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Villages containing TON Villages containing CASTLE Sussex Locations with ING Domesday Sussex with ING Kent Locations with ING Sussex Locations with HURST Loads of Village Translations Res Place names - bury, burgh and borough what does they mean   Definition of bury/borough/burgh Bury is derived from the Saxon byrig which means a fortified town, probably similar meaning to a burh or fortified refuge. Examples of these are: Canterbury   canter derived from cantwara - the tribe occupying kent pre saxon   bury derived from burh - fortified place, castle - usually associated with old Roman forts Salisbury   salis derived from salig - willow tree   bury derived from burh - fortified place, castle - usually associated with old Roman forts Aylesbury   ayles derived from æles - eels   bury derived from burh - fortified place, castle - usually associated with old Roman forts Next borough, this one is derived from the Roman burgus - a signalling tower Examples of these are: Marlborough   marl derived from marl/mærel - a type of limestone/A rope for mooring a ship   borough derived from burgus - a roman signalling tower Southborough   south derived from suþ - south   borough derived from burgus - a roman signalling tower Flamborough   flam derived from flan - An arrow, a dart   borough derived from Roman burgus a signalling tower Finally burgh, this one is more complex as it could refer to one of two different things, the first is the Roman burgus - a signalling tower, the second the Saxon beorg which means a hill. Examples of these are: Drumburgh   drum derived from druim - a ridge   burgh derived from beorg/burgus - a high place - hill/possible roman signalling tower.   (Drumburgh has a Roman fort) Happisburgh   happis derived from heopes - rose hips   burg derived from beorg/burgus - a high place - hill/possible roman signalling tower   (As far as we know there are no Roman remains in the area so this one means hill) Burwash   bur derived from beorg/burgus - a high place - hill/possible roman signalling tower   wash derived from æsc/wæsce - ash tree if inland/a place that floods   (As far as we know there are no Roman remains in the area so this one means hill)   A Burgus Wikipedia Definition: (Wikipedia Page for more details) Burgi were erected along border rivers and along major roads, where they are likely to have been used for observation, as forward positions or for signalling. So these are larger than the watch towers and usually held a complement of 20-100 men(a century). They are normally defined as 'a small fortified position or watch-tower usually controlling a main routeway.' It seems that Castellum also refer to Burgi meaning a larger fortlet, or stone built construction. Burgus Zullstein illustrated below is a a special type of burgus contained a river landing. In addition to a rectangular building near the river bank, these had crenellated walls that extended up to or into the river like pincers, thus protecting a landing stage or berthing bay for cargo ships and river patrol boats. This may be relevent to our area as we have a location near Rye in Sussex called Cadborough at a strategic point at the end of the river Brede which is where the majority of the largest Roman iron-workings were. The modern place name snippet 'Borough' derives from the Roman Burgus, other place names such as 'Burgh' and 'Burg' derive from the Saxon 'Beorg' meaning a hill. Click on the images for the full Wikipedia image: Further Reading For further details of types of Roman Fortification: Roman Fortifications For our translation of places named Coldharbour please see: ~~snippet_coldharbour~~ Copyright saxonhistory.co.uk 2013 - 2024 Contact Simon Author Simon M - Last updated - 2024-07-18 06:06:32 All pages on our site (Sitemap)