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| Colchester | Essex |
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| Mile End | Essex |
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| Colchester | Essex |
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| Great Horkesley | Essex |
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| Colchester | Essex |
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| Leavenheath | Suffolk |
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| Sudbury | Suffolk |
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| Long Melford | Suffolk |
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| Current translation for Colchester |
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col derived from coln – river colne/pebble stones |
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chester derived from cæster – roman fortified town |
| “River colne roman fortified town” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Colecastro (Essex) |
| Colecestra (Essex) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Mile End |
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mil derived from mil – millet |
 | | e we cannot translate at the moment |
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end derived from ende – end terminus |
| “Millet end terminus” |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Colchester |
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col derived from coln – river colne/pebble stones |
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chester derived from cæster – roman fortified town |
| “River colne roman fortified town” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Colecastro (Essex) |
| Colecestra (Essex) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Great Horkesley |
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great derived from great – big, tall, thick, stout, massive; coarse |
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hor derived from hoar/heort – frosty/ a hart - stag |
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kes derived from cyse – cheese |
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ley derived from el æg/leah – person's island if near the sea / open space, untilled land |
| “Big, tall, thick, stout, massive; coarse cheese frosty person's island if near the sea” |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Colchester |
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col derived from coln – river colne/pebble stones |
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chester derived from cæster – roman fortified town |
| “River colne roman fortified town” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Colecastro (Essex) |
| Colecestra (Essex) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Leavenheath |
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lea derived from leah – A lea, meadow, open space, untilled land |
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en derived from en – word termination usually means 'of' |
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heath derived from hæþ – heath or wasteland where heather grows |
| “Heath or wasteland where heather grows lea, meadow, open space, untilled land” |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Sudbury |
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sud derived from suþ – south |
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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 |
| “South fortified place, castle” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Sudberie (Derbyshire) |
| Sutberie (Suffolk) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Long Melford |
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long derived from lange – long |
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mel derived from melu – meal, flour |
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ford derived from forda – shallow place where a river can be crossed |
| “Long meal, flour shallow place where a river can be crossed” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Melaforda (Suffolk) |
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