Biel

Synonym of Bienne (“a town and municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland”).


Firth

en-proper noun

Firth (countable and uncountable, plural Firths)

* As an English and Scottish surname, from Old English fyrhþe (“forest”).
* As a Scottish surname, from Firth in Orkney, itself from Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth”).
* As a Welsh surname, from ffrith, itself borrowed from the first sense.

A town in Bingham County, Idaho, United States.


Medora

The given name was first used by Lord Byron in The Corsair (1814).


Fredonia

A place in the United States:
A town in Arizona.

A place in the United States:
A city and town in Iowa.

A place in the United States:
A city and town in Kentucky.

A place in the United States:
A village and town in Wisconsin.


Deering

Deering (countable and uncountable, plural Deerings)

Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County#English

A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States.


Anamoose

A corruption of Ojibwe animosh (“female dog”)/ᐅᓀᒲᔥ


Goodrich

A number of places in the United States:

A town and unincorporated community in Taylor County, Wisconsin.


Epping

Epping (countable and uncountable, plural Eppings)

From Old English yppe (“upland”) + ing (“meadow”).

A market town and civil parish in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL455025).

Rockingham County
Rockingham County#English

A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.


Jablunkov

A town in the Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic


Banbury

From Old English Bannanburg, from Old English *Banna (“name of a 6th-century Saxon chieftain said to have built a stockade in that place”) or bana, bona (“a byname meaning ‘felon, murderer’”) (see bane) + burgh (“borough; settlement; town”).

der

A market town and civil parish with a town council, on the River Cherwell in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4540).


Sandringham

The town in Newfoundland is named after Sandringham House to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Litchfield

en-proper noun

Litchfield (countable and uncountable, plural Litchfields)

From Old English Lyccid, from Common Brittonic, Letocetum, a placename meaning "greywood" + feld (“field”).

Litchfield County
Litchfield County#English

A town and borough in Litchfield County, Connecticut.

A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.


Bayburt

A town in northeastern Anatolia, Turkey.


Schull

A small town in west County Cork, Ireland.


Sète

Borrowed from French Sète (from Occitan Seta).

A commune and town in Hérault department, Occitania, France, previously in Languedoc-Roussillon.


Langston

From Old English lang (“long, tall”) + stan (“stone”).

A town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States.

A town in Logan County, Oklahoma, United States.


Michie

A town in McNairy County, Tennessee, United States.


Mountain View

Mountain View, Arkansas
Mountain View, California

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English


Galveston

→ Spanish: Galveston

From Galvez + -ton. From Galvez' Town, from Spanish Gálvez. Named after Spanish Vice-Roy of New Spain Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez. The island and bay were renamed Gálvez in 1783 by Spanish navigator José Antonio de Evia, for Bernardo de Gálvez, who supported American Independence. The bay and island were subsequently renamed after the port town that itself took on the name of the island on which it sits.

named-after

en:Galveston (disambiguation)
en:Galveston, Texas

A town in Jackson Township, Cass County, Indiana, United States, named after Galveston, Texas.


Chiyoda

Borrowed from Japanese 千(ち)代(よ)田(だ) (Chiyoda).


San Remo

A coastal town in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.


Trappes

A town and commune in Yvelines department, Île-de-France, France


Picton

en-proper noun

Picton (countable and uncountable, plural Pictons)

From either the Old English personal name Pīca or pīc (“point, peak, pinnacle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A small town in Wollondilly Shire, New South Wales, Australia, named after Thomas Picton.

A town and ferry port in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand.


Battipaglia

A town and comune in Salerno, Campania, Italy.


Nauen

A town in Havelland district, Brandenburg, Germany.


New Glasgow

→ Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu Ùr (calque)

Named after the city of Glasgow, Scotland.


Poreč

A town and municipality of Istria County, Croatia.


Ceiba

A town and municipality in north-east Puerto Rico, named after the Ceiba tree genus.


Fidenza

A town and comune in Parma province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.


Narni

A town in the province of Terni, Umbria, Italy.


Bevagna

A town and comune in the province of Perugia, Umbria, Italy


Montseny

From Catalan Montseny, from Latin mōntem signī (literally “mountain of the sign”).


Corning

A city and town in Nemaha County, Kansas, United States.

A city and town in Steuben County, New York, United States.

A town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States.


Evergreen

Toowoomba Region
Toowoomba Region#English

A rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.

Avoyelles Parish
Avoyelles Parish#English

A town in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States.

A town in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States.

A town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States.


Bellflower

A city and town in Missouri, United States.


Mendon

A village and town in Illinois, United States.

A village and town in Michigan, United States.

A village and town in Ohio, United States.


Noto

Borrowed from Italian Noto, italianization of Sicilian Notu.

A town in the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.


Chiusi

A town and comune in Siena province, Tuscany, Italy.


Tarvisio

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia#English

A town in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, near the border with Austria.


Voghera

A town and municipality in the province of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy.


Settle

en-proper noun

Settle (countable and uncountable, plural Settles)

From Old English setl (“sitting, residence”).

A town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD816640).


Colonie

A town and village in Albany County, New York.


Constable

A town in Franklin County, New York; named for landowner William Constable.


Independence

Tangipahoa Parish
Tangipahoa Parish#English

A number of places in the United States:

A town, the county seat of Grayson County, Virginia.


Langford

Langford (countable and uncountable, plural Langfords)

Two main origins:
* From Old English lang (“long”) + ford (“ford”).
* The village in Nottinghamshire derives from the Old English personal name Landa + ford.

A town in Marshall County, South Dakota.


Corona

All ultimately from Latin corōna (“crown”).
* (Corona, California): From Spanish corona (“crown, wreath”), chosen to play upon a unique feature of the city, the one-mile diameter drive that circled the center of the town.
* (Corona, New Mexico):
* (Corona, South Dakota): May be a transfer from Corona, Queens.
* (Corona, Queens): One theory is that it was renamed by music producer Benjamin W. Hitchcock, a developer who renamed the area in 1872 and sold off land for residential development. Another theory is that real estate developer Thomas Waite Howard, who became the first postmaster in 1872, petitioned to have the post office name changed to Corona in 1870, suggesting that it was the “crown of Queens County”. A third theory is that it is derived from the crown used as an emblem by the Crown Building Company, which is said to have developed the area. The Italian immigrants who moved into the new housing stock referred to the neighborhood by Italian corona or Spanish corona (“crown”).
* (surname): 1. From Spanish corona and Italian corona (“crown”), perhaps applied as a habitational name for someone who lived in a house with this sign, or as a nickname for someone who had a tonsure in fulfillment of a religious vow or who had influence and power. 2. From Italian Corona, a female given name, of the same derivation.
* (given name): From Late Latin Corōna, meaning “crown”.
* (beer): From Spanish corona (“crown”).
* (coronavirus): Clipping of coronavirus, from corona + virus.
* (cigar): From Spanish La Corona (literally “The Crown”), the name of a brand.

bor

But it came to pass that I admitted to a certain someone that I reside on the west side of Sioux City, not with my parents in Corona, South Dakota. I was told to get an Iowa license post haste.

2018 December 27, Mason Dockter, “A South Dakota man reflects on getting his Iowa license”, in Sioux City Journal:

A place in the United States:
A town in Roberts County, South Dakota.


Delmont

A city and town in South Dakota, United States.


Egan

en-proper noun

Egan (countable and uncountable, plural Egans)

Egans (plural)
Eagan (alternative)
Eakin (alternative)
Heekin (alternative)

From Irish Ó hAodhagáin, literally, “descendant of Aodhagán”, from Old Irish Áedacán, from Áed + -acán, from áed (“fire”).


Mellette

The city was laid out in 1881, and named in honor of Governor Arthur C. Mellette.


Turton

en-prop

Turton (countable and uncountable, plural Turtons)

Habitational surname from a historical area in Lancashire, from Old Norse Þórr (“Thor”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A town in Spink County, South Dakota, United States.


Superior

A statutory town in Boulder County, Colorado.

A town, the county seat of Mineral County, Montana.

A city, village, and civil town in Wisconsin. The city is the county seat of Douglas County.

Sweetwater County
Sweetwater County#English


Kengtung

Borrowed from Shan ၵဵင်းတုင် (káeng tǔng).

(historical, dated) A town in Shan State, Burma


Oakville

A town in the Regional Municipality of Halton, southern Ontario, Canada, a suburb of Toronto.


Macclesfield

From the Old English name Maccel, hence meaning field of Maccel. The Domesday Book records the name of Maclesfeld.

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England.


Oban

From Scottish Gaelic Òban, from òban (“little bay”), diminutive of òb (“bay”).

A town in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NM8530).


Blairgowrie

Blairgowrie and Rattray
Blairgowrie and Rattray

Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross#English

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Blad-Bly#Blad-Blay

A small town and former burgh, now a part of the town of Blairgowrie and Rattray, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1745).

