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List of Illustrations | 13 |
County Abbreviations | 14 |
Pronunciation of Old English and Old Norse Spellings | 15 |
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added addition affix Anglo-Saxon appears areas barrow belong bridge called Castle Celtic century church clear common comparable compound containing counties cross Danish denote derived distinguished district doubt earlier early East element enclosure England especially evidence examples fact farm farmstead field ford French frequently Gate given hill homestead identical important indicate known land Lane later Latin manor meaning Middle Midlands modern form North noted occasionally occurs Old English Old Norse origin particularly perhaps period personal name place-names plural presumably probably rare recorded refers represent respectively ridge Riding river road Roman Scandinavian second element seems sense settlement similar Similarly sometimes South spellings stone stream Street suggested term town usually valley various village West wood word