”), + -s- + dūn (“hill”).

A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL154955).


Midgeholme

A hamlet and civil parish in city of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY6458).


Carham

A small village and civil parish in north Northumberland, England, on the border with Scotland (OS grid ref NT7938).


Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton

A civil parish in Fylde district, Lancashire, England.


Whitstone

en-proper noun

Whitstone (countable and uncountable, plural Whitstones)

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + stān (“stone”).

A village and civil parish in north-east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2698).


Healeyfield

A hamlet and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ0648).


Simonswood

A civil parish and locality in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England, just east of Kirkby, Merseyside (OS grid ref SD4200).


Risinghurst and Sandhills

A civil parish in the City of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.


Scarisbrick

Scarisbrick (countable and uncountable, plural Scarisbricks)

From the Old Norse personal name Skari + -es (“possessive suffix”) + brekka (“slope”).

A village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3713).


Maplebeck

en-proper-noun

Maplebeck (countable and uncountable, plural Maplebecks)

From Old English *mapul (“maple”) + Old Norse bekkr (“brook, stream”).

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK710607).


Woodhall Spa

A town, a civil parish and former spa in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1963).


Foulsham

en-proper noun

Foulsham (countable and uncountable, plural Foulshams)

From Old English fugol (“bird”) + -s- + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).

A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0324).


Mereworth

Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge and Malling#English

A village and civil parish in Tonbridge and Malling borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6553).


Methwold

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 TL7394).


Feltwell

A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TL7190).


Norwell

Norwell (countable and uncountable, plural Norwells)

From Old English norþ (“north”) + welle (“well, spring”).

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7761).


Ryston

A civil parish (without a council) in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6201).


West Dereham

A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6601).


Shermanbury

A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ2019).


North Gosforth

Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne#English

An outer suburb and civil parish in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2470).


Seale and Sands

A civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England, which includes the villages of Seale and The Sands.


Astwick

From Old English ēast (“east”) + wīċ (“village”).

A hamlet and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL215385).


Broadhembury

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST1004).


Salford Priors

Affix from early possession by Kenilworth Priory.

A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP0751).


Bradenham

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU8297).

A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9208).


Ketley

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A suburban village and civil parish in Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6711).


Ashton under Hill

A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9938).


Hinton on the Green

A village and civil parish (served by Hinton on the Green and Aston Somerville Parish Council) in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0240).


Harvington

A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0549).


Aston Somerville

A village and civil parish (served by Hinton on the Green and Aston Somerville Parish Council) in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0438).


Papworth Everard

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL285635).


Papworth St Agnes

Manorial affix from Agnes de Papewurda (Papworth), not a church of St Agnes.

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL268645).


Farcet

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, south of Peterborough (OS grid ref TL2094).


Flasby with Winterburn

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


Misson

Misson (countable and uncountable, plural Missons)

Probably from a derivative of Old English mos (“moss; marsh, swamp”).

A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6895).


Grafton Regis

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP7546).


Hawkinge

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2140).


Lowside Quarter

A civil parish in Copeland borough, Cumbria, England.


Sancton

en-proper-noun

Sancton (countable and uncountable, plural Sanctons)

Recorded as Sandtona in the Pipe rolls, the placename derives from Old English sand (“sand”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The first part of the name arose through popular association with Old English sanct (“saint”).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE901392).


Bickleigh

A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9407).

A small village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX5262).


Hamstall Ridware

A village and civil parish in Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1019).


Westbury-sub-Mendip

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5048).


Spooner Row

A small village and civil parish with a community council in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM0997). The civil parish was created in 2019 from part of Wymondham, and includes the settlements of Spooner Row, Suton and Wattlefield.


Silchester

A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6262).


Frisby on the Wreake

A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6917).


Ousden

From Old English ūf (“owl”) + denu (“valley”), with an intrusive -s-.

A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL742915).


Hodnet

Hodnet (countable and uncountable, plural Hodnets)

From Welsh hawdd (“pleasant, peaceful”) + nant (“brook, stream”).

A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ613286).


Wistow

From Old English wīc + stōw (“dwelling place”).

der

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2781).

A hamlet and civil parish (known as Wistow cum Newton Harcourt) in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP6495).

A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5935).


