CAM, Gloucestershire
Is a large village
Bigger than neighbor Dursley
which has town status
Tag Archives: history
Unusual U.K. place names19. – Framilode
FRAMILODE, Gloucestershire
On the Severn’s Bank
The Tidesman* opens the lock
for the passing trows**
*Tidesman is a lock-keeper
**Trow is a flat-bottomed barge-like boat about 70Ft long for hauling cargo
The name Framilode means Frome crossing.
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Unusual U.K. Place names 21. – Happy Bottom
HAPPY BOTTOM, DORSET
No person gets here
by sitting around all day.
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Note: To explore these unusual place names, I urge readers to visit Google Earth to see where on earth they are situated and then to visit Wikipedia for expanded historical information. All of this is difficult to convey in just 17 syllables.
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Unusual U.K. place names 20. – Lychett Matravers
LYCHETT MATRAVERS
Lichett means grey Wood
Feudal Lord Hugh Maltravers
Name from Brittonic
Note: To explore these unusual place names, I urge readers to visit Google Earth to see where on earth they are situated and then to visit Wikipedia for expanded historical information. All of this is difficult to convey in just 17 syllables.
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Unusual U.K. place names 18. – France Lynch
FRANCE LYNCH
Old stone cottages
near Severn and Thames canal
Folk from Chalford Vale
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Unusual U.K. place names 8. – Zeal Manachorum
Unusual Place Names14. – Haselbury Plucknett
HASELBURY PLUCKNETT
named for hazel grove
Later by owner Plucknett
Saint Wulfric died here
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Unusual U.K. place names 12. – Melton Mowbray
Unusual U.K. place names 11. Cricket St. Thomas
CRICKET ST. THOMAS
In the Domesday book
Near Yeovil, south Somerset
To the manor born
Fa - the Green Dragon 
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