Mornington Peninsula
Mornington Peninsula#English

A coastal town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.


Rattray

From Pictish, probably equivalent to Welsh rhawdd (“fortress”) + tref (“village”).

Blairgowrie and Rattray
Blairgowrie and Rattray#English

A small town and former burgh, now a part of the town of Blairgowrie and Rattray, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1845).


Loftus

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England.


Nueva Granada

A town in Usulután department, El Salvador


Coyle

A town in Logan County, Oklahoma, United States.


Beacon

Western Australia
Western Australia#English


Muang Sing

Lao ເມືອງສີງ (mư̄ang sīng). Compare Thai เมืองสิงห์.

cog

Thai เมืองสิงห์

A small town and district of Luang Namtha Province, Laos.


Watford

en-proper noun

Watford (countable and uncountable, plural Watfords)

From either Old English wæt (“wet”) or wāþ (“hunting, chase”) + ford (“ford”).

A town and borough in Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TQ1196).


Glocester

Providence County
Providence County#English

A town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.


Blenheim

Battle of Blenheim
Höchstädt an der Donau

The house was named to commemorate the Allied victory at the 1704 Battle of Blindheim (near Höchstädt an der Donau in Bavaria). Other places are named after the house, often with an association to the Duchy of Marlborough.

A town in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand, the largest in the region.

Schoharie County
Schoharie County#English

A small town in Schoharie County, New York.

A small town in Marlboro County, South Carolina.


Helston

From Cornish Hellys (meaning "old court), with the -ton suffix added.

A town and civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6527).


Visegrád

Borrowed from Hungarian Visegrád, from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *vyšьjь + *gordъ.

A small castle town in Pest County, Hungary.


Mesudiye

A town and district of Ordu Province, Black Sea region, Turkey.


Vass

A town in Moore County, North Carolina, United States, formerly named Winder and renamed after William Worrell Vass.


Clacton-on-Sea

A town and coastal resort in Tendring district, Essex, England. (OS grid ref TM1715).


Jonesboro

The name of several towns and cities, including:

A town, the parish seat of Jackson Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Fortune

/ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃən/

The name of the town in Newfoundland is derived from Portuguese fortuna (“luck, fortune”). The name may refer to a fortuitous event that occurred in the nearby bay.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Stockwell

Stockwell (countable and uncountable, plural Stockwells)

From Old English stocc (“tree trunk, stump”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

A town in Barossa council area and Light Regional Council area, South Australia, named after Samuel Stockwell.


Ilkeston

A town in Erewash district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4641).


Tunstall

Tunstall (countable and uncountable, plural Tunstalls)

From Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) + steall (“stable”).

A town in the City of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, one of the Potteries (OS grid ref SJ864516).


Bakar

From earlier Bukar, possibly derived from bukara (“wine jug”) due to the shape of the Bay of Bakar. Likely altered by folk etymology due to association with bakar (“copper”).

Primorje-Gorski Kotar
Primorje-Gorski Kotar#English

A town in Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Croatia


Sackville

Sackville (countable and uncountable, plural Sackvilles)

George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
Sauqueville

From the Norman habitational surname, from the town of Sauqueville, in Normandy.
The town in New Brunswick is named after British politician George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716 - 1785).
The civil parish is named after the town.

A town in southeastern New Brunswick, Canada.


Oropesa

Oropesa (countable and uncountable, plural Oropesas)

Borrowed from Spanish Oropesa. The surname is predominantly found in Cuba and in the Philippines.

Castile-La Mancha
Castile-La Mancha#English

A town in Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.


Ryde

Once a Regency seaside resort, visitor numbers in Ryde were up and down historically, then down for good 1970s onwards (cheap Mediterranean charter flights).

2019, Isabel Waidner, We Are Made of Diamond Stuff, Dostoyevsky Wannabe Originals, page 33:

A town and civil parish with a town council on the northeast coast of the Isle of Wight, England.


Shanklin

A town and civil parish with a town council on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5881).


Sandown

A ‘slum zoo’ in Sandown and a nation in decline, but here we go. What a life.

2019, Isabel Waidner, We Are Made of Diamond Stuff, Dostoyevsky Wannabe Originals, page 101:

A town and civil parish with a town council on the southeast coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5984).

Rockingham County
Rockingham County#English

A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States, named after Sandown, IoW.


Cowes

A town on the north coast of the Isle of Wight, England.


Ventnor

A town and civil parish with a town council on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5677).

A small town on Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia.


Gale

Trempealeau County
Trempealeau County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.


Coniston

From Old Norse konungr (“king's”) + Old English tūn (“town, manor”), after the model of other settlements known as Cinges tūn or Cynges tūn (“king's town”). Doublet of Coniston Cold. Cf. also Conington, Conisbrough, Coningsby, Kingston, Kingstown, Kingstone, Kingsburg, and Kingsville.

A town in Derwent Valley, Tasmania, Australia.


Ratahan

Southeast Minahasa
Southeast Minahasa#English

A district, a town, the capital of Southeast Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi, Indonesia


Penukonda

From Telugu పెను (penu, “great, large”) + కొండ (koṇḍa, “hill”).


Kinloch

Of Scottish origin, from Scottish Gaelic ceann + loch (“head of the loch”).

der

A small town on Lake Taupo, west of the town of Taupo, Waikato, New Zealand.


Pieksämäki

Southern Savonia
Southern Savonia#English

A town and municipality of Southern Savonia, Finland.


Heinola

Päijänne Tavastia
Päijänne Tavastia#English

A town and municipality of Päijänne Tavastia, Finland.


Hamina

A town and municipality of Kymenlaakso, Finland, on the coast of the Gulf of Finland near the Russian border.


Riihimäki

A town and municipality of Tavastia Proper, in southern Finland.


Kajaani

A town and municipality of Kainuu, Finland.


Outokumpu

A town and municipality of North Karelia, Finland.


Valkeakoski

A town and municipality of Pirkanmaa, Finland.


Sringeri

From Kannada ಶೃಂಗೇರಿ (śṛṅgēri), from Sanskrit शृङ्गगिरि (śṛṅgagiri), from शृङ्ग (śṛṅga, “horn”) + गिरि (giri, “hill”).

A town in Chikkamagaluru district, Karnataka, India.


Philmont

From Philip (“surname”) + -mont, from local woolen mill owner George P. Philip.

A town in Columbia County, New York, United States.


Weinsberg

A town in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany.


Boko

Niangoloko Department
Niangoloko Department#English

A town in Niangoloko Department, Comoé Province, in southwestern Burkina Faso.


Kaskinen

A town, municipality, and island in Ostrobothnia, Finland.


Grays

A town in Thurrock borough, Essex, England, on the north side of the River Thames; also known as Grays Thurrock (OS grid ref TQ6177).


Rainham

A town in the borough of Havering, on the eastern edge of Greater London, England, originally in Essex (OS grid ref TQ5282).

A town, originally a village, within the Medway Towns conurbation in north Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8166).


Medway Towns

A conurbation in North Kent, England, mainly comprising the three large towns of Chatham, Gillingham, and Rochester.


Hounslow

London Borough of Hounslow
Richard Hounslow

A town in western Greater London, England.


Hammersmith

As for Hammersmith itself, that's now a transport hub, but unfortunately cars were invited to the party, so the centre is a roaring roundabout.

2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 50:

Hammersmith and Fulham
Hammersmith and Fulham#English

A town in west London, in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2378).


Wandsworth

Partly derived from the River Wandle, which flows through the town and into the Thames.

A town in southwest London, England, on the south side of the River Thames.


Uxbridge

From Wixan + Old English bryċġ (“bridge”), meaning, "the bridge leading to the Wixan", a Saxon tribe which settled near the Lincolnshire fens.

A town in the borough of Hillingdon, on the western edge of Greater London, England, originally in Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ0584).

Worcester County
Worcester County#English

A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.


Harrow

From Old English hearg (“altar; grove, temple”), from Proto-Germanic *harugaz.

inh

Harrow School
Harrow, London
London Borough of Harrow

A town in northwestern Greater London, England.


Bexley

From Old English byxe (“box tree”) + leah (“wood”), equivalent to box + -ley (“lea”).

A suburban town in the borough of Bexley, south-east Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4973).


Newham

A small town in the Shire of Macedon Ranges, Victoria, Australia.


Walthamstow

/ˈwɔːlθəmstəʊ/

The principal town of the borough of Waltham Forest, Greater London, and the borough's administrative headquarters.


Upminster

First recorded in 1062 as Upmynstre, and recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as Upmunstra. Formed from Old English upp and mynster, meaning "the large church on high ground".

A town in the borough of Havering, on the eastern edge of Greater London, England, originally in Essex (OS grid ref TQ5686).