Binham

en-proper-noun

Binham (countable and uncountable, plural Binhams)

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

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF980390).


Upwell

A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF5002).


Edworth

From the Old English personal name Edda + worþ (“enclosure”).

A village and civil parish of Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL220824).


Eyeworth

From Old English īeġ (“island”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

A village and civil parish of Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL248455).


Dawley Hamlets

A civil parish in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England.


Gisburn

A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8248).


Thorverton

A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9202).


Morebath

A small village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9524).


Shepshed

A town and civil parish with a town council in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4719).


Roborough

A small village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5717).


Chawton

A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England, south-west of Alton (OS grid ref SU7037).


Watchfield

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 SU248904).


Mitcheldean

A historical market town and civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6618).


Cubbington

A village and civil parish in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3468).


Ingestre

A village and civil parish (served by Ingestre with Tixall Parish Council) in Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9724).


Tixall

A village and civil parish (served by Ingestre with Tixall Parish Council) in Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9722).


Ufton

A small village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3762).


Shotley

Shotley (countable and uncountable, plural Shotleys)

Recorded as Scoteleia in the Domesday Book, the English village is probably named with Old English Sċott (“Scot, Scottish person”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to Scot + -ley (“lea”).

der

They send letters entreating him to come, to Shotley, Tattingstone, Witham – as far away as Northamptonshire.

2021, A. K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches, Granta Books, pages 196-197:

A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM236351).


Ashow

A small village and civil parish (served by Stoneleigh and Ashow Parish Council) in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3170).


Stoneleigh

A village and civil parish (served by Stoneleigh and Ashow Parish Council) in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England, to the south of Coventry (OS grid ref SP3372).


Drayton Beauchamp

A village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP9012).


Gumley

en-proper noun

Gumley (countable and uncountable, plural Gumleys)

From the Old English personal name Guma, a byname from guma (“man; hero”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP681719).


Heslington

A suburban village and civil parish in the City of York, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6250).


Kentford

A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, on the Cambridgeshire border and previously in Forest Heath district (OS grid ref TL7066).


Aberford

A village and civil parish (served by Aberford & District Parish Council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4337).

Lotherton cum Aberford
Parlington
Sturton Grange


Parlington

A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, served by Aberford & District Parish Council (OS grid ref SE4236).


Eydon

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP5450).


Chacombe

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, on the border with Oxfordshire, and previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP4943).


Whicham

A hamlet and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref SD1382).


Ouston

en-proper-noun

Ouston (countable and uncountable, plural Oustons)

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

der

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2554).


Kington Langley

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9276).


Kington St Michael

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9077).


Kington Magna

A village and civil parish (served by Buckhorn Weston and Kington Magna Parish Council) in Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7622).


Broughton Gifford

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8764).


Clint cum Hamlets

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


Bitterley

A village and civil parish in southern Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5677).


Wrestlingworth and Cockayne Hatley

A civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England.


Skipton-on-Swale

A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3679).


Hordley

en-proper-noun

Hordley (countable and uncountable, plural Hordleys)

Perhaps from Old English hord (“hoard, treasure”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hoard + -ley (“lea”).

A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3830).


Sutton Veny

The "Veny" affix apparently stems from fenny.

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, south-east of Warminster (OS grid ref ST8942).


Farlam

A village and civil parish in City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5558).


Hartleyburn

A civil parish in south-west Northumberland, England.


Wraxall and Failand

A civil parish in North Somerset district, Somerset, England.


Elham

Most likely inherited from Old English [Term?].

A village and civil parish in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1744).


Harthill with Woodall

A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.


Preesall

From Cumbric *pres (“bush”) + Old English hǫfuð (“head”).

A village and civil parish (with a town council) in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3647).


Hanbury

From Old English hēan, accusative, dative and genitive case of hēah (“high”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1727).


Northmoor

From Old English norþ (“north”) + mōr (“moor”).

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4102).


Miserden

A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9308).


Williton

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A large village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST0741).


Heyshott

A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8918).


Harthill

Harthill (countable and uncountable, plural Harthills)

From Old English heorot (“deer, hart”) + hyll (“hill”).

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5055).

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

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


Cuddesdon and Denton

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

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


Elford

en-proper noun

Elford (countable and uncountable, plural Elfords)

From either the Old English personal name Ella or alor (“alder”) + ford (“ford”).

