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Charlton (Parish in Wiltshire)
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Nineveh (Early-attested site, Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire)
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
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Paddle Cottage (Early-attested site, Edgcote, Northamptonshire)
“If we can Pad-well overgoe and Horestone we can see;
Then Lords of England we shall be.”
The Horestone he tells us was a famous old stone on the borders of
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Castle Copse (Other OS name, Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire)
is so named in 1697 (Wilton ) . There are some entrenchments here ( H . C . B . )
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Cuttle and Cuttle Bridge (Other OS name, Long Itchington, Warwickshire)
Cuttole AD iii; Cuttle brook 1725 B; Cutwell, Cuttle close, Cuttle brook, Cuttle lane 1761 EnclA
. Cf. Cuttole n.d. AD iii , Cuttle brook 1725 B , Cutwell , Cuttle close , Cuttle brook , Cuttle lane 1761EnclA . v.
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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 . )
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Highgate Wood (Other OS name, Brampton Ash, Northamptonshire)
( B ) . Cf. Hyegatestybbyng 1430 Finch - Hatton . For stybbing v. infra 270
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Horseshoe Fm (Other OS name, Borough Fen, Northamptonshire)
Horse Shoe Drove 1823 B
. Cf. Horse Shoe Drove 1823 B . ' Drove ' is a term used in the fens for a road along which cattle are driven , and for a water - way ( PN BedsHu 294 )
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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 . )
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Kirtley Barn (Other OS name, Cranford St Andrew and St John, Northamptonshire)
( 6 ″ ) . Cf. Curtley Field in Slipton ( 1771EnclA ) , and Carkley Lane 1823 Sale Hill Wood ( 6 ″ ) is so named in 1823 B . For sale v. BritainSale
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New England (Other OS name, Peterborough, Northamptonshire)
is a modern district which grew up round the railway works here post 1850 ( W . T . M . )
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Old Head Wood (Other OS name, Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire)
is so named in 1823 B , and nearby are also marked Wold Coppice and Warkton Wold . The meaning may have been ' wood at the head or end of the “ wold , ”
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Oldfield Thicket (Other OS name, Harlestone, Northamptonshire)
Oldefeld c. 1312 H de B
( 6 ″ ) . Cf. Oldefeld c. 1312 H de B
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Powder Blue Fm (Other OS name, Eye, Northamptonshire)
is so named in 1823 B . The NED defines ' powder-blue ' as ' powdered smalt,especially for use in the laundry . ' The reason for the application of the name is unknown
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Syke Way (Other OS name, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire)
Sike Gutter 1740 Terrier
( B ) . Cf. Sike Gutter 1740Terrier , v. sic
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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
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Three Bridge Fm and Waterloo Fm (Other OS name, Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire)
( 6 ″ ) are so named c. 1830 (O.S.) . The latter is a very common farm - name in England , from the battle in 1815 . Cf. Portobello Fminfra 306
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Whitehouse Common (Other OS name, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire)
Whitehouse 1725 B
. Cf. Whitehouse 1725 B
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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
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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 . )
