WOOLFARDSDISWORTHY, Devon-shire
pronounced Woolsery
Anglo-Saxon Wulfheard’s home
Nice place to visit
Category Archives: Bristol
Unusual U.K. place names 22. – Cam
CAM, Gloucestershire
Is a large village
Bigger than neighbor Dursley
which has town status
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Unusual U.K. place names19. – Framilode
FRAMILODE, Gloucestershire
On the Severn’s Bank
The Tidesman* opens the lock
for the passing trows**
*Tidesman is a lock-keeper
**Trow is a flat-bottomed barge-like boat about 70Ft long for hauling cargo
The name Framilode means Frome crossing.
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Unusual U.K. place names 18. – France Lynch
FRANCE LYNCH
Old stone cottages
near Severn and Thames canal
Folk from Chalford Vale
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Unusual U.K. place names17 – Ingst
Unusual U.K. place names 15. – Coombe Dingle
Unusual U.K. place names 8. – Zeal Manachorum
Unusual Place Names14. – Haselbury Plucknett
HASELBURY PLUCKNETT
named for hazel grove
Later by owner Plucknett
Saint Wulfric died here
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Unusual U.K. place names 11. Cricket St. Thomas
CRICKET ST. THOMAS
In the Domesday book
Near Yeovil, south Somerset
To the manor born
Fa - the Green Dragon 
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