A village and civil parish in Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1810).


Walton-on-Trent

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2118).


Roudham and Larling

A civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England.


West Meon

City of Winchester
City of Winchester#English

A village and civil parish in City of Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6424).


East Meon

A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6722).


Maulden

Maulden (countable and uncountable, plural Mauldens)

From Old English mǣl (“mark, sign; cross, crucifix”) + dūn (“hill”).

der

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL048377).


Tollesbury

A coastal village and civil parish in Maldon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL9510).


Stony Stratford

Recorded as Stani Stratford in 1202; from Old English stānig (“stony”)

A suburban town and civil parish with a town council in Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP7940).


Condover

A village and civil parish south of Shrewsbury, central Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4906).


Muggleswick

A small village and large civil parish in County Durham, England, west of Consett and bordering on Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ0449).


Dinton with Ford and Upton

A civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England.


Waldridge

en-proper noun

Waldridge (countable and uncountable, plural Waldridges)

From the Old English personal name Wealda + hryċġ (“ridge”). The surname could also be a variant of Wooldridge.

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England, west of Chester-le-Street; the civil parish includes part of Chester-le-Street (OS grid ref NZ2550).


Mundford

en-proper-noun

Mundford (countable and uncountable, plural Mundfords)

From the unattested Old English personal name *Munda + ford (“ford”).

A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TL8093).


Tanworth-in-Arden

A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1170).


Selworthy

A village and civil parish (served by Selworthy and Minehead Without Parish Council) in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref SS9146).


Minehead Without

A civil parish (served by Selworthy and Minehead Without Parish Council) in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England.


Wybunbury

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6949).


Dowdeswell

Dowdeswell (countable and uncountable, plural Dowdeswells)

From the unattested Old English personal name *Dogod + -s- + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

A civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England.


Aysgarth

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE0088).


Gamlingay

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2352).


Longsdon

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9654).


Mottisfont

A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3226).


Great Wishford

Recorded as Wicheford in 1086 (DB), from Old English wice + ford, the ford where wych-elms grow. Great Wishford was also known as Wishford Magna.

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, north-west of Salisbury (OS grid ref SU0735).


Codford

A civil parish in Wiltshire, England, south-east of Warminster (OS grid ref ST9739).


Heytesbury

A village and civil parish (served by Heytesbury, Imber and Knook Parish Council) in Wiltshire, England, east of Warminster; the parish includes part of the Salisbury Plain (OS grid ref ST9242).


Knook

A small village and civil parish (served by Heytesbury, Imber and Knook Parish Council) in Wiltshire, England, east of Warminster (OS grid ref ST9341).


Dilton Marsh

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, west of Westbury (OS grid ref ST8449).


Bar Hill

"Bar" refers to a toll bar or gate, which apparently still exists.

A modern village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3863).


Lindal and Marton

A civil parish in Barrow-in-Furness borough, Cumbria, England, which includes the villages of Lindal-in-Furness and Marton.


Kelham

en-proper noun

Kelham (countable and uncountable, plural Kelhams)

Recorded as Calun in the Domesday Book, the village's name probably derives from the dative plural form of Old Norse kiǫlr (“keel, ridge”), with reference to the line of hill north-west of the village.

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7755).


Windlesham

A village and civil parish in Surrey Heath borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9363).


Shalbourne

A village and civil parish in eastern Wiltshire, England, south-west of Hungerford, West Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3163).


St Pinnock

A hamlet and civil parish in eastern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2063).


East Halton

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA1319).


Tattershall

A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2158).


Langriville

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


Aston cum Aughton

A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.


Appleton-with-Eaton

A civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, which includes these two villages.


Hetton-cum-Bordley

A civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England, which includes these two villages.


Campton and Chicksands

A civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England, which includes these two villages.


Kirkby Ireleth

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district.


Askam and Ireleth

A civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Barrow-in-Furness borough.


Wyboston, Chawston and Colesden

Borough of Bedford
Borough of Bedford#English

A civil parish in the Borough of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, which includes these three vilages.


Kensworth

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

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0318).


Meppershall

Recorded as Maperteshale in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from the rare Old English personal name Mæþelbeorht, which is formed by the elements mæþel (“assembly”) and beorht (“bright, clear”), + -s- + healh (“corner, recess, nook”).

