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| Cirencester | Gloucestershire |
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| Cheltenham | Gloucestershire |
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| Bourton-on-the-Water | Gloucestershire |
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| Cheltenham | Gloucestershire |
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| Stow-on-the-Wold | Gloucestershire |
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| Moreton-in-Marsh | Gloucestershire |
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| Shipston-on-Stour | Warwickshire |
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| Warwick | Warwickshire |
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| Leamington Spa | Warwickshire |
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| Princethorpe | Warwickshire |
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| Stretton-on-Dunsmore | Warwickshire |
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| Wolston | Warwickshire |
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| Brinklow | Warwickshire |
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| Rugby | Warwickshire |
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| Hinckley | Leicestershire |
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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 |
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| 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 Bourton On The Water |
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bour derived from bor – a gimlet, a borer |
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ton derived from tun – a settlement on a hill |
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on derived from on – near |
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the derived from þæt – that |
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water derived from wæter – water |
| “Near gimlet, a borer water settlement on a hill” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Bortune (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 Stow On The Wold |
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stow derived from stow – a place possibly holy |
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on derived from on – near |
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the derived from þæt – that |
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wold derived from wald – forested uplands |
| “Near forested uplands place possibly holy” |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Moreton In Marsh |
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more derived from mere – the sea - possibly an inlet |
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ton derived from tun – a settlement on a hill |
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in derived from en – the people of |
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marsh derived from mersc – a fen, bog or marsh |
| “Sea fen, bog or marsh settlement on a hill” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Mortune (Gloucestershire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Shipston On Stour |
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ship derived from scæp – sheep |
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ston derived from stan – stone - probably a roman road, milestone or builders stone |
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on derived from on – near |
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stour derived from stour – river stour |
| “Near stone sheep river stour” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Scepwestun (Worcestershire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Warwick |
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war derived from wer – a wier |
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wick derived from vicus – small provincial roman town |
| “Wier small provincial roman town” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Waruic (Warwickshire) |
| Warwic (Warwickshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Leamington Spa |
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leam derived from læmen – clay - earthenware |
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ing derived from ænge – troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages) |
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ton derived from tun – a settlement on a hill |
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spa derived from spa – after spa in belgium famous for chalybeate(iron rich) water |
| “Clay after spa in belgium famous for chalybeate water troubled village settlement on a hill” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Lamintone (Warwickshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Princethorpe |
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prince derived from preon – broach or clasp |
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thorpe derived from ƿorp – a crowd - a village |
| “Broach or clasp crowd” |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Stretton On Dunsmore |
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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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ton derived from tun – a settlement on a hill |
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on derived from on – near |
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dun derived from dun – a mountain or hill - however a significant number of duns appear to be near old Celtic hillforts |
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s derived from s – of as in 's(belongs to) or multiple |
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more derived from mere – the sea - possibly an inlet |
| “Near originally from the latin via strata sea mountain or hill settlement on a hill” |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Wolston |
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wol derived from wul – wool |
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ston derived from stan – stone - probably a roman road, milestone or builders stone |
| “Stone wool” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Ulvestone (Warwickshire) |
| Ulvricetone (Warwickshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Brinklow |
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brink derived from brinig – burning -possibly a signalling place |
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low derived from hleow – A shelter, protection, covering, refuge |
| “Burning shelter, protection, covering, refuge” |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Rugby |
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rugby derived from rocheberie – hroc a rook
berie fortified place, castle - usually associated with old Roman forts / can also be used to mean high place / berry |
| “<b>hroc<” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Rocheberie (Warwickshire) |
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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| Current translation for Hinckley |
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hinck derived from hlinc – a bank forming a boundary |
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ley derived from el æg/leah – person's island if near the sea / open space, untilled land |
| “Bank forming a boundary person's island if near the sea” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Hinchelie (Leicestershire) |
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