List of British place names and their meanings
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The following is a table of locations with British place names, their origins and their meanings.
A key to the languages: AS - Anglo-Saxon C - generic Celtic
K - Cornish W - Welsh SG - Scots Gaelic N - Northumbrian Celtic PC - pre-Celtic Britannic origin L - Latin/Roman Fr - French V - Viking/Norse cor - Corruption
A list of generic prefixes, suffixes, etc found in British place name may be found here
Modern place name
Original name
Meaning
Language
Comments
Charlton[?]
ceorla-tun
Farmstead of the churls
AS
There are many Charltons in Britain, taken by some historians as an indicator of comparative economic and social freedom in the Anglo-Saxon social order
Croydon
croeas deana
Valley of crocuses
AS
Croydon derives its name from the fact that it was a centre for the gathering of saffron from crocuses.
Hooe[?]
hou
high ground or elevation
AS
Plymouth Hoe also derives its name from this source
Pennycomequick[?]
pen-y-cwm-kwiuk
head of the creek
K (cor)
Rodings[?]
Hrothingas
The tribesmen of Hrotha
AS (cor)