Alice Springs

/ˈælɪs ˈspɹɪŋz/

Named by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Lady Alice Todd (née Alice Gillam Bell), wife of the telegraph pioneer Sir Charles Todd.

Northern Territory
Northern Territory#English

A town in the Northern Territory, in central Australia.


Ilford

The name is first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Ilefort, meaning "ford over the Hyle" (an old name for the River Roding that means "trickling stream"). Equivalent to Hyle + ford.

A large town in north-eastern Greater London, England, and the administrative headquarters of the London borough of Redbridge.


Brentford

A town in the borough of Hounslow, in western Greater London, England, on the north side of the River Thames.


Drouin

en-proper-noun

Drouin (countable and uncountable, plural Drouins)

From French Drouin, from Norman Drouin, corruption of Derouvin.

A town in the West Gippsland region, Victoria, Australia.


Aral

A town in Qiemo, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a township.

阿熱勒 /阿热勒

Aral, Qiemo, Bayingolin, Xinjiang, China


Mauldin

Greenville County
Greenville County#English

A town in Greenville County, South Carolina.


Tumxuk

But I hadn’t come to stay: my goal was two ancient Buddhist sites built into cliffs near a town called Tumxuk....It seemed easy enough to get there; there was only one town named Tumxuk on the map, located north of Aksu.

1994, Christa Paula, The Road to Miran, HarperCollins, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 39:

A town in Onsu, Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.


Bole

Uncertain. Theories include derivation from Akan bɔro (bōro, “sweet”), Nuer bɛɛl (bōl, “grape”), and Gonja bɔl (bōl, “submission”).


Troon

A coastal town and port in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3231).


Korčula

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κόρκυρα (Kórkura).


Novigrad

From Slavic, compare Serbo-Croatian nȍv (“new”), grȃd (“town”). Doublet of Novgorod.


Cres

From Serbo-Croatian Cres, ultimately from Ancient Greek Χέρσος (Khérsos) from χέρσος (khérsos, “dry land”).


Nin

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Nin, from Latin Aenona.


McMillan

en-proper noun

McMillan (countable and uncountable, plural McMillans)

McMillans (plural)
MacMillan (alternative)
McMillen (alternative)
McMillian (alternative)
McMillin (alternative)
McMillion (alternative)
McMillon (alternative)
McMullan (alternative)
McMullen (alternative)
McMullin (alternative)
McMullon (alternative)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Maoláin (“son of Maolán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of maol (“bald, tonsured”).

der

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Marathon County, Wisconsin.


Hay

A town and local government area (Hay Shire) in the Riverina area of New South Wales, Australia, named after John Hay.


McIntyre

en-proper noun

McIntyre (countable and uncountable, plural McIntyres)

McIntyres (plural)
MacIntyre (alternative)
McEntire (alternative)
McEntyre (alternative)
McIntire (alternative)
McTier (alternative)
Teare (alternative)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an t-Saoir (“son of the craftsman”), from saor (“craftsman”).

der

A town in Wilkinson County, Georgia, United States.

Wilkinson County
Wilkinson County#English


Gort

Short for Gort Inse Guaire, Gort is from Irish gort.

A town in County Galway, Ireland (Irish grid ref M 4402).


Rosenberg

en-proper noun

Rosenberg (countable and uncountable, plural Rosenbergs)

A town in Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

A town in Ostalbkreis, Baden-Württemberg.

A town, part of Sulzbach-Rosenberg municipality, Bavaria, Germany.


Zhapu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 乍浦 (Zhàpǔ).

Chapu (alternative)
Cha-pu (alternative)
Chapoo (alternative)

In that year the large Hangzhou garrison was subdivided when a Left Wing (zuo yi) brigade-general was created at Zhapu to oversee the naval garrison on the shores of Pinghu County. Zhapu was the port of Hangzhou.

1990, Pamela Kyle Crossley, Orphan Warriors: Three Manchu Generations and the End of the Qing World, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 69:

Scholarly consensus exists that, by the time of the Taiping rebellion, both were in bad shape, poorly equipped, with low morale - with the qualification made by Crossley in Orphan Warriors that the British were amazed at the fighting spirit which the Manchus displayed during the attack on the garrison of Zhapu near Shanghai in an episode of the First Opium War.

2013, Christine Moll-Murata, Ulrich Theobald, “Military employment in Qing dynsaty China”, in Erik-Jan Zürcher, editor, Fighting for a Living: A Comparative History of Military Labour 1500-2000, Amsterdam University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 361:

A crane is transferring containers for import and export at Zhapu Port in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China, July 13, 2021.

2021 July 28, “Biden nominates Huawei prosecutor for key Chinese exports position”, in CNBC, archived from the original on 2021-07-29, Politics:

A town in Pinghu, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China, on the northern shore of Hangzhou Bay and important under the Qing as a port and military garrison.


Hadleigh

A town and former civil parish in Castle Point borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8187).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0242).


Coen

* (Jewish): Variant of Cohen.
* (given name): As a modern given name, also a variant of Koen.


Bronson

From Middle English Brun (“a man named Brown's”) + son.

inh

A town, the county seat of Levy County, Florida, United States.


Liberty

en-proper noun

Liberty (countable and uncountable, plural Libertys)

A town, the county seat of Union County, Indiana, United States.

A town, the county seat of Amite County, Mississippi, United States.


Harlow

From Old English hær (“rock”) or here (“army”) + hlæw (“hill”).

A town and local government district of Essex, England.


Leland

Shortened from McLeland, McClellan, from Irish Mac Giolla Fhaoláin, "son of servant of (Saint) Faolán (=Little Wolf)".

Brunswick County
Brunswick County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Brunswick County, North Carolina.


Colt

Colt (countable and uncountable, plural Colts)

From colt, as a nickname or occupational name for someone who looked after horses and asses. The given name may also be short for Colton. The revolver is named after American inventor Samuel Colt (1814–1862).

named-after

St. Francis County
St. Francis County#English

A town in St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States.


Haven

A town in the Rural City of Horsham, Victoria, Australia.


Paxton

en-proper noun

Paxton (countable and uncountable, plural Paxtons)

From Old English Pæcces + tūn (literally “settlement of (a person named) Pæcc”).

A placename:
A locale in the United States.
A town in Florida.

A town in Massachusetts; named for Charles Paxton, a marshal of an admiralty court.


Brantley

Anglicized from Alemannic German Brändle, Brändli, "firebrand."

A town in Crenshaw County, Alabama, United States.


Easton

From Old English ēast (“east”) + tūn (“settlement”). Doublet of Aston.

A number of places in the United States, including:

An incorporated town, the county seat of Talbot County, Maryland.

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Adams County, Wisconsin.


Bridger

A town in Carbon County, Montana, United States.


Ennis

A town in and the county town of County Clare, Ireland.

A place in the United States:
A town in Madison County, Montana.


Rennie

A small town in southern New South Wales, Australia.


Nafplio

From Greek Ναύπλιο (Náfplio), from Ancient Greek Ναύπλιος (Naúplios).

A large town in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece.


Billericay

/bɪləˈɹɪkiː/

Various theories; see Billericay#Toponym. First recorded in 1291 as Byllyrica.

A town and civil parish in Basildon borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6794).


Stellarton

The toponym derives from stellarite + -ton. Named for stellarite (“a type of torbanite”), a form of oil coal (“a type of coal”) that gives off "stars" (Latin stella) of fire when ignited, which is mined in the area.

A town in Nova Scotia, Canada, just outside of the larger town of New Glasgow.


Antigonish

→ Scottish Gaelic: Antaiginis

/ˌæn.tɪ.ɡəˈnɪʃ/

Derived from the Mi'kmaq toponym N'alegihooneech, which translates to "place where branches are torn off". The toponym is thought to refer to a location where bears came to eat beechnuts or hazelnuts.

A town in Nova Scotia, Canada, known for the St. Francis Xavier University and the largest Highland Games outside of Scotland.


Balkh

Borrowed from Classical Persian بلخ (balx).

A town in Balkh, province of Afghanistan, historically an ancient city and centre of Buddhism, Islam, and Zoroastrianism and capital of Bactria.

A province of Afghanistan, named after the ancient city.


Bodø

A town and port, the administrative centre of Bodø Municipality, Nordland County, in the Northern Norway region, Norway.


Guingamp

A town and commune of Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France.


Castellnou

From Catalan Castellnou (literally “new castle”). Compare Newcastle.

bor

A number of towns or other places in Catalonia, Spain.


Stow

A small town in Oxford County, Maine, United States.

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.


Oamaru

A large town bordering the Pacific Ocean in North Otago, New Zealand.


Wheelerwood

Cerro Gordo County
Cerro Gordo County#English

A town in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States.


