OLD SARUM, Wiltshire
Iron age hill fort
Hunters then farmers lived here
Settled since B.C.
Category Archives: Anglo-Saxons
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
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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 – Middle Wallop
MIDDLE WALLOP, Hampshire
Of three villages
old name Waella and Hop
Spring water valley
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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.
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Unusual U.K. place names 30. – Wychbold Salwarpe
WYCHBOLD SALWARPE, Worcestershire
Salwarpe called Salop
Battlefield and Spadesbourne
where the rivers join
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Unusual U.K. place names29. _ Droitwich Spa
DROITWICH (SPA), Worcestershire
Famous for its salt
Romans named it Salinae
On River Salwarpe
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Unusual U.K. place names28. – Pucklechurch
PUCKLECHURCH, Gloucestershire
Bronze-age round barrow
Saxon royal villa site
Kingdom of Wessex
Fa - the Green Dragon 