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. Hurstingstone Hundred (Hundred in Huntingdonshire)

    The history of this Hundred-name has been made out by Mr Goodall in the paper already referred to s. n. Sword Point supra 190. He makes a convincing case for thinking that

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  2. Charlton on Otmoor (Parish in Oxfordshire)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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