Cerro Gordo

Most place names appear to relate to the Battle of Cerro Gordo.

A town in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States.


Le Touquet

Le Touquet-Paris-Plage
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage

A coastal town in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France. Official name: Le Touquet-Paris-Plage.


Beaverton

The name of several places
A town in Ontario, Canada


Bloomsburg

Named for Columbia County Commissioner Samuel Bloom.

A town, the county seat of Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States, and the only incorporated town in Pennsylvania.


Cope

Orangeburg County
Orangeburg County#English

A town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States.


Helton

From helde ‘slope’ + tun ‘farmstead or settlement’. The Old English surname is said to have originated in Cumbria, England. The motto is Artibus et armis which means by art and arms. The name could be a derivative of Hilton or Elton.


Empire

Clear Creek County
Clear Creek County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Clear Creek County, Colorado, named after the Empire State.

Fond du Lac County
Fond du Lac County#English

A town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.


Biga

A peninsula and town in northwestern Turkey


Coalgate

A small town in Selwyn District, Canterbury, New Zealand, where lignite was mined.


Whitefield

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD8006).

A town in Lincoln County, Maine, named after George Whitefield.

census-designated place
census-designated place

A town and census-designated place therein, in Coos County, New Hampshire.

A town in Haskell County, Oklahoma, also named after George Whitefield.


Chancellor

A town in Turner County, South Dakota, named for Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.


Hemsworth

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

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4213).


Woolwich

A town in the borough of Greenwich, in southeast London, England.


Wolverton

Wolverton and Greenleys
Wolverton and Greenleys#English

A constituent town of Milton Keynes in Wolverton and Greenleys civil parish, Buckinghamshire, located at its northern edge (OS grid ref SP8140).


Lodge

en-proper noun

Lodge (countable and uncountable, plural Lodges)

A town in Colleton County, South Carolina.


Hollister

Hollister (countable and uncountable, plural Hollisters)

The surname is a feminine derivative of Hollier, itself from Old French holier (“adulterer, lecher”), in this case extended to refer to a female brothel-keeper, (i.e. a madam). The originally feminine occupational suffix -ster has given rise to many such personal names which today might instead be either masculine or ungendered altogether. For example, from masculine dyer, came both formerly feminine variants Dyster and Dexter; from masculine weaver/webber, came the formerly feminine Webster, among others.

A city and town in Idaho, United States.

A placename:
A town in Oklahoma, United States.


Hanley

Hanley (countable and uncountable, plural Hanleys)

From Old English hēan, weak dative case of hēah (“high”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Compare Henley, which shares the same etymology.

A town in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, one of the Potteries (OS grid ref SJ880480).


Boquete

A town in the mountains of Boquete district, Panama.


Norberg

Västmanland County
Västmanland County#English


Akaa

A town and municipality of Pirkanmaa, Finland.


Haymarket

Prince William County
Prince William County#English

Any of various placenames, particularly a street in the City of Westminster, London, and the Theatre Royal Haymarket in that street.

A town in Prince William County, Virginia.


Bideford

From Old English personal name, Bȳda + ford.

A historic port town and civil parish with a town council on the estuary of the River Torridge in Torridge district, Devon, south-west England (OS grid ref SS4526).


New Haven

A town in Adams County, Wisconsin, United States.


Coalisland

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.


Buchan

A town in the Shire of East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia


Ogilvie

Ogilvie (countable and uncountable, plural Ogilvies)

From the toponym Ogilvie Glen in Scotland, of Celtic origin: compare Proto-Celtic *ouxselos (“high”) and Scottish Gaelic beinn (“mountain, hill”).

cog

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A small town in the Shire of Northampton, Western Australia.


Battleford

en:Battle River
en:Battleford (disambiguation)
en:North Saskatchewan River

From Battle + ford. From the ford found on the Battle River near its confluence with the North Saskatchewan River in Saskatchewan.

The Battlefords

the town of Battleford and the city of North Battleford

A placename in Saskatchewan, Canada
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada


Moraga

Contra Costa County
Contra Costa County#English

A town in Contra Costa County, California, United States, known as a college town.


Flushing

An example of this was the hourly fast train from Amsterdam via Rotterdam to Eindhoven and Venlo, which used to be combined on the section from Amsterdam to Rotterdam with a stopping train to Flushing.

1962 April, P. W. B. Semmens, “The Netherlands Railways today”, in Modern Railways, page 238:

(dated) The town of Vlissingen in the Netherlands.


Manarola

Manarola is the second-smallest of the famous Cinque Terre towns frequented by tourists.

A small town in Liguria, in northern Italy.


Gutian

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 古田 (Gǔtián).

Gǔtián (alternative)
Gu-Tian (alternative)
Gu-tian (alternative)
Gu Tian (alternative)
Ku-t'ien (alternative)
Kutien (alternative)
Ku-tien (alternative)
Ku-Tien (alternative)
Ku-T'ien (alternative)
Ku Tien (alternative)
Ku T'ien (alternative)
Kŭ-chèng (alternative)
Ku-cheng (alternative)
Ku-Cheng (alternative)
Ku Cheng (alternative)
Kucheng (alternative)

Survivors of the peasant movement recall seeing Mao Zedong at Gutian, a day’s walk from the village, during the Gutian Conference in December 1929.

1983, Victor Nee, “Post-Mao Changes in a South China Production Brigade”, in Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, editor, China from Mao to Deng: The Politics and Economics of Socialist Development, Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 63, column 2:

A place about thirteen miles west of Longyan called Gutian produced an unusual person. […] All visitors to western Fujian Province knew that an earth emperor was living in Gutian, and all were curious to meet him and to admire his style. Quite unexpectedly I had an opportunity to go to Gutian: Wugou and Shanshan, tired of life in Shanghai, came to visit me in the ancient farming village of Longyan, and I took time out to roam with them through all the scenic places close by.

2001, Xie Bingying, “A Traveling Life”, in Lily Chia Brissman, Barry Brissman, transl., A Woman Soldier's Own Story: The Autobiography of Xie Bingying, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 244–245:

At Gutian, Mao made much of introducing a resolution to abolish the practice. This move was tremendously popular with the soldiers. But a few months later, when the Gutian resolutions were circulated, this item was not among them.

2005, Jung Chang, Jon Halliday, Mao: The Unknown Story, New York: Anchor Books, →ISBN, page 73:

A town in Shanghang, Longyan, Fujian, China.


Hayle

A harbour town and civil parish with a town council in West Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5537).


Featherston

en-proper noun

Featherston (countable and uncountable, plural Featherstons)

A town in South Wairarapa district, Wellington region, New Zealand.


Coker

Tuscaloosa County
Tuscaloosa County#English

A town in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States.


McBee

McBee (countable and uncountable, plural McBees)

Chesterfield County
Chesterfield County#English

A town in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States.


Ascot

From Old English ēast (“east”) + cot (“cottage, hut”). Doublet of Eastcote.

Sunninghill and Ascot
Sunninghill and Ascot#English

Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead#English

A town in Sunninghill and Ascot parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England, and the location of the famous Ascot Racecourse.


Sunbury-on-Thames

A town in Spelthorne borough, Surrey, England (formerly in Middlesex), commonly known as Sunbury.


Sheerness

A town and civil parish with a town council on the Isle of Sheppey in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9274).


Congleton

Congleton (countable and uncountable, plural Congletons)

/ˈkɒŋɡəltən/

From Old English cung (“mound”) + hyll (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A town and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ854628).


Bracknell

First recorded in a Winkfield Boundary Charter of AD 942 as Braccan heal, perhaps meaning "nook of land belonging to a man called Bracca".

Bracknell Forest
Bracknell Forest#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Bracknell Forest district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8669).


Minehead

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9746).


Sittingbourne

From Latin Sydingeburn, from Old English Saedingburga, from Old English Sedingbourne.

A large town in Swale district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9063).


Northallerton

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE3693).


Keighley

Keighley (countable and uncountable, plural Keighleys)

Keighleys (plural)
Keathley (alternative)
Keatley (alternative)
Keithley (alternative)
Keithly (alternative)
Kightley (alternative)
Kightly (alternative)

Recorded as Middle English Chichelai in the Domesday Book, the town is named with the Old English personal name Cyhha + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0641).


Kettering

Kettering (countable and uncountable, plural Ketterings)

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8678).

A coastal town in Kingborough council area, Tasmania, Australia.


Camberley

In Surrey, originally named Cambridge Town in 1862 after the Duke of Cambridge. Camberley was coined in 1877 at the behest of the Post Office, presumably to avoid confusion with the Cambridgeshire city. The place in New Zealand would have been named after the Surrey town.

A town in Surrey Heath borough, Surrey, England.


Farnborough

A town in Rushmoor district, north-east Hampshire (OS grid ref SU8655).


Aylesbury

A town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8113).


