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1817 LIBRARIES alluded allusion ancient appears ash trees associated BATSFORD became Blubberhouses bridge Buckinghamshire built burgh called CASTLE CHIGAN CHIPPING CAMPDEN Christopher Saxton church clearing commemorated connection Cornish Cornwall CRUMPLEHORN dairy farm denoted derived Devon Domesday Book Dorset early forms Ekwall enclosure England English Place-Names Essex example fact ford gate Hertfordshire hill homestead interesting kind known land LANE legend lived London Lowestoft Ness manor meaning meant MICHIGAN modern forms name referred neighbouring nice nickname Norfolk Normans Old English old names old word original personal name piccadils piece of ground probably queer realise recall reminder river river-name road Roman Saxons Scandinavian seems sense settlement SHELLOW BOWELLS Shropshire signposts slope SOMPTING spelling stream STREET suggest Sussex syllable Thames thirteenth century to-day TOLLER PORCORUM topographical town tree UGLEY UNIV valley village Welsh westward wick Wiltshire wonder wood Worcestershire Yorkshire