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 Abbots (Parish in Gloucestershire)

  2. Charlton Kings (Parish in Gloucestershire)

  3. Charlton Park (Other OS name, Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire)

    , 1830 M , v. park

  4. New England (Other OS name, Derby Hills, Derbyshire)

    ( 6 ″ ) , 1771EnclA , v. infra 759

  5. Sinks Beck (Other OS name, Holme East Waver, Cumberland)

    Sinkes yeate 1635 Ct

    ( 6 ″ ) . Cf. Sinkes yeate 1635Ct . Sink is probably used here in the sense of ' drain, sewer , ' v. NED s. v. sink sb . , 1 b