Tilbury

Tilbury (countable and uncountable, plural Tilburys)

From the Old English personal name Tila + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

A town and port in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ639761).


Broadstairs

Broadstairs and St Peter's
Broadstairs and St Peter's#English

A coastal town on the Isle of Thanet, in Broadstairs and St Peter's parish, Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3967).


Whitstable

A coastal town in the north of Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1066).


Workington

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cumberland unitary authority, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough, and historically in the county of Cumberland (OS grid ref NX9928, NY0028).


Widnes

Usually explained to be of Danish origin, from vid (“wide”) or ved (“wood”) + næse (“nose”).

A town in Cheshire, England, originally in Lancashire.


Tewkesbury

From Old English personal name *Tēodec, genitive case *Tēodeces + byriġ, dative singular of burh (“fort”).


Ellesmere Port

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A town and port in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4076).


Runcorn

The earliest written reference to the town is in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, where it is spelled "Rumcofan", literally meaning "a wide cove or bay". This word is derived from the Old English words "rúm" ("wide" or "broad") and "cofa" ("cave" or "cove"). Other historical spellings of Runcorn include "Rumcoven", "Ronchestorn", "Runckhorne", and "Runcorne".

A town in Halton borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5183).


Evesham

Inherited from Middle English Evesham, from Old English Eofeshamm (literally “Eof's enclosure”), from Eof (given name) + hamm (“enclosure”).

inh

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0343).


Altrincham

/ˈɒltɹɪŋɡəm/

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.


Worksop

A town in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England.


Rotherham

en-proper noun

Rotherham (countable and uncountable, plural Rotherhams)

Rotherhams (plural)
Rotheram (alternative)
Rudrum (alternative)

From Rother (“a river in South Yorkshire”) + Old English hām (“homestead, estate”).

Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham
Rotherham

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

A large town and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4392).


Clevedon

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4071).

A small rural town south of Auckland, New Zealand.


Highbridge

Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge
Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge#English

A market town in Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge parish, Somerset, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST3147).


Trowbridge

Trowbridge (countable and uncountable, plural Trowbridges)

Trowbridges (plural)
Troubridge (alternative)

From Old English trēow (“tree”) + brycġ (“bridge”).

A town and civil parish in and the county town of Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8557).


Melton Mowbray

A town (unparished) in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England. (OS grid ref SK7519).


Huntingdon

Huntingdon (countable and uncountable, plural Huntingdons)

From Old English Huntandūn, equivalent to hunta (“hunter”) + dūn (“hill, mountain”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, and former county town of Huntingdonshire (OS grid ref TL2372).

A town, the county seat of Carroll County, Tennessee, United States.

Le Haut-Saint-Laurent
Le Haut-Saint-Laurent#English

A town in Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality, Montérégie region, Quebec, Canada, originally in Huntingdon County.


Diss

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM1179).


Tonbridge

Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge and Malling#English

A market town in Tonbridge and Malling district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5946).


Tunbridge Wells

A town in Kent, England, officially Royal Tunbridge Wells (OS grid ref TQ5839).


Bicester

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5822).


Leamington Spa

Royal Leamington Spa
Royal Leamington Spa#English

A spa town in Royal Leamington Spa parish, Warwick district, Warwickshire, England, also known as Royal Leamington Spa or just Leamington (OS grid ref SP3165).


Westbury

Westbury (countable and uncountable, plural Westburys)

From Old English west (“west”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”), alternatively west + -bury.

A town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST868511).

Litchfield County
Litchfield County#English

A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.

A town in Meander Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.


Bridgwater

Bridgwater (countable and uncountable, plural Bridgwaters)

Bridgwaters (plural)
Bridgewater (alternative)

Recorded as Brigewaltier in the Pipe rolls, the town's name derives from Old English bryċġ (“bridge”) + the personal name Walter, from the local landowner Walter of Douai.

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3037).


Dorking

A market town, the seat of Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1649).


Horsham

A market town in West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1730).


Skipton

Skipton (countable and uncountable, plural Skiptons)

From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) (with change from sh to sk due to Scandinavian influence) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD9851).


Matlock

Old English mæthel or mæðel "assembly, speech" and āc "oak."

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A town in Matlock Town parish, Derbyshire Dales district, and the county town of Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2960).


Addlestone

A town in Runnymede borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0564).


Virginia Water

A small town (and lake of the same name) in Runnymede borough, Surrey, England. The lake is partly in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU9968).


Windermere

"Winand's lake", from Continental Germanic personal name Wînand + Old Norse genitive singular ending -ar + Old English mere (“lake, pond”).

Windermere and Bowness
Windermere and Bowness#English

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A town near this lake in Windermere and Bowness parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD4198).

A town in Orange County, Florida, United States.


Keswick

From Old English ċȳse (“cheese”) and wīc (“farm”); alternatively, cheese + -wick; the alteration of /tʃ/ to /k/ is down to Old Norse influence.

A market town in Cumbria, England, formerly in Cumberland.


Farnham

Farnham (countable and uncountable, plural Farnhams)

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Waverley district, Surrey (OS grid ref SU8447).


Godalming

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

A town and civil parish with a town council in Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9643).


Petersfield

A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7423).

A small town in Westmoreland parish, Jamaica.


Reigate

A market town in, and the administrative headquarters of, Surrey, England.


Leigh-on-Sea

*Recorded as Legra in 1086 (DB), and Legha in 1226.

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Southend-on-Sea borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8386).


Shoeburyness

Shoebury Ness is a ness (flat headland) in the Thames Estuary, on the southern edge of the town. Shoebury is from Old English scēo + burh (“fortress providing shelter”), recorded as Sceobyrig early 10th century, Soberia in 1086 (DB), and Shoberynesse in the 16th century.

der

A town situated on the Thames Estuary in Southend-on-Sea borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ9485).


Canvey Island

A small but well-populated island in the Thames Estuary which is connected by bridge to the mainland, and which is a town and civil parish with a town council in Castle Point borough, Essex, England.


Brentwood

From Middle English brende (“burnt”) + wode (“wood”).

A town in Brentwood borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ5993).

Rockingham County
Rockingham County#English

A town, the county seat of Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.


Trimble

en-proper noun

Trimble (countable and uncountable, plural Trimbles)

A number of places in the United States:


Hoddesdon

From the Old English personal name Hod + -s- + dūn (“hill”).

A town in Broxbourne district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL365085).


Looe

From Cornish logh (“inlet”). Doublet of lay, loch, and lough.

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Cornwall, England, situated on the River Looe (OS grid ref SX2553).


Bishop's Stortford

Uncertain. Possibly the Saxon settlement derived its name from 'Steorta's ford' or 'tail ford', in the sense of a 'tail', or tongue, of land. The town became known as Bishop's Stortford due to the acquisition in 1060 by the Bishop of London. The River Stort is named after the town: 16th-century cartographers assumed that the town must have been named after the ford over the river.

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL4821).


Maldon

A town and civil parish in Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8507).


Waltham Cross

A town in Broxbourne borough, Hertfordshire, England, just outside Greater London (OS grid ref TL3600).


Waltham Abbey

A town, abbey church, and civil parish with a town council in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL3800).


Burnham-on-Sea

A town in Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge parish, Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3049).


Burnham-on-Crouch

A town and civil parish with a town council in Maldon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ9595).


Bury St Edmunds

A cathedral and market town and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8564).


Cromer

“You should have gone to Cromer, my dear, if you went anywhere.—Perry was a week at Cromer once, and he holds it to be the best of all the sea-bathing places. […]

1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter XII, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 223:

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Norfolk, England, which is the headquarters of North Norfolk district (OS grid ref TG2142).


Chesham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SP9501).


Didcot

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, formerly in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU5290).


High Wycombe

Distinguishing this place from the other Wycombe.

A large town in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8693).


Blyth

From Old English blīþe. The surname derives partly from the place names, partly from a nickname.

A town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ3181).


Maryport

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cumberland unitary authority, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough, and historically in the county of Cumberland (OS grid ref NY0336).


Saffron Walden

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5338).


Thetford

Recorded as Theodford late 9th century, and Tedfort in 1086 (DB), from Old English þēod + ford, "people's or public ford".

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TL8783).

A place in the United States:
A town in Orange County, Vermont.


Wisbech

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF4609).


Wellingborough

Borough of Wellingborough
Wellingborough

A market town with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8967).


Stamford

An assimilated (labialised) variant of Stanford.

Shire of Flinders
Shire of Flinders#English

A town and locality in the Shire of Flinders, in northern Queensland, Australia.

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0207).

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

Bennington County
Bennington County#English

A town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States.


Sutton Coldfield

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England, historically in Warwickshire.


Stockton-on-Tees

Borough of Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees

A market town in County Durham, England, known as Stockton for short. Formerly a Metropolitan Borough, and merged into the County Borough of Teesside between 1968 and 1974.


