Fa – the Green Dragon

A Place for the Odd Musings of an Expat Bristolian

February 5, 2020
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Unusual U.K. place names 56. – Ormesby

ORMESBY, Yorkhire

Viking settlement

Home to the Pennyman’s

Free to the public

February 4, 2020
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Unusual U.K. place names54. – Wyre Piddle

WYRE PIDDLE, Worcestershire

famous brewery

Brewed “Piddle in the Hole” beer

On Piddle Brook

February 3, 2020
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Obscure words explained 78. – gree

GREE

A step or rank earned

Prize given for victory.

from Latin gradus

February 2, 2020
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Obscure words explained 77. – fictile

FICTILE

Of or relating

to pottery, baked thrown clay

painted and then glazed.

February 1, 2020
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Unusual U.K. place names 53. – Moreton in Marsh

MORETON in MARSH, Gloucestershire

Farmstead on the moor

Romans, Saxons came after

Iron-age settlers

January 28, 2020
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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

January 27, 2020
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Unusual U.K. place names 58. – Godmanchester

GODMANCHESTER, Cambridgeshire

Durovigtum

Settled by Celts and Saxons.

An old Roman town

January 26, 2020
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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

January 25, 2020
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Obscure words explained 75. – Murine

MURINE

I can smell a rat

Maybe it’s Chinese new year

Or, is that a mouse?

January 24, 2020
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Unusual U.K. place names 50. – Sampford Brett

SAMPFORD BRETT, Somersetshire

Name from sandy ford

and Brett family Manor

later, the Courtney’s