This page shows segments of place names
that can be related to Modern locations. |
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Segment
| Derivation |
Translation |
| and | and | and |
| by | by | near |
| cade | cade | From Jack Cade the peasant leader - originally cattes meaning mint / cat mint |
| city | city | a city |
| dicker | dicker | to trade |
| drive | drive | originally from the Saxon drifan but used in modern times to mean road |
| garden | garden | garden |
| granary | granary | store for grain |
| on | on | near |
| on sea | sea | usually means near the sea |
| or | or | one or the other |
| peace | peace | peaceful |
| punnetts | pannetts | named after founder of the village |
| ending in regis | regis | suffix from 1929 after visit by King George V - latin for 'of the king' |
| sea front | sæ front | sea front - saxon sea and norman front |
| seafront | sæ front | saxon sea and norman front |
| spa | spa | after spa in belgium famous for chalybeate(iron rich) water |
| town | tun | an enclosed piece of ground, a yard, court |
| upon | on | near |