Stockton

Stockton (countable and uncountable, plural Stocktons)

From Old English stocc (“log; stump, tree trunk”) or stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). By surface analysis, stock + -ton. Doublet of Stoughton.

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Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English

A number of places in Australia, New Zealand, England and United States.

A town and hamlet therein, in Chautauqua County, New York, named after Richard Stockton.

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Portage County, Wisconsin.


Tiverton

From *Tiver (a Brythonic element also found in Welsh Teifi) + -ton.
The village in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Devon.

A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9512).

census-designated place
census-designated place

A town and census-designated place therein, in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States.


Hexham

From Middle English Hexham, a contraction of Middle English Hestaldesham, Exseldesham, Extoldesham, Hestalasham, Hestoldesham, all variants of Old English Hagustaldeshām (“Hexham”), from Old English Hagustaldes (“Hagustald's”, personal name), from Old English hagosteald (“owner of a fenced-in plot of land, one living in his lord's house, an unmarried man, bachelor, young warrior”) + hām (“home, village, farmstead”). Compare also Hagustaldesēa (“Hexham”, literally “Hagustald's Island”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Northumberland, England; historically the county town of Hexhamshire (OS grid ref NY9363).

A town in the Shire of Moyne, western Victoria, Australia.


Rugeley

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cannock Chase district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0417).


Castleford

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.


Dewsbury

A minster town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2421).


Bishop Auckland

/ˈbɪʃəp ˈɔːklənd/

A town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2028).


Southport

A coastal town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England; a formerly in Lancashire (OS grid ref SD3317).

A town and census-designated place therein, in Chemung County, New York.

A coastal town and suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland.


Wallasey

From Old English wealh (“Celt; Welsh”) + -s- + īeġ (“island”).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3092).


Eccles

From Middle English Eccles, from Old English *Eccles, borrowed from pre-Proto-Brythonic *eglēs (“church”), whence Proto-Brythonic *egluɨs. The sound change *ē > *uɨ is regular in Proto-Brythonic, but had evidently not yet occurred when place-name instances of *eglēs in the north were being borrowed into Old English; Jackson (1953) dates this change to the late 7th century. *g > *k is regular assuming borrowing into Old English, which did not have intervocalic /g/ except after a nasal. A number of toponyms in northern Britain are composed of Eccles plus a term of English origin, e.g. Eccleston (+ -ton), Eccleshill (+ hill). Doublet of ecclesia.

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A town in Salford, Greater Manchester, England.


Leyland

en-proper noun

Leyland (countable and uncountable, plural Leylands)

A town in South Ribble district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5421).


Clitheroe

Clitheroe (countable and uncountable, plural Clitheroes)

A town and civil parish with a town council in Ribble Valley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7442).


Nantwich

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6552).


Ramsbottom

Ramsbottom (countable and uncountable, plural Ramsbottoms)

Ramsbottoms (plural)
Ramsbotham (alternative)
Ransbottom (alternative)

From either Old English ramm (“ram”) or hramsa (“ramsons”) + botm (“bottom, ground”).

A market town in Bury borough, Greater Manchester, England, formerly in Lancashire.


Bromsgrove

A town in Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9670).


Retford

A market town in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England, alternatively known as East Retford (OS grid ref SK7080).


Goole

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 SE7423).


Selby

Selby (countable and uncountable, plural Selbys)

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

West Riding of Yorkshire
West Riding of Yorkshire

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE6132).


Burnley

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


Ulverston

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district, and historically in Lancashire (OS grid ref SD2878).


Barrow-in-Furness

A town in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, historically in Lancashire and commonly known as Barrow (OS grid ref SD1969).


Bridgnorth

A town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7193).


Uttoxeter

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England. (OS grid ref SK0933).


Redcar

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

A coastal town in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ6025).


Ashby-de-la-Zouch

/ˌæʃbɪ dələ ˈzuːʃ/

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England, often shortened to Ashby (OS grid ref SK3516).


Padstow

A corruption of Saint Petroc + Old English stōw.

A small town, civil parish, and fishing port in northern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9175).


Paddock Wood

A town and civil parish with a town council in Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6745).


Borehamwood

Respelling of Boreham Wood, from Boreham + wood. "Boreham" is from Old English bor (“elevated place; hill”) + hām (“village, hamlet”).

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Elstree and Borehamwood
Elstree and Borehamwood#English

A town in Elstree and Borehamwood parish, Hertsmere district, southern Hertfordshire, England, the original spelling was Boreham Wood (OS grid ref TQ1996).


Pershore

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9446).


Keynsham

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

A town and civil parish with a town council in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6568).


Avonmouth

An urban area and port in the city and county of Bristol, England, at the mouth of the river Avon.


Chester-le-Street

A market town in County Durham, England.


Brixham

A town, fishing port, and civil parish with a town council in Torbay borough, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9256).


Lytham St Annes

St Anne's on the Sea
St Anne's on the Sea#English

A conurbation of two neighbouring seaside towns, Lytham and St Anne's on the Sea, in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England.


Poulton-le-Fylde

A market town in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3439).


St Ives

* Cornwall: Seen from 1284. From St Ia, a Cornish saint.
* Cambridgeshire: Seen from 1110. From Ivo of Ramsey, a Cornish saint whose relics were found here.
* Dorset: Seen from 1167. 'Place overgrown with ivy' from Old English *īfet. Saint added more recently in reference to other settlements called St Ives.
* New South Wales: Named in 1900, likely from either the Cornish town or after Isaac Ellis Ives, a local politician.

St Ives
St Ives, Cambridgeshire
St Ives, Cornwall
St Ives, Dorset
St Ives, New South Wales

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5140).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, historically in the County of Huntingdonshire (OS grid ref TL3172).


Launceston

Launceston, Cornwall
Launceston, Tasmania

A town and civil parish with a town council in eastern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX3384).


Grantham

en-proper noun

Grantham (countable and uncountable, plural Granthams)

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

A market town in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9136).

A town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States.

A rural town in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.


Strood

Apparently from Middle English strothe, strode (“marshy land overgrown with brush”), from Old English strōd (“marshy land”). Compare Strother.

inh

A town in Medway district, Kent, England.


Faversham

en-proper noun

Faversham (countable and uncountable, plural Favershams)

From Old English Fefreshām, of which the second element is hām (“homestead”) and the first element is of uncertain origin; it may come from Latin faber (“smith, craftsman”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0161).


Amersham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SU9698).


Wickford

A town and civil parish with a town council in Basildon borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ7493).


Walton-on-the-Naze

Frinton and Walton
Frinton and Walton#English

A small coastal town in Frinton and Walton parish, Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM2521).


Walton-on-Thames

A town in Elmbridge borough, northern Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1066).


Cannock

A town in and the administrative centre of Cannock Chase district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9810).


Market Rasen

A small market town and civil parish with a well-known racecourse, in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1089).


Market Harborough

A market town in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP7387).


West Drayton

A suburban town in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ0679).


Swanley

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

A town and civil parish with a town council in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England, just outside Greater London (OS grid ref TQ5168).


Greenhithe

When ready for sea we went up to Greenhithe, that their lordships might inspect us, and then to Portsmouth, to take troops to Cork, a pleasant trip; […]

1892, Sir George Giffard, Reminiscences of a Naval Officer, page 45:

Swanscombe and Greenhithe
Swanscombe and Greenhithe#English

A small town in Swanscombe and Greenhithe parish, Dartford borough, Kent, England.


Swanscombe

A small town in Swanscombe and Greenhithe parish, Dartford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6074).


Northfleet

A town within Gravesham borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6274).


Purfleet

A town beside the Thames in Thurrock borough, Essex, England, just outside Greater London (OS grid ref TQ5578).


Aveley

a small town in Thurrock, Essex, England.


Stanford-le-Hope

Situated on a small river named the Hope.

A town in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6882).


Needham Market

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0855).


Needham

Needham (countable and uncountable, plural Needhams)

From Old English nīed (“need, necessity”) + hām (“homestead”), i.e. a place that provided a poor living.

A town in Choctaw County, Alabama, United States.

A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, named after Needham Market.


Woodbridge

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM2749).

New Haven County
New Haven County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A town in New Haven County, Connecticut.


Halesowen

From Old English halas, plural of halh (“nook”) + Welsh personal name Owain (Owen).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England; a previously in Worcestershire, historically an exclave of Shropshire (OS grid ref SO9683).


Oldbury

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

doublet

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9889).


Leominster

Inherited from Middle English Lemynster, Lemyster, from Old English Lēomynster, from Lēon (a region name) + mynster (“monastery”).

af

A market town and civil parish with a town council in northern Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4958).


Redditch

A town and local government district with borough status in Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0467).


