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| Cheltenham | Gloucestershire |
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| Lower Slaughter | Gloucestershire |
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| Cheltenham | Gloucestershire |
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| Moreton-in-Marsh | Gloucestershire |
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| Chipping Campden | Gloucestershire |
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| Weston Subedge | Gloucestershire |
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| Evesham | Worcestershire |
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| Bidford-on-Avon | Warwickshire |
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| Alcester | Warwickshire |
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| Wixford | Warwickshire |
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| Oversley Castle | Warwickshire |
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| Alcester | Warwickshire |
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| Current translation for Cheltenham |
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chelten derived from ciltern – the chiltern hills |
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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. |
| “Chiltern hills denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker” |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Lower Slaughter |
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lower derived from lower – lower than |
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laugh derived from hlæw – a low rounded hill |
| | ter we cannot translate at the moment |
| “Lower than low rounded hill” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Sclostre (Gloucestershire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Cheltenham |
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chelten derived from ciltern – the chiltern hills |
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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. |
| “Chiltern hills denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker” |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Moreton In Marsh |
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more derived from mere – the sea - possibly an inlet |
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ton derived from tun – a settlement on a hill |
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in derived from en – the people of |
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marsh derived from mersc – a fen, bog or marsh |
| “Sea fen, bog or marsh settlement on a hill” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Mortune (Gloucestershire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Chipping Campden |
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chipp derived from ceap – good price - market |
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ing derived from ænge – troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages) |
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camp derived from camp – field |
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den derived from dænu/den-bera – a valley / a forest swine pasture, most were settled after Domesday |
| “Good price field valley troubled village” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Campedene (Gloucestershire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Weston Subedge |
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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 |
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sub derived from sub – under, below, beneath, at the foot of |
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edge derived from ecg – an edge |
| “Under, below, beneath, at the foot of stone edge” |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Evesham |
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| | Eve we cannot translate at the moment |
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sham 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. |
| “Denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker” |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Bidford On Avon |
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bid derived from baed – bed or bath |
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ford derived from forda – shallow place where a river can be crossed |
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on derived from on – near |
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avon derived from afon – the river avon |
| “Near bed or bath shallow place where a river can be crossed river avon” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Bedeford (Warwickshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Alcester |
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al derived from el – eel |
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cester derived from cæster – roman fortified town |
| “Eel roman fortified town” |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Wixford |
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wix derived from vicus – small provincial roman town |
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ford derived from forda – shallow place where a river can be crossed |
| “Shallow place where a river can be crossed small provincial roman town” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Witelavesford (Warwickshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Oversley Castle |
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over derived from ofer – an edge, border, margin |
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s derived from s – of as in 's(belongs to) or multiple |
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ley derived from el æg/leah – person's island if near the sea / open space, untilled land |
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starting in castle derived from castellum – Words starting in castle were probably small Roman forts |
| “Edge, border, margin words starting in castle were probably small roman forts person's island if near the sea” |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Alcester |
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al derived from el – eel |
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cester derived from cæster – roman fortified town |
| “Eel roman fortified town” |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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