The place names themselves derive from Old English anne alone solitary or ansetl hermitage and leah woodland clearing.

English names for places. We use the before countries that contain a word like Union Emirates Kingdom. By Shantae This question provided us the wonderful opportunity to provide some quite interesting and insightful information that I hope Shantae and indeed all others who will be reading in. These forms have been collected over the last ninety years as part of the English Place-Name Societys Survey of English Place-Names.

Included place-names range from the familiar to the obscure among them Beer Findlater Broadbottom and Great Snoring. Use the Definite Article The with Countries that are States Unions Republics etc. The Origins of English Place Names.

Kirkcudbright Dumfries and Galloway Scotland 6. 19 British place names youve probably been mispronouncing your entire life 1. These words mean that the country is a group of smaller states.

You might not be able to get out and visit our historic sites but were still here to help you discover the best stories from Englands past. This article lists a. Either Annesley in Nottinghamshire or Ansley in Warwickshire.

We use the with some names of buildings we usually write the without a capital letter the Taj Mahal the Alhambra the Houses of. The Historical Gazetteer brings the four million historical place-name forms of the Survey including those for hamlets fields and streets into the digital realm heralding a new era of chronological depth and spatial granularity in gazetteer provision. HISTORY AT HOME.

Keighley Kempston Kendal Kenilworth Kesgrave Keswick Kettering Keynsham Kidderminster Kidsgrove Killingworth Kimberley Kingsbridge Kings Lynn Kingston-upon-Hull Kingston upon Thames Kington Kirkby Kirkby-in-Ashfield Kirkby Lonsdale Kirkham Knaresborough Knottingley Knutsford Kingsteignton. From English Grammar Today Buildings monuments cathedrals etc. English Place Names In Jamaica Popular places named by the British in Jamaica.