UTTOXETER, Staffordshire
Varied history
Luttuc’s homestead on the heath
Roman garrison
Category Archives: Latin terms
Obscure words explained 81. quiddity
Obscure words explained 80. – indicia
Obscure words explained 78. – gree
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 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 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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Obscure words explained 71. – hibernaculum
HIBERNACULUM
Winter quarters, home.
Such as a squirrel’s Drey nest
both warm and cosy
Fa - the Green Dragon 
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