Droitwich

/ˈdɹɔɪtwɪt͡ʃ/

A town in Droitwich Spa parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8963).


Downham Market

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

A market town and civil parish with a town council in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6103).


Filton

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A suburban town and civil parish with a town council just to the north of Bristol, in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6079).


Malvern

From Old English Malferna, from an Old Welsh form equivalent to Modern Welsh moelfryn (“bald hill”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England. See also Great Malvern.

A place in the United States:
A town in Geneva County, Alabama.


Brownhills

A town in Walsall borough, West Midlands, England, and formerly in Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0405).


Bloxwich

Evidence suggests that it was a small Mercian settlement named after the family of Bloc (earlier Blochescwic, meaning "Bloc's village").

A town in Walsall borough, West Midlands, England, historically in Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9902).


Consett

A town (unparished) in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1051).


Waltham

en-proper noun

Waltham (countable and uncountable, plural Walthams)

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

A small town in Hancock County, Maine, United States.

A small town in Addison County, Vermont, United States.


Kingswood

Kingswood (countable and uncountable, plural Kingswoods)

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

A suburban town in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England, to the northeast of Bristol (OS grid ref ST6573).


Patchway

A suburban town and civil parish with a town council to the northwest of Bristol in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, next to Filton (OS grid ref ST6081).


Whitchurch

Whitchurch (countable and uncountable, plural Whitchurches)

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

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Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4648).

We lived then in Whitchurch, the Shropshire Whitchurch, which unlike all the half dozen other Whitchurches of England, is a place of no little railway interest.

1948 September and October, Canon Roger Lloyd, “The Art and Mystery of the Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 327:

Whitchurch Urban
Whitchurch Urban#English

A market town in Whitchurch Urban parish, north Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5441).


Yate

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7182).


Rickmansworth

A town, the administrative centre of Three Rivers district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TQ0594).


Sawbridgeworth

From Middle English Sabrigeworth, Sabriccheworth, Sabrichewurth, from Old English Sabrixteworde.

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England, which borders on Essex (OS grid ref TL4814).


Henley-on-Thames

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council, on the River Thames in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU7682).


Henley-in-Arden

A small town and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1566).


Chipping Sodbury

A market town in Sodbury parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England.


Thornbury

en-proper noun

Thornbury (countable and uncountable, plural Thornburys)

Thornburys (plural)
Thornberry (alternative)

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

A market town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST6390).


Chorley

A market town and borough of Lancashire, England.


Chiltern

Chiltern (usually uncountable, plural Chilterns)

Unknown, but thought to derive from a Celtic toponym, presumably related to height. The other placenames derive from the English hills.


Wimborne Minster

A market town in Dorset, England, often known as just Wimborne.


Ashton-under-Lyne

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A market town in Tameside borough, Greater Manchester, England.


Grange-over-Sands

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district, and historically in Lancashire (OS grid ref SD4077).


West Kirby

A coastal town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ2186).


Heswall

Noted in the Domesday Book as Middle English Eswelle, from es (his) + welle (well).

A town in Wirral borough, Merseyside, England, formerly in Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ2781).


Carnforth

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4970).


Bootle

A town in Sefton borough, Merseyside, England, formerly in Lancashire.


Sefton

A small town in Waimakariri district, Canterbury, New Zealand.


Formby

A coastal town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD2907). Formerly in Lancashire.


Lyme Regis

Regis (from Latin regis) was added to the town's name in 1284.

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in south-west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY3492).


Seaton

Seaton (countable and uncountable, plural Seatons)

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

A coastal town and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY2490).


Crewkerne

A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4409).


Somerton

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4828).


Honiton

A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST1600).


Ilminster

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3514).


Langport

A small town and civil parish with a town council in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4226).


Beaminster

A small town and civil parish with a town council in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST4701).


Sidmouth

At the mouth of the River Sid: Sid + mouth

A coastal town in East Devon district, Devon, England.


Cullompton

A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST0107).


Dawlish

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9676).


Newton Abbot

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8671).


Totnes

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8060).


Ivybridge

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6356).


Long Eaton

A town in Erewash borough, Derbyshire, England.


New Mills

A town and civil parish with a town council in High Peak district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9985).


New Milton

A market town and civil parish with a town council in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2495).


Ferndown

A town and civil parish in East Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU0700).


Darwen

Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen#English

A market town in Blackburn with Darwen borough, Lancashire, England.


Bacup

From Old English fūl (“muddy”) + bæchop (“ridge valley”).

A town in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8623).


Rawtenstall

A town in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8123).


Haslingden

A town in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England.


Rishton

A town in Hyndburn borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7230).


Padiham

A town and civil parish with a town council within Burnley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7933).


Todmorden

From Old English Totta (“Totta's”) + dene (“valley”); alternatively, from Old English Tod (“Death”) + Mort (“Death”) + dene (“valley”); or otherwise deriving from Old English tod (“fox”) + mor (“moor”) + dene (“valley”).

compound

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England. Until 1889 it was in both Lancashire and Yorkshire.


Hebden Bridge

A market town in Hebden Royd parish, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9927).


Colne

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Pendle borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8940).


Northwich

/ˈnɔːθwɪt͡ʃ/

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6573).


Middlewich

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England. (OS grid ref SJ7066).


Sandbach

From sand (“sand”) + bæce (“valley-stream”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7560).


Winsford

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6566).


Newcastle-under-Lyme

From Newcastle + Proto-Celtic *limos (“elm”).

A market town and borough of Staffordshire, England.

Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme


Burton upon Trent

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A town in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England


Swadlincote

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A town in an unparished area of South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2919).


Cheadle

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0143).


Poynton

Poynton with Worth
Poynton with Worth#English

A town in Poynton with Worth parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, just outside Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ9283).


Marple

A town in Stockport borough, Greater Manchester, England. Originally in Cheshire.


Stalybridge

A town in Tameside borough, Greater Manchester, England, historically divided between Lancashire and Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ9698).


Thame

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, by the above river (OS grid ref SP7006).


Princes Risborough

A town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8003).


Berkhamsted

A town and civil parish with a town council in Dacorum borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9907).


Leighton Buzzard

Buzzard is from the surname de Busar (see Wikipedia), not from the bird of the same name.

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A town in Leighton-Linslade parish, Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9225).


Barnard Castle

A market town and civil parish with a town council, as well as a medieval castle, in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ0516).


Melksham

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9063).


Chadderton

A town in Oldham borough, Greater Manchester, England. Originally in Lancashire.


Royton

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Originally in Lancashire.


Prestwich

en-proper noun

Prestwich (countable and uncountable, plural Prestwiches)

Prestwiches (plural)
Prestedge (alternative)
Prestidge (alternative)

From Old English prēost (“priest”) + wīċ (“settlement”).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8103).


Saltash

A town and civil parish with a town council in eastern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4258).


Liskeard

A market town and civil parish with a town council in east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2564).


Bodmin

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0667).


St Austell

A town and civil parish with a town council on the south coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0152).


Calne

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9970).


Malmesbury

A market town and civil parish with a town council in north-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9387).


Bradford-on-Avon

A town and civil parish with a town council in west Wiltshire, England, on the Wiltshire/Somerset/Bristol River Avon (OS grid ref ST8260).


Corsham

A town and civil parish with a town council in north-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8670).


Tetbury

A small town in Gloucestershire, England.


Knighton

Knighton (countable and uncountable, plural Knightons)

A town and community in Powys, Wales, on the border with England; its railway station is across the River Teme in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO2872).


Wantage

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, originally in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3988).


Bishop's Castle

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3288).


Church Stretton

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO4593).


Craven Arms

Named after a hotel; "arms" refers to a coat of arms.

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO4382).


Tenbury Wells

A market town in Tenbury parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO5968).


Bewdley

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7875).


Stourport-on-Severn

A town and civil parish with a town council on the River Severn in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8171).


Skelmersdale

A town in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England.


Ilkley

A town and civil parish with a town council in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1147).


Holmfirth

A town in Holme Valley parish, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1408).


Mirfield

From Old English myrige (“pleasant, agreeable”) + feld (“pasture, open country”).

compound

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2020).


Brightlingsea

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0817).


Market Deeping

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1310).


Whittlesey

en-proper noun

Whittlesey (countable and uncountable, plural Whittleseys)

Whittleseys (plural)
Whittlesea (alternative)
Whitsey (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Wittel + -s- + īeġ (“island”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2797).


Chatteris

/ˈt͡ʃætɛɹɪs/

Recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) in the Middle English forms Cetriz and Cateriz. Theories of its derivation include:
* a borrowing from an unattested Old Welsh intermediary of Middle Welsh cadeir (“hill-fort”) and Medieval Latin cathedra, akin to Catterick
* a derivation from Old English Ceatta (a personal name, as in St Ceatta) + -rīc (suffix forming proper nouns)
* a derivation from Proto-Brythonic *koɨd (“wood, forest”) + *rrɨd (“ford”)

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Chateriz (alternative)
Cheaterizt (alternative)

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3986).


