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| Cirencester | Gloucestershire |
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| Cheltenham | Gloucestershire |
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| Winchcombe | Gloucestershire |
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| Didbrook | Gloucestershire |
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| Current translation for Cirencester |
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ciren derived from cicen – chicken |
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cester derived from cæster – roman fortified town |
| “Chicken roman fortified town” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
| Name found: | Cirecestre (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 Winchcombe |
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winch derived from win – pasture |
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combe derived from comb – A low place enclosed with hills, a valley |
| “Pasture low place enclosed with hills, a valley” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
| Names found: | Wicecombe (Gloucestershire) |
| Wicelcombe (Gloucestershire) |
| Wicelcumbe (Gloucestershire) |
| Wincelcumbe (Gloucestershire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Didbrook |
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did derived from dydan – place of killing - abbatoir |
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brook derived from broc – a brook or stream |
| “Place of killing brook or stream” |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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