KIRKCUDBRIGHT, kirlcudbrightshire
Pronounced kirk Coo Bree
Meaning chapel of Cuthbert
He is buried here
Category Archives: ancient religion
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 58. – Godmanchester
GODMANCHESTER, Cambridgeshire
Durovigtum
Settled by Celts and Saxons.
An old Roman town
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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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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 44. – Huish Episcopi
HUISH EPISCOPI, Somersetshire
Outskirts of langport
Belonged to bishop of Wells
Somerset Levels
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Unusual U.K. place names 31 – Bungay
BUNGAY, Suffolkshire
Called Bucincga Haye
after Bonna, Saxon chief
Now a market town
Note: Met a fellow from Bungay yesterday so I decided to write this piece.
Fa - the Green Dragon 
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