LL-L "History" 2005.05.14 (01) [E]

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From: David Barrow <davidab at telefonica.net.pe>
Subject: LL-L "History" 2005.05.13 (01) [E]

> From: Críostóir Ó Ciardha <paada_please at yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: LL-L "History" 2005.05.12 (08) [E]
>
> Sandy Fleming wrote:
> "In the south west were Saxons, who originally didn't refer to
> themselves as
> English, as we can see, for example, in the town name of "Englishcombe"
> south of Bristol - a settlement of Angles amongst the Saxons was
> distinguished as English."
>
> There are a number of similar examples in the East Midlands which
> indicate
> Frisian settlement - e.g., Frisby in I think Leicestershire or
> Lincolnshire.
> One of the schools in the area where I grew up was named Friesland
> School,
> although this is probably to do with the commemoration of some battle or
> aristocrat somewhere rather than a direct link to Fryslan.
>
> Go raibh maith agat,
>
> Criostóir.
>
Criostóir

I thought I read somewhere that '-by' was a Danish place name ending.
Did the Danes settle in what was previously a Frisian settlement and
just tag their suffix on to the original settlement name or something?

David Barrow
David

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