Sheringham

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1543).


North Walsham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2830).


Aylsham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1926).


Reepham

The east of the market place is dominated by the tall tower of St Michael's Church, which strangely is not the parish church of Reepham but of neighbouring Whitwell. At one time three churches stood in the churchyard; Reepham's Church of St Mary is joined by its choir vestry to St Michael's, and the third church belonged to Hackford, but has been a ruin since 1543.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 331, about Reepham, Norfolk:

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1023).


Broadland

A minor town in Beadle County, South Dakota, United States.


Purley

A town in the borough of Croydon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3161).


Ans

A small town in Silkeborg municipality, Jutland, Denmark.


Mexborough

West Riding of Yorkshire
West Riding of Yorkshire#English

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, originally in the West Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4700).


Val-d'Or

From French Val-d’Or (literally Gold Vale).


Maltby

West Riding of Yorkshire
West Riding of Yorkshire

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Originally in the West Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5292).


Mablethorpe

From Old English personal name Malbert + þorp (“village, farm”).

Mablethorpe and Sutton
Mablethorpe and Sutton#English

A coastal town in Mablethorpe and Sutton parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF5085).


Cleethorpes

North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire#English

A coastal town in North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA3008).


Immingham

A town and civil parish with a town council in North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England. A port at Immingham Dock on the River Humber is nearby (OS grid ref TA1814).


Billingham

A town and civil parish with a town council in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4623).


Crook

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

A town (unparished) in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1635).

A statutory town in Logan County, Colorado, United States, named after George Crook.


Middleton-in-Teesdale

A small market town and civil parish (served by Middleton-in-Teesdale and Newbiggin Parish Council) in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NY9425).


Nailsea

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4770).


Chepstow

From Old English ċīepa (“merchant, tradesman”) + stōw (“place”), to denote a marketplace or trading center.

inh

A town and community with a town council in Monmouthshire, Wales, on the border with England but separated by the River Wye (OS grid ref ST5393).


Wincanton

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7128).


Sherborne

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

A market town and civil parish with a town council in northwestern Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST6316).


Shepton Mallet

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST6143).


Midsomer Norton

/ˈmɪdsʌməɹ ˈnɔːɹtən/

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

A town and civil parish with a town council in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6654).


Radstock

A town and civil parish with a town council in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6854).


Castle Cary

/ˌkɑːsəl ˈkɛəɹi/

Situated at the source of the River Cary.

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6432).


Bruton

A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, on the River Brue, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6834).


Ashburton

From Old English æsc (“ashtree”) + burna (“stream”) + tūn (“town”).

A small town and civil parish in Teignbridge district, on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7569).

A large town in Canterbury, New Zealand.


Dart

Metonymic occupational surname for a maker of darts, from Middle English dart.


Kingsbridge

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7344).


Buckfastleigh

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7366).


Plympton

en-proper noun

Plympton (countable and uncountable, plural Plymptons)

Plymptons (plural)
Plimpton (alternative)

From Middle English, from Old English Plymentun (c. 900), from plymen (“growing with plum trees”), from plume. Doublet of Plumpton.

A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.


Torpoint

A town and civil parish with a town council in eastern Cornwall, England, opposite Plymouth and Devonport in Devon, to which it is linked by ferry (OS grid ref SX4355).


Lobethal

A town in South Australia, Australia, in the Adelaide Hills.


Camborne

From Cornish Kammbronn, meaning "crooked hill".

A town and civil parish with a town council in western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6440).


Redruth

From Old Cornish Rhyd-ruth, meaning "red ford". Compare Cornish Resrudh.

A town and civil parish with a town council in western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7042).


Penryn

From Cornish Pennrynn, meaning "promontory".

A town and civil parish with a town council in southern Cornwall, England, to the north of Falmouth (OS grid ref SW7834).


Fowey

A small town and port on the south coast of Cornwall, England.


Wadebridge

From wade + bridge. Originally named Wade, as the River Camel had to be waded here until a bridge was built in 1468.

A town and civil parish with a town council in northern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9972).


Camelford

A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX1083).


Marazion

A small coastal town and civil parish with a town council to the east of Penzance, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5130).


Dereham

From Old English Dēorhām, equivalent to dēor (“wild animal”) + hām (“home”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Breckland district, Norfolk, England. Also called East Dereham (OS grid ref TF9913).


Wells-next-the-Sea

A small coastal town, port, and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9143).


Fakenham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9230).


Hunstanton

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

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6740).


Holbeach

A market town and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3625).


Sleaford

From Old English Sliowaford, from sliow (uncertain definition) + ford (ford).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0645).


Bourne

The placename and English surname are derived from Old English burna (“stream”), whence also the common noun bourne (“stream”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0920).

Barnstable County
Barnstable County#English

A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, named after Jonathan Bourne Sr.


Newark-on-Trent

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A market town in Newark parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7953).


East Retford

alternative and official name for the town of Retford.


Southwell

A town (with a racecourse) and civil parish with a town council in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6953).


Alfreton

A town and civil parish with a town council in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4155).


Sutton-in-Ashfield

A market town in Ashfield district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4959).


Ashfield

A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States.


Romsey

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3521).


New Alresford

New Alresford is constantly mispronounced, T-shaped, honeycombed with cellars, packed with antique shops, riddled with woodworm, surrounded by watercress. The name - which means 'ford by the alders' - is pronounced 'Allsford'; and no one ever uses 'New', though they do call the adjoining village Old Alresford.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 144:

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5832).


Pulaski

Pulaski (countable and uncountable, plural Pulaskis)

Americanised or Anglicised form of Polish Pułaski.

A town, the county seat of Pulaski County, Virginia, United States.


Lauderdale

A town and suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.


Walworth

Walworth (countable and uncountable, plural Walworths)

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

A town in Wayne County, New York, United States.

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


Ilfracombe

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5147).


Lynton

Lynton and Lynmouth
Lynton and Lynmouth#English

A small clifftop town in Lynton and Lynmouth parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7149).


Okehampton

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5995).


Crediton

From Old English, recorded as Cridiantune in 930, Chritetona in 1086 (DB), farmstead or estate on the River Creedy, equivalent to Creedy + -ton.

A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS8300).


Kingsteignton

A town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8773).


Bampton

Bampton (countable and uncountable, plural Bamptons)

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

A small town and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9522)


Ambleside

A small town in Lakes parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England, originally in Westmorland (OS grid ref NY3704).


Amesbury

A town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1541).


Ross-on-Wye

A market town and civil parish with a town council in southeastern Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO6024).


Little River

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

A number of places in the United States:

A town and river in the City of Greater Geelong and City of Wyndham, Victoria, Australia.


Morlaix

A town and commune in the north of Finistère department, Brittany, France.


Tidworth

A garrison town and civil parish with a town council in east Wiltshire, England. It was partly in Hampshire until 1992 (OS grid ref SU2349).


Barton upon Humber

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council, on the Humber estuary in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0322).


Hornsea

From Old English hornes (“horn's”) + ēa (“river”).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA2047).


Withernsea

A coastal town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.


Market Weighton

A market town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8741).


Latham

Latham (countable and uncountable, plural Lathams)

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

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A small town in the Mid West Region, Western Australia, Australia.


Ethridge

A town in Lawrence County, Tennessee, United States.


Gurley

A small town in Moree Plains Shire, northern New South Wales, Australia.

A town in Madison County, Alabama, United States.


Ronda

Ronda (countable and uncountable, plural Rondas)

A town in the province of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain.


Monson

Monson (countable and uncountable, plural Monsons)

Piscataquis County
Piscataquis County#English

A town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States.

A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.


Stinnett

A town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States.


Bow

Merrimack County
Merrimack County#English

A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States.


Pocklington

A market town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8048).


Haverhill

From Old English *hæfera (“oats”) + hyll (“hill”). Alternatively, from Old English hæfer (“he-goat, billy”) + hyll (“hill”).

A market town and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district, on the border with Essex (OS grid ref TL6745).

Palm Beach County
Palm Beach County#English

A place in the United States:
A town in Palm Beach County, Florida.

A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.


Palm Beach

An incorporated town in Florida, United States.


Loughton

Loughton (countable and uncountable, plural Loughtons)

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

A town and civil parish in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ4396).


Surry

A spelling variant of Surrey found in some place names.

A town in Hancock County, Maine, United States.

A small town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States, named after the Earl of Surrey.

A small incorporated town, the county seat of Surry County, Virginia, United States. Former names include: Smithville.


Lauder

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A small town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5347).


Holsworthy

A small market town in Torridge district, Devon, England.