LL-L "Names" 2005.09.27 (04) [E]

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From: Glenn Simpson <westwylam at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: names

DEAR ALL,

On place names in the North East of England - a
remarkable feature of the region is the lack of
British place names - many topographical names
survive, i.e. rivers, burns etc, but few actual
settlement place names. In addition there are very few
Danish or Norse place names, especially in the area
north of the river wear to the Scots border. There are
some around the Tees, where some Scandinavian
settlement took place.

Most place names are Anglian/old English in origin.

Best wishes
Glenn

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Names

Hello, Glenn!

I had understood the general tenet of the listing* to be that the etymology
of the places was Anglo-Saxon and different from what today's names and
their spelling suggest, in other words, that the names had in more recent
times come to be reanalysed by analogy with names common elsewhere in
England (e.g., AS -com > Welsh -cumb).

* http://www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk/Place%20NameMaps.htm

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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