LYDFORD FAIR PLACE, Somersetshire
In the Mendip Hills
Leisurely and Moderate
Great routes for runners
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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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Obscure words explained 74. – mythomane
Obscure words explained 73. – nival
Unusual U.K. place names32. – Botus Fleming
BOTUS FLEMING, Cornwall
Near the Tamar River
Former Stoke-Flemings’ Manor
It’s close to Saltash
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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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