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- Toponymy_of_England abstract "The toponymy of England, like the English language itself, derives from various linguistic origins. Modern interpretations are apt to be inexact: many English toponyms have been corrupted and broken down over the years, due to changes in language and culture which have caused the original meaning to be lost. In some cases, words used in placenames are derived from languages that are extinct, and of which there are no extant known definitions; or placenames may be compounds between two or more languages from different periods. Many names predate the radical changes in the English language triggered by the Norman Conquest, and some predate the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons.Placenames typically have meanings which were significant to the settlers of a locality (not necessarily the first settlers). Sometimes these meanings are relatively clear (for instance Newcastle, Three Oaks); but, more often, elucidating them requires study of ancient languages. In general, placenames in England contain three broad elements: personal names (or pre-existing names of natural features), natural features, and settlement functions. However, these elements derive from ancient languages spoken in the British Isles, and the combinations in a single name may not all date from the same period, or the same language. Much of the inferred development of British placenames relies on the breaking down and corruption of placenames. As the names lose their original meaning (because a new or modified language becomes spoken), the names are either changed, or drift to new forms, or are added to. An example is Breedon on the Hill in Leicestershire, whose name seems to have grown by the accretion of elements stressing the hill in the language currently spoken.".
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- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageExternalLink DB_place-name_forms.html.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageExternalLink English_placename_element_distribution.html.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageExternalLink index.html.
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- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Aberdeen.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Anglo-Saxons.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Askrigg.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Back-formation.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Bakewell.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Blencathra.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Breedon_on_the_Hill.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink British_toponymy.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Brittonic_languages.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Bronze_Age.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Brythonic_languages.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Caerwent.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Cambridge.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Carlisle,_Cumbria.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Category:English_toponymy.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Celtic_language.
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- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Celtic_peoples.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Celts.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Chapel-en-le-Frith.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Chester.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Chester-le-Street.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Chew_Magna.
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- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Cornish_language.
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- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Croydon.
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- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Danelaw.
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- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Dark_Ages_(historiography).
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Deva_Victrix.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Dorset.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Edinburgh.
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- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Greenhow.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Helvellyn.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink History_of_the_English_language.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Hornsey.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Howe,_North_Yorkshire.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Ireland.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Iron_Age.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Keswick,_Cumbria.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Kingdom_of_Gwent.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Languages_of_England.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Latin.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Leicestershire.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Lerwick.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink List_of_British_places_with_Latin_names.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink List_of_Latin_place_names_in_Britain.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink List_of_Roman_place_names_in_Britain.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink List_of_UK_place_names_with_royal_patronage.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink List_of_United_Kingdom_county_name_etymologies.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink List_of_generic_forms_in_place_names_in_the_United_Kingdom_and_Ireland.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink List_of_non-Christian_religious_placenames_in_Britain.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink List_of_place_names_with_royal_patronage_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink List_of_places_in_England.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink List_of_river_name_etymologies.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Locations_in_the_world_with_an_English_name.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Malton,_North_Yorkshire.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Malvern_Hills.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Middle_English.
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- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Norman_Conquest.
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- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Northumbrian_dialect.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Norwegian_language.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Old_English.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Old_English_language.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Old_Europe_(archaeology).
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Old_European_culture.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Old_Norse.
- Toponymy_of_England wikiPageWikiLink Old_Norse_language.