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The village was originally called Bugsworth, from the Old English Bucga's Worth ("Bucga's Enclosure"), [2] but in the early 20th century some residents began to dislike the name of their village; their cause was championed by the local vicar, Dr J R Towers, and the village school headmaster, Mr W T Prescott. As a result of the efforts of these ...
Depending on the region and period, they were called by a variety of names including khan, funduq and wikala. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Caravanserais supported the flow of commerce, information, and people across the network of trade routes covering Asia, North Africa and Southeast Europe , most notably the Silk Road .
A wave of Anglian colonists followed this military conquest and their settlements are identified by the "ton" Old English suffix to local place names. [4] Royton, Crompton, Moston, Clayton, Ashton, Chadderton and Middleton are a number of settlements northeast of Manchester suggested to have been founded as part of this colonisation. [4]
Teignmouth from above the Ness. The first record of Teignmouth, Tengemuða, meaning mouth of the stream, was in 1044. [3] Nonetheless, settlements very close by are attested earlier, with the banks of the Teign estuary having been in Saxon hands since at least 682, a battle between the Ancient Britons and Saxons being recorded on Haldon in 927 and Danish raids having occurred on the Teign ...
Among others who had large lands in the county with co-extensive jurisdiction were the lords of the honor of Clare, earls of Gloucester and Hereford and the lords of the honor of Eye, held successively by the Bigods, the Uffords and the De la Poles, earls of Suffolk. The Wingfields, Bacons and Herveys have been closely connected with the county ...
A meeting house was purchased on Stoneham Street in 1673 with a new building constructed in 1878. A graveyard was purchased on Tilkey Road in 1856 but now forms part of a private garden attached to Quaker Cottage. The meeting house is now home to Coggeshall Library. [27] Coggeshall has proved an important place in the local Baptist Ministry ...
The earliest extant record of Tottington is from 1212 when it was recorded as Totinton. Tottington's name is most likely derived from the Old English for the land or farmstead belonging to a man called Tota; or "tot" may be from an Old English word meaning "hilltop lookout point". [5]