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1436).


Stotfold

From Old English stōd (“stud, stallion”) + fald (“fold, stable, enclosure”).

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2136).


Morton and Hanthorpe

A civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England.


Babworth

A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6880).


Morton on the Hill

A civil parish (without a council) in Broadland district, Norfolk, England.


Wighill

From Old English wīċ (“village; farm”) + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).

A village and civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4746).


Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet

A civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, formed in 1987 on the merger of these three civil parishes.


Tasburgh

A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM2095).


Shottle and Postern

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


Upper Heyford

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP6659).

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4926).


Great Wolford

A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2434).


Little Wolford

A hamlet and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2635).


Barrow upon Humber

A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0721).


Lamerton

en-prop

Lamerton (countable and uncountable, plural Lamertons)

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

A village and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4476).


Rushall

en-proper-noun

Rushall (countable and uncountable, plural Rushalls)

The village in Wiltshire is named with the Old English personal name Rust + -s- + healh (“angle, corner, nook”).

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1255).


Dickleburgh and Rushall

A civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, which includes these two vilages.


Branxton

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

A village and civil parish in northern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NT8937).


Northlew

A village and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5099).


Colston Bassett

See Colston. The suffix Bassett is from Ralph Bassett, the holder of this estate in the 12th century.

A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7033).


Car Colston

A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7142).


Blickling

Recorded as Blikelinga in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from the unattested Old English personal name *Blīcla, which is probably related to the verb blīcan (“to shine”), + -ing (“belonging to”).

A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1728).


Tickhill

A market town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK5993).


Laughton en le Morthen

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK5188).


Thurcroft

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4989).


Anston

A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, which includes the villages of North Anston and South Anston.


Braithwell

A village and civil parish (served by Braithwell with Micklebring Parish Council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK5394).


Thrybergh

From Old English þrēo (“three”) + beorg (“mountain, hill”).

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4695).


Barham and Woolley

A civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, which includes these two vilages.


Staveley-in-Cartmel

A small village and civil parish in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD3786).


Hesketh with Becconsall

A civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England, which includes these two villages.


Stoke Rochford

A small village and civil parish (served by Stoke Rochford and Easton Parish Council) in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9127).


Georgeham

A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4639).


Goodleigh

A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5934).


Weston-under-Redcastle

A civil parish in Shropshire, England, to the east of Wem; the largest settlement is Weston (OS grid ref SJ5628).


Compton Bishop

The "Bishop" affix is from its early possession by the Bishop of Wells, in Somerset.

A village and civil parish in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3955).


Outwell

From Old English ūt (“out, outer”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

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 TF5103).


Cringleford

Perhaps from Old Norse kringla (“circle”) + Old English ford (“ford”).

A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1905).


Hoe and Worthing

A civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England, which includes these two vilages.


Wingham

en-proper noun

Wingham (countable and uncountable, plural Winghams)

From the Old English personal name Wīga, a byname from wīġ (“war”), + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2457).


Balderstone

en-proper-noun

Balderstone (countable and uncountable, plural Balderstones)

From the Old English personal name Baldhere, which is composed by the elements beald (“bold, brave”) and here (“army”), + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6232).


East and West Buckland

A civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England, with East Buckland and West Buckland as the main settlements.


West Buckland

A village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST1720).


Edlesborough

From the Old English personal name Ēadwulf, which is composed of the elements ēad (“happiness; prosperity”) and wulf (“wolf”), + -s- + beorg (“mountain, hill”).

A village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP9719).


Palgrave

Palgrave (countable and uncountable, plural Palgraves)

From either the Old English personal name Palla or pāl (“stake, pole”) + Old English grāf (“grove”).

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1178).


Martham

A village and civil parish in Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG4518).


Rollright

Some of the Rollright Stones are in the parish, the remainder are across the county border in Warwickshire.

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

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


Hinxton

From the Old English personal name Henġest, a byname from henġest (“stallion”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4945).


St Merryn

A village and civil parish on the coast of north Cornwall, England, west of Padstow (OS grid ref SW8873).


Morwenstow

A civil parish and hamlet in north Cornwall, England, the northernmost civil parish in Cornwall (OS grid ref SS2015).


Egloshayle

A civil parish in Cornwall, England, east of the village below.


Ingleby Barwick

A town and civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees district, North Yorkshire, England, originally formed by the settlements of Ingleby and Barwick (OS grid ref NZ4414).


Aldbrough

From Old English eald (“old”) + burh (“stronghold, fortress”). Doublet of Aldborough, Aldeburgh, and Oldbury. Compare Oldenburg.

doublet

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA2438).


Great Canfield

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5918).


Little Canfield

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5721).


Shefford

en-proper-noun

Shefford (countable and uncountable, plural Sheffords)

From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + ford (“ford”).

A town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1439).


Aldbrough St John

A village and civil parish in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ2011).


Ditchingham

Recorded as Dicingaham in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from the Old English personal name Dicca + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

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


Winterton-on-Sea

Recorded as Wintretuna in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from Old English winter (“winter”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); the suffix on-Sea was added to distinguish this village from Winterton in Lincolnshire.

A village and civil parish in Great Yarmouth district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG4919).


Canewdon

Probably from the Old English personal name Cana + -ing (“belonging to”) + dūn (“hill”); the sound development from the original medial -ing- to -ew- is found also in other English placenames.

A village and civil parish on the River Crouch in Rochford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ9094).


Lingwood and Burlingham

A civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England, which includes these two vilages.


Wintringham

en-proper noun

Wintringham (countable and uncountable, plural Wintringhams)

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

A village and civil parish in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8873).


Kentisbury

From a Cornish word related to Welsh cantel (“rim, circle”) + -s- + Old English byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Kentisbury and Trentishoe Parish Council) in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6243).


Quidenham

From the genitive form of the Old English personal name Cwida + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish of Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM0287).


Trentishoe

Recorded as Trendesholt in the Domesday Book, the village is named with Old English trendel (“circle”) + -s- + hōh (“spur of land”).

A small village and civil parish (served by Kentisbury and Trentishoe Parish Council) in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6448).


Armthorpe

From either the Old English personal name Earnwulf or the Old Norse personal name Arnulfr + þorp (“hamlet, village”).

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6204).


Drakes Broughton and Wadborough

A civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England.


Burpham

From Old English burh (“fortified place”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“river-meadow”).

A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0408).


Coxheath

A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7451).


Streatley

From Old English strǣt (“street, road”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to street + -ley (“lea”).

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England, north of Luton (OS grid ref TL0728).

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire, Berkshire, England, across the Thames from Goring in Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU5980).


Thurnham

Thurnham (countable and uncountable, plural Thurnhams)

From Old English þorn (“thornbubsh”) + hām (“homestead”).

A small village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8057).

A civil parish (served by Thurnham with Glasson Parish Council) in City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England; settlements include Lower Thurnham and Upper Thurnham.


Enford

From Old English ened (“duck”) + ford (“ford”).

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1351).


Long Lawford

A village and civil parish in Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4776).


Little Lawford

A hamlet and civil parish in Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4677).


Church Lawford

A village and civil parish in Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4476).


Dunwich

From Old English dūn (“hill”) + wīċ (“village”).

A small coastal village and civil parish (without a council) in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM4770).


Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge

A civil parish in north-east Dorset, England, formed in 2015 from these two parishes, which until then had a joint parish council.


Messing-cum-Inworth

A civil parish in Colchester district, Essex, England, which includes these two villages.


Spelsbury

From the unattested Old English personal name *Spēol + -s- + Old English byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3421).


West Down

A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5142).


Comberbach

en-proper-noun

Comberbach (countable and uncountable, plural Comberbaches)

From Old English Cumbra (“Cumbrian”) + bæce (“stream in a valley”).

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Chester, England (OS grid ref SJ6477).


Ellington and Linton

A civil parish in Northumberland, England, which includes these two villages.


Shifnal

A market town and civil parish with a town council, east of Telford, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7407).


Burton in Lonsdale

A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD6572).


Ratley and Upton

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


Hinstock

A village and civil parish in north-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6926).


Frolesworth

A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5090).


Meeth

A small village and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5408).


Petrockstowe

A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5109).


