| Current translation for Reading Street And Ebony |
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read derived from ræd – red or ruddy |
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ing derived from ænge – troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages) |
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street 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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and derived from and – and |
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ebony derived from ebba en æg – people of the ebb and flow/tidal island |
| “Red or ruddy originally from the latin via strata people of the ebb and flow troubled village” |
| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk |
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