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Bede Berks brook Brythonic Bucks burgh bury Caer Camb castle Chesh Cheshire Chester church cognate common name common O.E. name Corn Cornwall corrup Cumbld derives Devon Dict Dorset doubtful Duignan dún Durham dwelling enclosure ending English Essex farm ford found in Eng geat Glouc hall Hants Hereford Herts hill Home Hull Icel isle Itin Kelt Keltic Kent Lancs land Lincs London M'Clure man's name meadow means Nennius nook Norfk Norfolk Norman Norse Northants Notts O.E. chart O.E. Chron O.Fr Old forms needed orig patronymic Pembroke Penkridge Perh Pershore personal name Pipe PLACE-NAMES OF ENGLAND Possibly prob pron rare Riding river root Salop Saxon seems shire Skeat Somerset sons stone stream surname Surrey Sussex Tamworth thorpe town Uttoxeter valley village Wales Walsall Warwk Welsh whilst Wilts wood Worc Worcester worth Yorks