Fa – the Green Dragon

A Place for the Odd Musings of an Expat Bristolian


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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 names48. – Sticklepath

STICKLEPATH, Devonshire

Granite tors rise high

Which has very high rainfal

causing bogs to form


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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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Unusual U.K. place names32. – Botus Fleming

BOTUS FLEMING, Cornwall

Near the Tamar River

Former Stoke-Flemings’ Manor

It’s close to Saltash