Lamplugh

en-proper noun

Lamplugh (countable and uncountable, plural Lamplughs)

From Cumbric *lann (“enclosure, churchyard”) + Cumbric *bluch (“bald, bare”) (compare Welsh llan (“parish”) + blwch (“bare”)).

A village and civil parish in Copeland borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY0820).


Arlingham

A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England, situated in a large loop in the River Severn (OS grid ref SO7011).


Fulmodeston

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

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9930).


Kirmington and Croxton

A civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England, which includes these two vilages.


Richard's Castle

The castle, of which very little remains, was built by a Norman, Richard Scrob or Scrope, by 1051.

A village and civil parish in north Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4969).

A civil parish in south Shropshire, England, bordering onto the Herefordshire parish.


Checkley cum Wrinehill

A civil parish (served by Doddington and District Parish Council) in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England.


Checkley

A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0237).


Mordiford

A village and civil parish (served by Dormington and Mordiford Group Parish Council) south-east of Hereford, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5737).


St Margaret's at Cliffe

A coastal village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3644).


Great Lumley

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2949).


Botusfleming

A village and civil parish north of Saltash, east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4061).


Wykeham

Wykeham (countable and uncountable, plural Wykehams)

The second element is Old English hām (“homestead”), while the first one (in North Yorkshire at least) is from Old English wic; recorded as Wicham in 1086 (DB).

A village and civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9683).


Averham

Recorded as Aigrun in the Domesday Book, the actual origin of this placename is still uncertain. Perhaps it is a compound of Old English ēa (“river”) and the dative plural form of gāra (“gore, strip of land”) or, alternatively, a fossilised survival of Old English ēagor (“water, sea”), from which eagre.

A village and civil parish (served by Averham, Kelham and Staythorpe Parish Council) in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7654).


Wingerworth

From the Old English personal name Winegār + worþ (“enclosure”).

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A village and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3867).


Bishopsteignton

From bishop + -s- + Teign + -ton, first element from early possession by the Bishop of Exeter.

A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9073)


Wareham Town

A civil parish in Dorset, England, which includes the market town of Wareham.


Kyloe

A civil parish in north Northumberland, England.


Aldingbourne

A small village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9205).


Culmstock

A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST1013).


Kinlet

A small village and civil parish in south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7180).


Swanton Morley

A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0116).


Little Ayton

A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ5610).


East Ayton

A village and civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9985).


West Ayton

A village and civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9884).


Yarcombe

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST2408).


Buckhurst Hill

A suburban town and civil parish in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ4193).


Sandon and Burston

A civil parish in Stafford district, Staffordshire, England, which includes these two villages.


Hythe and Dibden

A civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England.


Garvestone, Reymerston and Thuxton

A civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England, renamed from Garvestone in 2019.


Thruxton

A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2945).

A small village and civil parish (served by Kingstone and Thruxton Group Parish Council) south-west of Hereford, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4334).


Dennington

Dennington (countable and uncountable, plural Denningtons)

From the Old English personal name Denegifu, which is composed of the elements Dene (“Dane”) + gifu (“gift”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2867).


Haslingfield

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4052).


Pyrton

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6895).


Denton with Wootton

A civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England, which includes these two villages.


Walberton

A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9706).


Binsted

Binsted (countable and uncountable, plural Binsteds)

From Old English bēan (“bean”) + stede (“stead”); compare the doublet Binstead.

A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7741).


Silloth-on-Solway

A civil parish with a town council in and around Silloth in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough.


Cornhill-on-Tweed

From a metathesized form of Old English cran (“crane”) + healh (“nook of land”).

A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the border with Scotland (OS grid ref NT8639).


Burniston

Burniston (countable and uncountable, plural Burnistons)

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

A village and civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0193).


Walkhampton

From Old English wealca (“roller, wave, billow”), in reference to the River Walkham, + an unclear element + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A village and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5369).


Edgmond

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A village and civil parish in Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England, west of Newport (Shropshire) (OS grid ref SJ7219).


Bredicot

A small village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9054).


Titchmarsh

en-proper noun

Titchmarsh (countable and uncountable, plural Titchmarshes)

From the Old English personal name Ticcea + mersċ (“marsh, bog, swamp”).

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0279).


Bickerstaffe

en-proper-noun

Bickerstaffe (countable and uncountable, plural Bickerstaffes)

From Old English bīcere (“beekeeper”) + stæþ (“bank, shore; landing place”).

