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List of British place names and their meanings

The following is a table of locations with British place names, their origins and their meanings.

A key to the languages: AS - Anglo-Saxon C - generic Celtic K - Cornish W - Welsh SG - Scots Gaelic N - Northumbrian Celtic PC - pre-Celtic Britannic origin L - Latin/Roman Fr - French V - Viking/Norse cor - Corruption

A list of generic prefixes, suffixes, etc found in British place name may be found here

**British Place Names**
Modern place name	Original name	Meaning	Language	Comments
Charlton[?]	ceorla-tun	Farmstead of the churls	AS	There are many Charltons in Britain, taken by some historians as an indicator of comparative economic and social freedom in the Anglo-Saxon social order
Croydon	croeas deana	Valley of crocuses	AS	Croydon derives its name from the fact that it was a centre for the gathering of saffron from crocuses.
Hooe[?]	hou	high ground or elevation	AS	Plymouth Hoe also derives its name from this source
Pennycomequick[?]	pen-y-cwm-kwiuk	head of the creek	K (cor)
Rodings[?]	Hrothingas	The tribesmen of Hrotha	AS (cor)

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