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.

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  1. 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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  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

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  3. 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.

  4. England Lane (Other OS name, Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire)

    , 1844TA

  5. Hall Clough (Other OS name, Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire)

    Hallefeld 1525 WCR 2d

    , cf. Hallefeld 1525WCR 2d , Hall B . 1771 M , v. hall , clōh , feld

  6. 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

  7. Whitehouse Common (Other OS name, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire)

    Whitehouse 1725 B

    . Cf. Whitehouse 1725 B