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This article lists a number of common generic forms in place names in the British Isles, their meanings and some examples of their use.The study of place names is called toponymy; for a more detailed examination of this subject in relation to British and Irish place names, refer to Toponymy in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
In the north and east, there are many place-names of Norse origin; similarly, these contain many personal names. In general, the Old English and Norse place-names tend to be rather mundane in origin, the most common types being [personal name + settlement/farm/place] or [type of farm + farm/settlement]; most names ending in wich, ton, ham, by ...
Dorchester (originally Dornwaraceaster) is an Old English name probably derived from the Roman name Durnovaria, with the addition of the suffix 'ceaster' (denoting an old Roman town). Durnovaria is in turn derived from a lost Brythonic name meaning fist (possibly place with fist-sized pebbles). County Durham: DU Ancient Old English: Named after ...
The general similarity of Old Norse and Old English meant that the place names in the Danelaw were often simply "norsified". For instance, in Askrigg (' ash (tree) ridge') in Yorkshire, the first element is indubitably the Norse asc (pronounced ask), which could easily represent a "norsification" of the Old English element aesc (pronounced ash ...
Old English (Englis ċ or Ænglisc, ... Many place names in eastern and northern England are of Scandinavian origin. Norse borrowings are relatively rare in Old ...
The name can either come from Old Norse þorp (also thorp), [1] or from Old English (Anglo-Saxon) þrop. [2] There are many place names in England with the suffix "-thorp" or "-thorpe". Those of Old Norse origin are to be found in Northumberland, County Durham, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk.
Place-names containing *kaitos are a particularly important source of evidence for understanding the phonological development of the Indo-European diphthong /ai/ in the Brittonic languages; [3]: 324–30 for dialectal variation in the development of /t/ in Brittonic; [4] for the palatal diphthongisation of /eː/ after /k/ in Old English; [5 ...
This is a list of place names originally used in England and then later applied to other places throughout the world via English settlers and explorers. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .