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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

I've just read that Brent, Penge, Thames and London are the handful of pre-Roman names still in use in the London area.

Croydon is from the Anglo-Saxon croeas deanas, later crogdene, which meant valley of the crocuses. Who'd have thought that for for Croydon?

Any that you know?

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

I thought London was called something else, can't remember what

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By *essiCouple
over a year ago

suffolk


"I thought London was called something else, can't remember what"

Londinium ...?

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By *kywatcherMan
over a year ago

Southwick


"I thought London was called something else, can't remember what"

It was Londinium in Roman times..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

LLANDUDNO llan is Welsh and usually relates to an area with a church ie dioces.

Tudno was a saint/christian who built churches....LLANDUDNO....the land of churches of tudno ( or thereabouts. Serious historians are welcome to correct )

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"LLANDUDNO llan is Welsh and usually relates to an area with a church ie dioces.

Tudno was a saint/christian who built churches....LLANDUDNO....the land of churches of tudno ( or thereabouts. Serious historians are welcome to correct ) "

Thanks for that one.

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

Its all Roman or Viking round where I live.

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"I thought London was called something else, can't remember what"

I'm getting this from The Book of London Place Names.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I thought London was called something else, can't remember what

I'm getting this from The Book of London Place Names."

Oops sorry thought it was anywhere not just London.....interesting though.

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"I thought London was called something else, can't remember what

I'm getting this from The Book of London Place Names.

Oops sorry thought it was anywhere not just London.....interesting though."

It is anywhere. Seeing the book made me think about other places too.

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By *emanandsheraCouple
over a year ago

castle Greyskull

I wonder how Bristol got its name. lol

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

York used to be called Eboracum (thought to mean Place of the Yew Trees), and Jorvik (means Horse Bay). The Anglo Saxons called it Eoforwic, which means wild-boar town. Some things never change.

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"York used to be called Eboracum (thought to mean Place of the Yew Trees), and Jorvik (means Horse Bay). The Anglo Saxons called it Eoforwic, which means wild-boar town. Some things never change. "

Wild-boar town - but what about Betty's?

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By *kywatcherMan
over a year ago

Southwick

Brighton etymology:

Although the first known use of the name 'Brighton' was in 1660, it did not come into general use until the late eighteenth century and its official use dates only from 1810 when it was adopted by the town commissioners. 'Brighton' is in fact a contraction of the older 'Brighthelmston' which lasted into the 1850s and of which there are at least 44 known variations. In the Domesday Book Brighton was 'Bristelmestune', and other variations included 'Bredhemston', 'Brichelmston', 'Brighthampstead', 'Brighthelmsted', 'Brighthelnisted', 'Brighthempston', 'Brithelmeston', and 'Brogholmestune'.

It has been suggested that the original name could have been derived from two Saxon words, one meaning 'division' or 'valley', the other meaning 'stones': 'the stony valley', perhaps a reference to the large sarsen stones found in the Steine. However, the most widely accepted etymology is from 'Beorthelm' or 'Brithelm', a personal name not unusual among Anglo-Saxons, and 'tun', or homestead: thus 'Beorthelm's homestead' or possibly 'Beothelm's village'. This derivation has also been assigned to other villages, viz: Bricklehampton, Worcestershire; Brighthampton, Oxfordshire; and Brislington, Somerset.

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum


"York used to be called Eboracum (thought to mean Place of the Yew Trees), and Jorvik (means Horse Bay). The Anglo Saxons called it Eoforwic, which means wild-boar town. Some things never change.

Wild-boar town - but what about Betty's? "

Its carnage if they run out of Yorkshire Curd Tart, I know that!

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"I wonder how Bristol got its name. lol"

Meeting place at the bridge apparently - Brigg Stow. From there to Bristol and onto Brizzle or possibly the other way around.

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By *londeCazWoman
over a year ago

Arse End of the Universe, Cumbria

Cockermouth is at the mouth of the river Cocker. A lot of locals call it Knob in Gob anyway

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"Cockermouth is at the mouth of the river Cocker. A lot of locals call it Knob in Gob anyway "

But why is the river called the Cocker?

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By *londeCazWoman
over a year ago

Arse End of the Universe, Cumbria


"Cockermouth is at the mouth of the river Cocker. A lot of locals call it Knob in Gob anyway

But why is the river called the Cocker?"

