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| Huntingdon | Cambridgeshire |
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| Buckworth | Cambridgeshire |
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| Huntingdon | Cambridgeshire |
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| Old Weston | Cambridgeshire |
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| Kettering | Northamptonshire |
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| Titchmarsh | Northamptonshire |
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| Kettering | Northamptonshire |
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| Aldwincle | Northamptonshire |
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| Kettering | Northamptonshire |
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| Brigstock | Northamptonshire |
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| Kettering | Northamptonshire |
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| Corby | Northamptonshire |
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| Cottingham | Northamptonshire |
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| Middleton | Northamptonshire |
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| Market Harborough | Northamptonshire |
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| Medbourne | Leicestershire |
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| Market Harborough | Leicestershire |
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| Leicester | Leicestershire |
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| Current translation for Huntingdon |
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hunt derived from hunt – hunting |
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ing derived from ænge – troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages) |
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ending in don derived from dun – a place near a steep hill/hillfort |
| “Hunting place near a steep hill troubled village” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Huntedone (Huntingdonshire) |
| Huntedun (Huntingdonshire) |
| Huntedune (Huntingdonshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Buckworth |
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buck derived from buc – a male deer |
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worth derived from weort/worð – wort, herb/land |
| “Male deer wort, herb” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Buchesworde (Huntingdonshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Huntingdon |
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hunt derived from hunt – hunting |
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ing derived from ænge – troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages) |
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ending in don derived from dun – a place near a steep hill/hillfort |
| “Hunting place near a steep hill troubled village” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Huntedone (Huntingdonshire) |
| Huntedun (Huntingdonshire) |
| Huntedune (Huntingdonshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Old Weston |
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old derived from eald – old or ancient |
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ston derived from stan – stone - probably a roman road, milestone or builders stone |
| “Old or ancient stone” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Westune (Huntingdonshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Kettering |
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| | K we cannot translate at the moment |
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ett derived from eþ – waves |
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ering derived from ere ænge – people of a troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages) |
| “Waves people of a troubled village” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Cateringe (Northamptonshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Titchmarsh |
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titch derived from ticen – a small goat - kid |
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marsh derived from mersc – a fen, bog or marsh |
| “Small goat fen, bog or marsh” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Ticemerse (Northamptonshire) |
| Tircemesse (Northamptonshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Kettering |
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| | K we cannot translate at the moment |
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ett derived from eþ – waves |
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ering derived from ere ænge – people of a troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages) |
| “Waves people of a troubled village” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Cateringe (Northamptonshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Aldwincle |
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ald derived from eald – old or ancient or fire |
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win derived from win / wein – a pasture / wine |
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le derived from leah – A lea, meadow, open space, untilled land |
| “Old or ancient or fire pasture lea, meadow, open space, untilled land” |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Kettering |
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| | K we cannot translate at the moment |
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ett derived from eþ – waves |
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ering derived from ere ænge – people of a troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages) |
| “Waves people of a troubled village” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Cateringe (Northamptonshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Brigstock |
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ending in br derived from bricge – a bridge |
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i derived from iw – yew |
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stock derived from stoc – a place, probably a farm or stockade |
| “Yew bridge place, probably a farm or stockade” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Bricstoc (Northamptonshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Kettering |
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| | K we cannot translate at the moment |
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ett derived from eþ – waves |
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ering derived from ere ænge – people of a troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages) |
| “Waves people of a troubled village” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Cateringe (Northamptonshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Corby |
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cor derived from cor – river cor |
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by derived from by – near |
| “Near river cor” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Corbei (Northamptonshire) |
| Corbi (Northamptonshire) |
| Corby (Lincolnshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Cottingham |
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cott derived from cotlyf – a small village |
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ing derived from ænge – troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages) |
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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. |
| “Small village troubled village denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Cotingeha (Northamptonshire) |
| Cotingeham (Yorkshire) |
| Cotingham (Yorkshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Middleton |
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middle derived from middel – the middle - between |
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ton derived from tun – a settlement on a hill |
| “Middle settlement on a hill” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Middeltone (Hampshire) |
| Middeltone (Shropshire) |
| Middeltun (Berkshire) |
| middeltuna (Suffolk) |
| Middeltune (Berkshire) |
| Middeltune (Derbyshire) |
| Middeltune (Hampshire) |
| Middleton on the Hill Mideltone (Herefordshire) |
| Midebroc (Essex) |
| Midelton (Berkshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Market Harborough |
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market derived from market – a title of a location created during the 1300's when Edward I created market towns |
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har derived from here – an army, a host, multitude |
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borough derived from burgus – a roman signalling tower |
| “Army, a host, multitude title of a location created during the 1300's when edward i created market towns roman signalling tower” |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Medbourne |
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| | Med we cannot translate at the moment |
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bourne derived from burn – a brook or stream |
| “Brook or stream” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Medburne (Leicestershire) |
| Metorne (Leicestershire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Market Harborough |
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market derived from market – a title of a location created during the 1300's when Edward I created market towns |
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har derived from here – an army, a host, multitude |
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borough derived from burgus – a roman signalling tower |
| “Army, a host, multitude title of a location created during the 1300's when edward i created market towns roman signalling tower” |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Leicester |
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le derived from leah – A lea, meadow, open space, untilled land |
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ic derived from æc – oak |
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ster derived from bustaðr – dwelling place |
| “Oak lea, meadow, open space, untilled land dwelling place” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Ledecestre (Leicestershire) |
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