English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

  1. Charlton (Parish in Wiltshire)

  2. Owlscastle (Early-attested site, Horsham, Sussex)

    Owlscastle may have been one of the hiding places of the owlers who engaged in Surrey and Kent in the trade of smuggling wool or sheep out of England (v. SAC 24, 141 and

  3. Brocks, Brocks Cottage (Other OS name, Sedgefield, Durham)

    , cf. le Brok in f. ns . ( b ) infra

  4. Castle Copse (Other OS name, Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire)

    is so named in 1697 (Wilton ) . There are some entrenchments here ( H . C . B . )

  5. Catley Hill (Other OS name, Sedgefield, Durham)

    , cf. Cattelawe c. 1200 in Bradbury f. ns . ( b ) supra

  6. Furze Coppice (Other OS name, North Savernake, Wiltshire)

    Fuzzey Coppice Hill

    . Cf. Fuzzey Coppice Hill ib. It represents the medieval assart of Isbury supra 300 ( H . C . B . )

  7. Holstone Ho (Other OS name, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham)

    , v. Holstanmore in f. ns . ( b ) infra

  8. King's Corner (Other OS name, Pewsey, Wiltshire)

    ( 6 ″ ) is so named in 1820 (G) . It marks the turn of the Forest boundary ( H . C . B . )

  9. Mess Bridge (Other OS name, Sedgefield, Durham)

    , v. mesbrig in Butterwick f. ns . ( b ) supra

  10. Piper Knowle Lane (Other OS name, Norton, Durham)

    , cf. the f.n. Piper Knowls in f. ns . ( b ) infra

  11. The Vennel (Other OS name, Wilton, Wiltshire)

    ( local ) is the old name for the road to Netherhampton across Wilton Park . It is the word vennel ( OFr  venelle ) in common use in Northern England for

  12. Weterton Ho (Other OS name, Sedgefield, Durham)

    , cf. Wytterdow 1380 in f. ns . ( b ) infra

  13. Whiteshard Bottom (Other OS name, Mildenhall, Wiltshire)

    White shurde 1591 WM vi

    . Cf. White shurde 1591 WM vi . v. sceard , ' gap , ' and infra 445 . There is a long dyke which crosses this bottom in chalky ground ( H . C . B

  14. Wilbury Ho (Other OS name, Newton Tony, Wiltshire)

    Wilbury Hill 1773 A and D

    . Cf. Wilbury Hill 1773 A and D . There are traces of a camp to the west of the house ( H . C . B . )