Survey of English Place-Names

Charlton Hundred (Hundred in Berkshire)

'Hill of the peasants', v. ceorl , dūn . This was presumably the name of the meeting-place, which has not been

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

Tandridge Hundred (Hundred in Surrey)

v. Tandridge infra 335. In 1651 (ParlSurv ) the court leets were held at a place called Undersnow . This, in a deed of 1656 (VCH iv, 252), is called Hundredsnow

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

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

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

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

Spook Hill (Early-attested site, Dorking, Surrey)

Spokelande 1559 Norfolk

Spook Hill (6″). Cf. Spokelande 1559Norfolk . It is impossible to say anything certain about the first element in this name. The history of the word

St Pier's Fm and Lane (Early-attested site, Lingfield, Surrey)

St Pierces Green 1765 R; Simpier Green 1823 Br

St Pier's Fm and Lane (both 6″). Cf. St Pierces Green 1765 R, Simpier Green 1823 Br. So

Sussex Fm (Early-attested site, Send with Ripley, Surrey)

Sussex Fm is so named in 1823 (G). According to M and B (iii, 108), lands in Sussex and in Send were conveyed in 1674 to John Caryll of Goodwood and others. In 1688 these

All Saints Church (Other OS name, Langton Long Blandford, Dorset)

the church of All Saints, Langeblaneford' 1333 Pat; 'a chantry in the chapel of St Thomas in the parish church of Langeblaneford' 1391 ib; Church Fd 1839 TA; 'the church of Lytelton' 1421 Hutch3; Chapel Cl 1839 TA…

, cf . ' the church of All Saints , Langeblaneford '1333 Pat , 'a chantry in the chapel of St

Ash Holt (Other OS name, Ashby cum Fenby, Lincolnshire)

, perhaps cf. ash grene in f. ns . ( b ) infra

Bently Cottages and Copse (Other OS name, Shere with Gomshall, Surrey)

( 6 ″ ) . Bentley field , Copse and Pond are marked on an estate map of 1812 ( penes Mr R. B . Bray ) , v. beonet , leah

Boston Lane (Other OS name, Clawson, Hose and Harby, Leicestershire)

, presum . with the surn . Boston , cf. Boston hoale in Knipton f. ns . ( b )

Bottom Barn (Other OS name, West Compton, Dorset)

Gt Bottom Fd, Long Bottom Grd, Bottom Mead 1841 ib

, cf. Gt Bottom Fd , Long Bottom Grd , Bottom Mead 1841ib , v. botm , cf. Combe in f. ns . ( b ) infra

Brian's Close (Other OS name, Laughton, Leicestershire)

( 2 ½ ″ ) , a house built in the 1930s ; with the surn . Brian Bryan , a Breton name introduced into England by the Normans

Brimblelow (Other OS name, Hoveton St John and St Peter, Norfolk)

, ' hill overgrown withbramble ' , v. brēmel , hlāw ( for the intrusive b between m and l , v. Jordan § 212 )

Brocks, Brocks Cottage (Other OS name, Sedgefield, Durham)

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

Brograve Farm (Other OS name, Waxham, Norfolk)

Brograve c. 1800 B; Brograve 1845 White

, cf. Berney Brograve c. 1800 B , Sir G.B . Brograve 1845 White 771 ( Horsey )

Bruntingthorpe Holt (Other OS name, Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire)

( 2 ½ ″ ) , v. wald ; the development of wald locally was *wald > *wold > olde > oult > olt > holt , v. the Olt field in f.