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Unusual U.K. Place names 58. – Awre

AWRE, Gloucestershire

Name from Old English

meaning sour water meadow

Cows had long faces

 


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Obscure words explained 77. – fictile

FICTILE

Of or relating

to pottery, baked thrown clay

painted and then glazed.


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Unusual U.K. place names 52. – Wensleydale

WENSLEYDALE,  Yorkshire

Home to the Metcalfe clan

named after Woden’s  meadow

Famous for its cheese


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Unusual U.K. place names 51. – Stow cum Quy

STOW CUM QUY, Cambridgeshire

Stow means a high place

Quy  from Cowey, cow island

cum Latin for with

 


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Obscure words explained 75. – Murine

MURINE

I can smell a rat

Maybe it’s Chinese new year

Or, is that a mouse?


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Unusual U.K. place names 50. – Sampford Brett

SAMPFORD BRETT, Somersetshire

Name from sandy ford

and Brett family Manor

later, the Courtney’s

 


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Unusual U.K. place names 49. – Ilchester

ILCHESTER, Somersetshire

Rome’s name Lindinis*

Saxon name Givelcestre

Fort on Yeo river

  • Sometimes Lendinis


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Unusual U.K. place names48. – Sticklepath

STICKLEPATH, Devonshire

Granite tors rise high

Which has very high rainfal

causing bogs to form


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Unusual U.K. place names 47. – Old Sarum

OLD SARUM, Wiltshire

Iron age hill fort

Hunters then farmers lived here

Settled since B.C.


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Unusual U.K. place names 45. – Purse Caundle

PURSE CAUNDLE, Dorset

A strange name for sure!

Pronounced  the same as candle

Branch of River Yeo