What's in a name 2?
Following on from the original what's in a name. As mentioned I was out in the wilds of East Essex yesterday.
There are some good place names out there. It seemed that Jane Austen or Georgette Heyer must have been naming the places personally.
We had Woodham Ferrers, Layer Marney, Laye de la Haye, Layer Breton, Woodham Mortimer, Wickam Bishops, Fingringhoe Wick, Hatfield Peverel and my favourite Tolleshunt D'Arcy. There are some other Tolleshunt's, Tolleshunt knights and Major.
Oh and if you want you could have Sible Heddingham or Steeple Bumpstead. Not too far from me is Butcher's Pasture.
There is a place called Messing, obviously one for Kenneth Williams.
2 comments:
Steeple Bumstead is a favourite of mine!
Some great names in the country!!
C
Saarffend has got quite a twang too ;)
anon.dave..
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