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| Bourne End | Hertfordshire |
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| Berkhamsted | Hertfordshire |
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| Tring | Hertfordshire |
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| Aston Clinton | Buckinghamshire |
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| Weston Turville | Buckinghamshire |
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| Aylesbury | Buckinghamshire |
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| Waddesdon | Buckinghamshire |
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| Aylesbury | Buckinghamshire |
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| Kingswood | Buckinghamshire |
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| Aylesbury | Buckinghamshire |
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| Bicester | Oxfordshire |
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| Current translation for Bourne End |
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bourne derived from burn – a brook or stream |
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end derived from ende – end terminus |
| “Brook or stream end terminus” |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Berkhamsted |
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berk derived from berc – birch trees |
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hams 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. |
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ted derived from stæde – a place or pasture |
| “Birch trees denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker place or pasture” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Berchamstede (Hertfordshire) |
| Berchehamstede (Hertfordshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Tring |
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tring derived from þring – a crowd, crowded |
| “Crowd, crowded” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Tredunga (Hertfordshire) |
| Tredunge (Hertfordshire) |
| Treunge (Hertfordshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Aston Clinton |
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 | | A we cannot translate at the moment |
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ston derived from stan – stone - probably a roman road, milestone or builders stone |
| | C we cannot translate at the moment |
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lin derived from lin/lind – flax/lime tree |
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ton derived from tun – a settlement on a hill |
| “Stone flax settlement on a hill” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Estone (Buckinghamshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Weston Turville |
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| | We we cannot translate at the moment |
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ston derived from stan – stone - probably a roman road, milestone or builders stone |
| | Tu we cannot translate at the moment |
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r derived from ere – person |
| | v we cannot translate at the moment |
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il derived from ildu – old |
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le derived from leah – A lea, meadow, open space, untilled land |
| “Stone old lea, meadow, open space, untilled land” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Westone (Buckinghamshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Aylesbury |
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ayles derived from æles – eels |
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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 |
| “Eels fortified place, castle” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Eilesberia (Buckinghamshire) |
| Elesberie (Buckinghamshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Waddesdon |
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wad derived from waad – woad - blue dye |
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des derived from dærst – ferment |
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ending in don derived from dun – a place near a steep hill/hillfort |
| “Ferment woad place near a steep hill” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Votesdone (Buckinghamshire) |
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| Current translation for Aylesbury |
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ayles derived from æles – eels |
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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 |
| “Eels fortified place, castle” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Eilesberia (Buckinghamshire) |
| Elesberie (Buckinghamshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Kingswood |
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kings derived from cyng – the king's |
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wood derived from wudu – wudu, earlier widu tree, trees collectively, forest, grove. |
| “King's wudu, earlier widu tree, trees collectively, forest, grove.” |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Aylesbury |
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ayles derived from æles – eels |
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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 |
| “Eels fortified place, castle” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Eilesberia (Buckinghamshire) |
| Elesberie (Buckinghamshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Bicester |
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bi derived from bærn – barn |
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cester derived from cæster – roman fortified town |
| “Barn roman fortified town” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Bernecestre (Oxfordshire) |
| Bispesdone (Oxfordshire) |
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