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| Ipswich | Suffolk |
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| Stowmarket | Suffolk |
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| Eye | Suffolk |
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| Yaxley | Suffolk |
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| Scole | Norfolk |
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| Dickleburgh | Norfolk |
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| Diss | Norfolk |
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| Long Stratton | Norfolk |
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| Norwich | Norfolk |
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| Newton Flotman | Norfolk |
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| Norwich | Norfolk |
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| Caistor Saint Edmund | Norfolk |
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| Current translation for Ipswich |
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ip derived from
yppe - a raised place, a lookout place |
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s derived from
s - of as in 's(belongs to) or multiple |
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wich derived from
vicus - small provincial roman town |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Gepeswiz(Suffolk) | | Gereswiz(Suffolk) |
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| Gipeswiz(Suffolk) |
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| Gipeuuid(Suffolk) |
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| Gipewiz(Suffolk) |
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| Gypeswiz(Suffolk) |
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| | Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Stowmarket |
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stow derived from
stow - a place possibly holy |
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market derived from
market - a title of a location created during the 1300's when Edward I created market towns |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Eye |
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eye derived from
æg - an island |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Eia(Norfolk) | | Eia(Suffolk) |
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| Heia(Suffolk) |
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| | Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Yaxley |
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y derived from
æg/leah - derived from æg/leah ? an island near the sea / woodland clearing if inland (Saxon) |
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ax derived from
æsc - ash tree |
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ley derived from
el æg/leah - person's island if near the sea / open space, untilled land |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Iachelea(Suffolk) | | Iacheleia(Suffolk) |
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| Iacheslea(Suffolk) |
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| Lacheslei(Huntingdonshire) |
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| | Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Scole |
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s derived from
s - of as in 's(belongs to) or multiple |
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cole derived from
cawl - kale or cabbage |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Dickleburgh |
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dickle derived from
dic el - the people of the dike |
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burgh derived from
beorg/burgus - a high place - hill/possible roman signalling tower |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Dicclesburc(Norfolk) |
| | Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Diss |
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diss derived from
þes - place of demons |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Dice(Norfolk) | | Dice(Suffolk) |
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| | Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Long Stratton |
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long derived from
lange - long |
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strat 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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ton derived from
tun - a settlement on a hill |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Norwich |
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nor derived from
norþ - north |
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wich derived from
vicus - small provincial roman town |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Noruic(Norfolk) | | Norwici(Norfolk) |
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| | Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Newton Flotman |
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new derived from
niwe - new |
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ton derived from
tun - a settlement on a hill |
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flot derived from
fleot - a fast moving body of water,a bay, estuary, river etc - a place where boats float |
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man derived from
mann - man |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Niwestuna(Norfolk) |
| | Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Norwich |
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nor derived from
norþ - north |
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wich derived from
vicus - small provincial roman town |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Noruic(Norfolk) | | Norwici(Norfolk) |
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| | Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Caistor Saint Edmund |
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caistor derived from
cæster - roman fortified town- from latin castrum |
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saint derived from
sanctus - saint |
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edmund derived from
edmund - a saint |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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