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| Canterbury | Kent |
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| Littlebourne | Kent |
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| Bramling | Kent |
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| Wingham | Kent |
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| Canterbury | Kent |
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| Ash | Kent |
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| Current translation for Canterbury |
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canter derived from cantwara – the tribe occupying kent pre saxon |
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bury derived from burh/beorg/berie – fortified place, castle - usually associated with old Roman forts / can also be used to mean high place / berry |
| “Tribe occupying kent pre saxon fortified place, castle” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Cantuari (Kent) |
| Cantuaria (Kent) |
| Cantuariam (Kent) |
| Cantuariensis (Kent) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Littlebourne |
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little derived from lytel – little, small |
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bourne derived from burn – a brook or stream |
| “Little, small brook or stream” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Liteburne (Kent) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Bramling |
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bram derived from bræmel – a bramble |
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ling derived from el ænge – people of a troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages) |
| “Bramble people of a troubled village” |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Wingham |
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wing derived from wean/wingeard – possibly a spring/or a vineyard |
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ham derived from hamm – Denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended against water, which would otherwise wash it away, so a valley settlement or settlement with a jetty. |
| “Possibly a spring denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Wingheham (Kent) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Canterbury |
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canter derived from cantwara – the tribe occupying kent pre saxon |
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bury derived from burh/beorg/berie – fortified place, castle - usually associated with old Roman forts / can also be used to mean high place / berry |
| “Tribe occupying kent pre saxon fortified place, castle” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Cantuari (Kent) |
| Cantuaria (Kent) |
| Cantuariam (Kent) |
| Cantuariensis (Kent) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Ash |
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ash derived from æsc – ash trees |
| “Ash trees” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Aisse (Dorset) |
| Aixa (Somerset) |
| Aixe (Somerset) |
| Eisse (Kent) |
| Esce (Suffolk) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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