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roflmao - that original post m8 was a loaded post and tbh I didn't expect anyone to get it. Well done Sir, I take my hat off to you. If I had a small (pair of) prize (undies) it would go to you.
"Reality is what it is, not what you want it to be." Frank Zappa. ----------- "The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike." Huang Po.----------- "A drowsy line of wasted time bathes my open mind", - Ride.
currently living in Clifton, in Bristol
born London, have house outside Newbury (Woolton Hill)
went to school in Oxford and also near Forest Row (sussex)...
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Clifton Mmmm very nice... see bottom.
Recorded as Clistone 1086 (DB)
Clifton is a common place name meaning 'farmstead on or near a cliff or bank'
From the OE cliff + tûn
Bristol
Brycg stowe 11th century. Recorded as Bristou 1086 (DB) meaning 'assembly place by the bridge'. Derived from the OE brycg + stõw.
Newbury berks
Recorded as Neuberie c.1080 meaning 'new market town or borough'. From the OE níwe + burh (dative byrig). Athough byrig/burgh tends to mean 'fort' I suspect this is a one of those instances where the meaning of words starts to blur.
Woolton Hill berks
Whilst there is no mention in the book of the above there is
Woolton Mersey.
Recorded as 'Uluentune' 1086 (DB) meaning 'farmstead of a man named "Wulfa" form the OE (persons name) + tún.
So maybe Woolton Hill is 'Wulfa's farmstead on a hill'.
Oxford Oxfordshire (Oxen)
Recorded as 'Oxnaforda' 10th century and Oxeneford 1086 (DB) and means 'ford used by oxen'. Not too difficult to work out.
From the OE 'oxa' (geninive plural of oxna) + ford.
btw Oxfordshire is first referred to in the 11th century.
Forest Row East Sussex
Recorded as 'Forstrowe' 1467 and means 'Row of (trees or houses) in Ashdown forest' Derives from the Middle English (ME) words 'forest' + 'row'
kind of strange really as I'm from Henley (Oxon) and currently live in Bristol in the wonderfully exotic area of Patchway! renting from a friend whilst I save for a deposit for a housie. Used to live in St Andrews (Arches) - working for Rolls.
"Reality is what it is, not what you want it to be." Frank Zappa. ----------- "The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike." Huang Po.----------- "A drowsy line of wasted time bathes my open mind", - Ride.
I already know what the meaning for my town is (I think) but I will see what else you can dig up
Pontefract
Selby
LOL the boltonian's are gonna be after your blood now. They hate the fact they are classified as being in "Greater Manchester"
As for where I live heres some info I dug up
Worsley
Earliest definite records of Worsley go back to the Elias family, who seized the Manor of Worsley during the Norman Conquest. Formerly a mining area with many canals, now mainly a residential area.
what about Neston, or Nesson as it used to be known? On the Wirral BTW
About 2 miles away from me, in Parkgate, Nelson used to get it on with Lady Hamilton in a cottage on the Parkgate front.....hense my local boozer bein called the lady Ham
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aberystwyth = town on the ystwyth river innit
like abertifi (aka cardigan) = town on the tifi obv. in welsh
Tell me about Glasgow then...
i know most of the folk stories of the history of glasgow but not how it got its name.
how about, "Orpington"
Mike
Breadstone which used to be Bradstone apparently
LMFAO, I live in St.Albans
Went to School in Harpenden (do that one), Well, we had to do a (boring) SA on what we would do as a foreign aggressor with 3 Nuclear Missiles, and explain what would be the best place to drop them...... Sooooo, cba to do this I thought, and after half an hour of staring out the window I wrote..... I would drop them all on Hemel Hempstead!
Lol, next lesson the teacher said (to much cheering and desk banging) 'Johnny, You're supposed to be hurting Britain, not helping it!'
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Pronounced: NO-lee NO-teece per-mee-TAIR-ray TEH tuh-RAIR-ay!
Pontefract W Yorks
Recorded as 'Pontefracto' 1090. Meaning 'broken bridge' from the Latin 'pons + fractus'. Not too difficult to work that one out if you knew a little French too.
Selby N Yorks
Recorded as 'Seleby' c.1030 and as 'Salebi' in the Doomsday Book 1086. It means 'Farmstead or village near (a copse) of sallow-trees'. From either the OE word 'sele' or the Old Scandinavian word 'selja' + the Old Scandanavian word 'bý' Sallow tree is a willow tree of the long growing or shrubby kind.
Worsley Greater Manchester (only reporting what the book says)
Recorded as 'Werkesleia' 1196 and 'Wyrkitheley' 1246. Means 'a woodland clearing of (owned) by a woman called Weorcgýth (or a man named Weorthchæth) From OE the persons name + 'leah'
Neston Cheshire
Recorded as 'Nestone' 1086 (DB) meaning 'Farm on the promontory'. From OE words 'næss' + 'tun'
Promontory is a ' Point of high land jutting out into the sea' It can also mean a protuberance from the body....snigger,snigger. Which actually describes the bit of land from Neston then Parkgate upto Gayton and Newall. Multimap.com
Glasgow Strathclyde. I went to (Strathclyde) Uni there. woot woot.
Not in the book cos it's Scottish but Glasgow means 'Dear green place' from the Celtic words 'glas' + 'cu' ( ha ha cu jimmy) Fabulous place, did you know it has more green spaces (parks) per percentage area than any other city in Europe.
Orpington Gtr London (I thought it was Kent)
Recorded as 'Orpedingtun' 1032 and 'Orpinton' 1086 (DB) Meaning 'Estate associated with a man called Orped'
From the mans name + OE word 'tun' (homestead), + ing' which is a "medial connective particle" i.e. an association with.
Breadstone Glos
Recorded as 'Bradelestan' 1236 and 'Bradeneston' 1273. Meaning '(Place at) the broad stone' From the OE words 'brad' + 'stan'. Know of any big stones nearby?
Bradstone Devon
Recorded as 'Bradan Stane ' c.970 and 'Bradestana 1086 (DB) Same meaning as above.
Harpenden Herts
Herpendene c.1060. meaning 'valley of the harp' form the OE words 'hearpe' + 'denu' (valley).
or more likely, the harpe bit is a reduced form of the OE word 'here-pæth' meaning 'highway or main road'. I live near a village called Harpsden that is on a very old road running through the bottom of the valley.
So most likely 'Valley of the highway'.
St Albans Herts
'Sancte Albanes stow' 1007 (so a century old!) and 'Villa Sancti Albani' 1086 (DB) meaning 'Holy place of St Alban' from the saint martyred here in AD 209.
The early spellings include 'stow' which is OE for holy place and Latin word 'villa' meaning town.
"Reality is what it is, not what you want it to be." Frank Zappa. ----------- "The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike." Huang Po.----------- "A drowsy line of wasted time bathes my open mind", - Ride.
"Cambridge", should be a easy one, but still I want to hear.
no specific stone, but there is a disused quarry, and stone from there was used to build many of the local houses including my own, so it maybe that it is refering to that.
thanks for the input , tis rather interesting...
Pfft strathclyde uni sucks bum
ahh yes, dear green place, i did know after all
tell me what wakefield (w.yorks) means then...
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