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| Cambridge | Cambridgeshire |
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| Milton | Cambridgeshire |
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| Cambridge | Cambridgeshire |
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| Stretham | Cambridgeshire |
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| Ely | Cambridgeshire |
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| Little Thetford | Cambridgeshire |
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| Ely | Cambridgeshire |
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| Current translation for Cambridge |
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cam derived from
camb - comb - probably derived from teasels |
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bridge derived from
bricge - a bridge |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Grantebrige(Cambridgeshire) | | Grentebrige(Cambridgeshire) |
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| | Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Milton |
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mil derived from
mil - millet |
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ton derived from
tun - a settlement on a hill |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Meletone(Northamptonshire) | | Middeltone(Somerset) |
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| Middeltun(Kent) |
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| Middeltune(Derbyshire) |
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| Middeltune(Kent) |
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| Mideltone(Cornwall) |
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| Mideltone(Somerset) |
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| Midueltone(Buckinghamshire) |
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| Mildentone(Bedfordshire) |
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| Mildentone(Kent) |
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| | Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Cambridge |
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cam derived from
camb - comb - probably derived from teasels |
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bridge derived from
bricge - a bridge |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Grantebrige(Cambridgeshire) | | Grentebrige(Cambridgeshire) |
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| | Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Stretham |
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stret derived from
via strata - originally from the latin via strata(high paved road) -Old English stret (Mercian, Kentish), stræt (West Saxon) |
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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. |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Stradham(Cambridgeshire) |
| | Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Ely |
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ely derived from
el æg - eel island |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Eli(Suffolk) | | Ely(Cambridgeshire) |
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| | Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Little Thetford |
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little derived from
lytel - little, small |
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thet derived from
þeod - a body of warriors, attached by personal service to the king |
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ford derived from
forda - shallow place where a river can be crossed |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Liteltedford(Cambridgeshire) |
| | Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Ely |
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ely derived from
el æg - eel island |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Eli(Suffolk) | | Ely(Cambridgeshire) |
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| | Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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