Local etymology; or Names of places in the British isles [&c.] explained & illustrated1849 |
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ancient name ancient village Argyleshire Bedfordshire Britain brook burg Burns called Celtic Celts Cheshire coast common name commutable county of Ireland county of Scotland Cumwhinton dale denotes district Doomsday-Book Dorsetshire famous field Gaelic and Irish Germ Germany gives name glen Greenock hamlet hence hill holm Huntingdonshire island isle Italy king Lancashire land leag Lincolnshire loch Lord marsh moss mountain mouth names arise Norfolk north of Ireland Northamptonshire Northumberland old word places in England places in Germany places in Ireland plain port promontory river Eden river of Cumberland river Wye rock Roman Saxon shire signifies small river Sometimes the name stone surname term Teut thorpe town of Germany town of Herts town of Ireland town of Sussex town of Ulster town of Yorkshire village of Cumberland village of Kent village of Yorkshire Wales Warwickshire Welsh west of Cumberland whence wood
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Seite 96 - Vaga echoes through her winding bounds, And rapid Severn hoarse applause resounds. Who hung with woods yon mountain's sultry brow ? From the dry rock who bade the waters flow ? Not to the skies in useless columns tost...
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