A village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4404).


Langthorne

Langthorne (countable and uncountable, plural Langthornes)

From Old English lang (“long”) + þorn (“thornbush”).

A village and civil parish (served by Crakehall with Langthorne Parish Council) in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2591).


Clapton in Gordano

A village and civil parish in North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4474).


Pinvin

A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England, to the north of Pershore (OS grid ref SO9548).


Much Marcle

From Middle English muche + Old English mearc + lēah, recorded as Merchelai in 1086 (DB).

A village and civil parish in south-east Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO6532).


Gilberdyke

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8329).


Akeley

en-proper noun

Akeley (countable and uncountable, plural Akeleys)

From Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to oak + -ley (“lea”). Compare Ackley, Oakley and Oakleigh, which have the same origin.

A village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP7037).


Burrowbridge

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and Taunton Deane district (OS grid ref ST3530).


Stoke St Gregory

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and Taunton Deane district (OS grid ref ST3427).


Bisley-with-Lypiatt

A civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England.


Edgton

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in south-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3885).


Itchingfield

A small village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1328).


Melbury Abbas

Recorded as Meleberie in 1086 (DB), and Melbury Abbatisse in 1291, from Latin abbatissa (“abbess”) and its early possession by Shaftesbury Abbey.

A village and civil parish (served by Melbury Abbas and Cann Parish Council) in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8820).


Caverswall

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9542).


Hawkesbury

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A hamlet and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7686).


Widdrington Village

A civil parish in Northumberland, England, which includes the village of Widdrington.


Widdrington Station and Stobswood

A civil parish north-east of Morpeth, Northumberland, England.


Aldersey

Aldersey (countable and uncountable, plural Alderseys)

From the Old English personal name Ealdhere, which is composed of the elements eald (“old”) and here (“army”), + -s- + ġehæg (“enclosure”).

A civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, which includes the villages of Aldersey Green and Aldersey Park.


Elkesley

A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6875).


Ipplepen

A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8366).


Ollerton and Boughton

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England, which includes these two villages.


Froxfield and Privett

A civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England, which includes Froxfield Green and Privett.


Bures Hamlet

A civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England, serving the Essex half of Bures village and its surrounding area.


Bures St Mary

A civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England, serving the Suffolk half of Bures village and its surrounding area.


Tuddenham

en-proper-noun

Tuddenham (countable and uncountable, plural Tuddenhams)

From the genitive form of the Old English personal name Tudda + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL7371).


Elwick

en-proper noun

Elwick (countable and uncountable, plural Elwicks)

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

A village and civil parish in Hartlepool, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4532).


Uplowman

A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST0115).


Dobwalls

A village and civil parish west of Liskeard, south-east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2165).


Gwennap

A village and civil parish south-east of Redruth, west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7340).


Woodnesborough

A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3056).


Donhead St Mary

A village and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9024).


Winson

A village and civil parish (without a council) in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0908).


St Blaise

A civil parish with a town council serving St Blazey, Cornwall, England.


Oundle

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0488).


Tiddington-with-Albury

A civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, which includes these two villages.


Mansergh

en-proper-noun

Mansergh (countable and uncountable, plural Manserghs)

From the Old Norse personal name Mann + -s- + erg (“shieling, hill-pasture”).

A village and civil parish in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD6082).


Durnford

en-proper noun

Durnford (countable and uncountable, plural Durnfords)

From Old English dierne (“secret, hidden”) + ford (“ford”).

A civil parish in Wiltshire, England, which includes the villages of Great Durnford, Little Durnford, Netton and Salterton.


Kimpton

Kimpton (countable and uncountable, plural Kimptons)

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

A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England, bordering onto Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU2847).

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1718).


Essington

Essington (countable and uncountable, plural Essingtons)

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

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9603).


Charlton Horethorne

See Charlton. The second name Horethorne, derives from Old English hār (“grey, hoar”) + þorn (“thornbush”).

A village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6623).


Leamington Hastings

A village and civil parish in Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4467).


Grappenhall and Thelwall

A civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire, England.


Wooburn

A village and civil parish (served by Wooburn and Bourne End Parish Council) in southern Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU9087).