ORMESBY, Yorkhire
Viking settlement
Home to the Pennyman’s
Free to the public
Category Archives: Obscure stuff
Unusual U.K. place names54. – Wyre Piddle
WYRE PIDDLE, Worcestershire
famous brewery
Brewed “Piddle in the Hole” beer
On Piddle Brook
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Obscure words explained 78. – gree
Obscure words explained 77. – fictile
Unusual U.K. place names 53. – Moreton in Marsh
MORETON in MARSH, Gloucestershire
Farmstead on the moor
Romans, Saxons came after
Iron-age settlers
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Obscure words explained 76. – sagacious
Unusual U.K. place names 53. – Kirkcudbright
KIRKCUDBRIGHT, kirlcudbrightshire
Pronounced kirk Coo Bree
Meaning chapel of Cuthbert
He is buried here
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Unusual U.K. place names 52. – Wensleydale
WENSLEYDALE, Yorkshire
Home to the Metcalfe clan
named after Woden’s meadow
Famous for its cheese
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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
Fa - the Green Dragon 
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