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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.

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  1. Mountstephen Ho (Early-attested site, Halberton, Devon)

    Whether the family was of local origin we cannot say. The place is on a hill. The form suggests that the name was coined in England and not in

  2. 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

  3. Dawscroft Ho (Other OS name, Brewood, Staffordshire)

    , cf. Dawespleck infra under ( b )

  4. Haling Grove, Haling Close & Haling Rd or Haling Dene (Other OS name, Penkridge, Staffordshire)

    ( local ) , from haling vbl . sb . ( b ) NED used attributively and meaning ' haling-path or towing-path ' ; it refers to the nearby canal

  5. Highgate Wood (Other OS name, Brampton Ash, Northamptonshire)

    ( B ) . Cf. Hyegatestybbyng 1430 Finch - Hatton . For stybbing v. infra 270

  6. 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 )

  7. 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

  8. Marshrow (Other OS name, Exminster, Devon)

    ( 6 ″ ) is Marshbrowe 1611, Marshrowe 1671Recov . The b is probably a clerical error . The place lies in flat land by the Exe

  9. New England (Other OS name, Peterborough, Northamptonshire)

    is a modern district which grew up round the railway works here post 1850 ( W . T . M . )

  10. 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 , ”

  11. Oldfield Thicket (Other OS name, Harlestone, Northamptonshire)

    Oldefeld c. 1312 H de B

    ( 6 ″ ) . Cf. Oldefeld c. 1312 H de B

  12. 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

  13. Syke Way (Other OS name, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire)

    Sike Gutter 1740 Terrier

    ( B ) . Cf. Sike Gutter 1740Terrier , v. sic