Nineveh
Early-attested site in the Parish of Hampton Lucy
Etymology
Nineveh is so named in 1830 (O.S.). This type of name is to be found in nearly all English counties. In Warwickshire we have New York, Canada, Bermuda, Labrador, Newfoundland, New Zealand (v. Index). In other parts of England we find Egypt, Nova Scotia, Georgia, Pennsylvania, America and the very common Botany Bay. Many of these were originally field- names. Very few are on record before the 18th, and the majority not earlier than the 19th century. It is possible that in one or two instances the names in question may have been given by returned emigrants from these places, but in the majority of cases it seems likely that, as suggested in PN Ess 599–600, the names were originally given in jest to remote or out-of-the-way places.