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Unusual U.K. place names 60. – Tonypandy

TONYPANDY, Glamorganshire (Welsh – Morgannwg)

In Rondda valley

former coal mining town and

prehistoric site

 

 


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Obscure words explained 81. quiddity

UIDDITY

\The whatness of stuff

The essential quality

Of what something is


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Unusual U.K. Place names 58. – Awre

AWRE, Gloucestershire

Name from Old English

meaning sour water meadow

Cows had long faces

 


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Obscure words explained 80. – indicia

INDICIA

Signs, indications

even a distinctive mark.

Substitute for stamps

 


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Unusual U.K. place names 56. – Ormesby

ORMESBY, Yorkhire

Viking settlement

Home to the Pennyman’s

Free to the public

 


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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


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Obscure words explained 78. – gree

GREE

A step or rank earned

Prize given for victory.

from Latin gradus


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Obscure words explained 77. – fictile

FICTILE

Of or relating

to pottery, baked thrown clay

painted and then glazed.


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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