It was discovered by an exploring spaniel in 1376...haven't a Scooby's actually

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Swindon is derived from swine don - meaning pig on the hill. It was a small settlement that bred pigs, up on the hill. Then Brunel came along with a railway bless him

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"LLANDUDNO llan is Welsh and usually relates to an area with a church ie dioces.

Tudno was a saint/christian who built churches....LLANDUDNO....the land of churches of tudno ( or thereabouts. Serious historians are welcome to correct ) "
all good from up here in the north

llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

St mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the church of saint Tysilio of the red cave

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By *utmegsMan
over a year ago

Closer than you think


"York used to be called Eboracum (thought to mean Place of the Yew Trees), and Jorvik (means Horse Bay). The Anglo Saxons called it Eoforwic, which means wild-boar town. Some things never change.

Wild-boar town - but what about Betty's?

Its carnage if they run out of Yorkshire Curd Tart, I know that! "

Alan Bennett himself couldn't describe the scenes when they run out of fat rascals.

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

Lambeth is the place where lambs are landed (or embarked).

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"York used to be called Eboracum (thought to mean Place of the Yew Trees), and Jorvik (means Horse Bay). The Anglo Saxons called it Eoforwic, which means wild-boar town. Some things never change.

Wild-boar town - but what about Betty's?

Its carnage if they run out of Yorkshire Curd Tart, I know that!

Alan Bennett himself couldn't describe the scenes when they run out of fat rascals. "

I haven't had a Fat Rascal.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Possibly inhabited by earlier peoples, Doncaster is built on the site of a Roman fort, which was constructed in the 1st century AD at a crossing of the River Don. The commands of Antoninus Pius and Notitia Dignitatum called this fort Danum, from which the town derives the "Don-" (Old English: Donne) part of its name; "caster" (ceaster) an Old English adaptation of the Latin word Castra, meaning a military camp. The monk Nennius, in the 9th century, referred to it with the name "Caer Daun".[4] Doncaster was home to the Roman Crispinian horse garrison.

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By *utmegsMan
over a year ago

Closer than you think


"York used to be called Eboracum (thought to mean Place of the Yew Trees), and Jorvik (means Horse Bay). The Anglo Saxons called it Eoforwic, which means wild-boar town. Some things never change. "

York also has one of my favourite street names: Whip ma whop ma gate.

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum


"York used to be called Eboracum (thought to mean Place of the Yew Trees), and Jorvik (means Horse Bay). The Anglo Saxons called it Eoforwic, which means wild-boar town. Some things never change.

Wild-boar town - but what about Betty's?

Its carnage if they run out of Yorkshire Curd Tart, I know that!

Alan Bennett himself couldn't describe the scenes when they run out of fat rascals.

I haven't had a Fat Rascal."

They're....underwhelming.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Didn't mean to post all that multitasking lol

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By *utmegsMan
over a year ago

Closer than you think


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Possibly inhabited by earlier peoples, Doncaster is built on the site of a Roman fort, which was constructed in the 1st century AD at a crossing of the River Don. The commands of Antoninus Pius and Notitia Dignitatum called this fort Danum, from which the town derives the "Don-" (Old English: Donne) part of its name; "caster" (ceaster) an Old English adaptation of the Latin word Castra, meaning a military camp. The monk Nennius, in the 9th century, referred to it with the name "Caer Daun".[4] Doncaster was home to the Roman Crispinian horse garrison.

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I once spent a happy few months excavating the archaeology of Doncaster. Sadly, we barely scratched the surface of the Roman levels and had to make do with the medieval waterfront instead.

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum


"

Possibly inhabited by earlier peoples, Doncaster is built on the site of a Roman fort, which was constructed in the 1st century AD at a crossing of the River Don. The commands of Antoninus Pius and Notitia Dignitatum called this fort Danum, from which the town derives the "Don-" (Old English: Donne) part of its name; "caster" (ceaster) an Old English adaptation of the Latin word Castra, meaning a military camp. The monk Nennius, in the 9th century, referred to it with the name "Caer Daun".[4] Doncaster was home to the Roman Crispinian horse garrison.

I once spent a happy few months excavating the archaeology of Doncaster. Sadly, we barely scratched the surface of the Roman levels and had to make do with the medieval waterfront instead."

You can't dig a pond in York without unearthing some chariot or other and having to feed tea and biscuits to the Time Team crew.

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"

Possibly inhabited by earlier peoples, Doncaster is built on the site of a Roman fort, which was constructed in the 1st century AD at a crossing of the River Don. The commands of Antoninus Pius and Notitia Dignitatum called this fort Danum, from which the town derives the "Don-" (Old English: Donne) part of its name; "caster" (ceaster) an Old English adaptation of the Latin word Castra, meaning a military camp. The monk Nennius, in the 9th century, referred to it with the name "Caer Daun".[4] Doncaster was home to the Roman Crispinian horse garrison.

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Folk really know their areas don't they?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

First one to name Britain's original capital city gets a wink from me

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By *utmegsMan
over a year ago

Closer than you think


"Its carnage if they run out of Yorkshire Curd Tart, I know that!

Alan Bennett himself couldn't describe the scenes when they run out of fat rascals.

I haven't had a Fat Rascal.

They're....underwhelming."

Heathen! Although I am partial to their curd tart at a push.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Acocks Green was named after acock.

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By *hris148Man
over a year ago

.


"York used to be called Eboracum"

So is that where the yorkshire phrase 'ee by gum' comes from?

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By *utmegsMan
over a year ago

Closer than you think


"You can't dig a pond in York without unearthing some chariot or other and having to feed tea and biscuits to the Time Team crew."

No chariots in York although they did find one near Micklefield on the A1 a few years ago. And don't forget the ones from Wetwang Slack - another top notch place name.

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By *utmegsMan
over a year ago

Closer than you think


"York used to be called Eboracum

So is that where the yorkshire phrase 'ee by gum' comes from?"

For a moment there I thought a wormhole had opened up from the Mugabe thread, allowing a very old Yorkshire joke to escape.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Manchester derives its name from 'Mamucium', thought to derive from the Celtic for 'breast shaped hill', which I think says a lot about us Mancunians

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By *ichaelangelaCouple
over a year ago

notts

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By *ichaelangelaCouple
over a year ago

notts


"Cockermouth is at the mouth of the river Cocker. A lot of locals call it Knob in Gob anyway

But why is the river called the Cocker?

It was discovered by an exploring spaniel in 1376...haven't a Scooby's actually "

fooking hilarious

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

I have ludo tattoo'd on my penis, but when it comes near her Cockermouth it says LLANDUDNO

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By *exycleanerWoman
over a year ago

pontefract

here in pontefract we have a pub named

the broken bridge cos in latin ponte

means bridge and fract means broken

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"First one to name Britain's original capital city gets a wink from me "

Winchester

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Colchester. There's a big plaque as you drive in x

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By *hris148Man
over a year ago

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"First one to name Britain's original capital city gets a wink from me

Winchester"

Is this a clever trick question?

Winchester would have been capital of Wessex,then England. Capital of Britain was prob London

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"Colchester. There's a big plaque as you drive in x "

That does ring a bell.

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By *utmegsMan
over a year ago

Closer than you think


"here in pontefract we have a pub named

the broken bridge cos in latin ponte

means bridge and fract means broken "

Spot on. Post mortem Patris pro Filio! as we Pomfetians often say to one another... not. (I'm not from Aberdeen in case anyone's wondeing)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Im originally from Tooting. Named after a pair of ladyboys were discovered there

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By *utmegsMan
over a year ago

Closer than you think


"Im originally from Tooting. Named after a pair of ladyboys were discovered there "

I thought it was where the first vuvuzela was made.

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"Im originally from Tooting. Named after a pair of ladyboys were discovered there

I thought it was where the first vuvuzela was made."

It's where all the farts come from.

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"Im originally from Tooting. Named after a pair of ladyboys were discovered there "

Do you want to borrow my bra to go with your pants?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Colchester. There's a big plaque as you drive in x

That does ring a bell."

My aplogies..Colchester is the oldest recorded Town.

The oldest city in England is Newcastle upon Tyne. It was incorporated as a city in 1080 by the monarch.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Im originally from Tooting. Named after a pair of ladyboys were discovered there

Do you want to borrow my bra to go with your pants?"

Are my moobs getting out of control?

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

I studied this at Uni amongst other bits and bobs and place name etymology is a right swine to work out. You need to have a working knowledge of Latin, old Norse, old English and so on, depending on the area, the oldest maps or recorded names of places and an idea of what the geography was like in the area when the name came.

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By *inky BunnyMan
over a year ago

Cardiff


"Its all Roman or Viking round where I live."

More bleedin' invaders. Bet they claimed Social too

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"I studied this at Uni amongst other bits and bobs and place name etymology is a right swine to work out. You need to have a working knowledge of Latin, old Norse, old English and so on, depending on the area, the oldest maps or recorded names of places and an idea of what the geography was like in the area when the name came. "

That's why I am grateful to the folk that do this for me and put it into a book.

It's also fascinating why each name survives and other newer forms, such as Latin replacements, survive.

I wonder if Newham is the most modern as it is literally the new ham when East and West Ham were shoved together in 1965 when the current London borough structure came into being?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Scarborough comes from Skarthi berg, or Skarthi's town/settlement. Skarthi is reported to have been a norseman who settled here way back when.

Having visited Norway on several occasions i find it fascinating the similarities between the place names. Words like "gate" meaning street comes from the Norwegian word "gaten" and the word "dale" is norwegian too. Also "foss" meaning waterfall, hence Falling Foss and High Force (foss). Very interesting thread, thanks OP.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Slough (pronounced sluff) is the name given to the crap that gathers on the inside of the bend of a river. The south Buckinghamshire town situated on the thames could not have a more appropriate name

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By *orflondonerMan
over a year ago

Wood Green


"I've just read that Brent, Penge, Thames and London are the handful of pre-Roman names still in use in the London area.

Croydon is from the Anglo-Saxon croeas deanas, later crogdene, which meant valley of the crocuses. Who'd have thought that for for Croydon?

Any that you know?"

Look up the dirty ones.You wouldn't believe it.Cock Lane in the city is because it was a red light area(pre red lights) One had to be renamed from grope cunt lane,can't remember its modern name now.Like wise Pissing Alley in Clerkenwell is now called Passing Alley

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By *riskynriskyCouple
over a year ago

Essex.

London by Edward Rutherfurd is a very good historical story. It tells how places get their names. Houndsditch etc. Bernard Cornwalls' books often have a preface telling you the old names of the places used in his stories. Herein South East Essex a lot of the names are Norse. A good one is Bread and Cheese Hill. It means broad and sharp, named after a weapon...

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By *ancatMan
over a year ago

Norwich

Dublin is old norce for black water.

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By *otswoldMan
over a year ago

Cheltenham

And then there are those that were invented in order to attract tourism. Did the dog whose grave can be seen at Beddgelert really exist?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I've just read that Brent, Penge, Thames and London are the handful of pre-Roman names still in use in the London area.

Croydon is from the Anglo-Saxon croeas deanas, later crogdene, which meant valley of the crocuses. Who'd have thought that for for Croydon?

Any that you know?

Look up the dirty ones.You wouldn't believe it.Cock Lane in the city is because it was a red light area(pre red lights) One had to be renamed from grope cunt lane,can't remember its modern name now.Like wise Pissing Alley in Clerkenwell is now called Passing Alley"
grope cunt street is now known as grape street and runs down the back of the Shaftesbury theatre

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By *orflondonerMan
over a year ago

Wood Green


"I've just read that Brent, Penge, Thames and London are the handful of pre-Roman names still in use in the London area.

Croydon is from the Anglo-Saxon croeas deanas, later crogdene, which meant valley of the crocuses. Who'd have thought that for for Croydon?

Any that you know?

Look up the dirty ones.You wouldn't believe it.Cock Lane in the city is because it was a red light area(pre red lights) One had to be renamed from grope cunt lane,can't remember its modern name now.Like wise Pissing Alley in Clerkenwell is now called Passing Alleygrope cunt street is now known as grape street and runs down the back of the Shaftesbury theatre"

Cheers for that

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By *eonlylive1seCouple
over a year ago

Atherstone


"LLANDUDNO llan is Welsh and usually relates to an area with a church ie dioces.

Tudno was a saint/christian who built churches....LLANDUDNO....the land of churches of tudno ( or thereabouts. Serious historians are welcome to correct ) all good from up here in the north

llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

St mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the church of saint Tysilio of the red cave

"
Lovin that one !!!

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