WYCHBOLD SALWARPE, Worcestershire
Salwarpe called Salop
Battlefield and Spadesbourne
where the rivers join
Category Archives: Haiku
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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Other words explained 1. – Recorder
RECORDER
Internal duct flute*
in the group of instruments
well known as Woodwinds
* Internal Duct flute: A flute with a whistle also referred to as “fipple mouthed”
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Hogmanay
Lang may your lum reek
First-footing New Year greeting.
Wi’ other folks coal.
Note: Tradition in Scotland says that good fortune will come to you by the first visitor after midnight at New Year. The visitor should be a tall, dark and handsome stranger bearing a gift for the family. A small lump of coal.
Translation: Long may your chimney smoke/smell (i.e.) have a fire for warmth; all the better with other people’s coal.
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Obscure words explained 70. – gawsy
Unusual U.K. place names28. – Pucklechurch
PUCKLECHURCH, Gloucestershire
Bronze-age round barrow
Saxon royal villa site
Kingdom of Wessex
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Unusual U.K. place names27. – Wickwar
WICKWAR, Gloucestershire
Name from Winchen means
dairy farm, owned by Norman*
la Warre family
- John la Warre given Winchen by King John and mentioned in the Domesday book in 1086. Still owned by Roger la Warre in 1285.
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Obscure words explained 69. – shilly shally
Unusual U.K. place names 26. – Bishop’s Stortford
BISHOP’S STORTFORD, Hertfordshire
An historic town
at a ford crossing the Stort
river flowing through
Fa - the Green Dragon 
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