The etymology of the name Liverpool is, according to the popular belief ; derived from the name of a bird called the liver or lever, which was said to frequent the site of the town, great part of which was formerly a marshy pool, which was filled and emptied with the flowing and ebbing of tide. In conformity with this popular tradition, the corporate seal of the town bears the figure of a bird ...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Béil Feirste ; river mouth and sandbar or tidal ford"

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

The original Anglo-Saxon settlement of Swindon sat in a defensible position atop a limestone hill. It is referred to in the Domesday Book as Suindune, believed to be derived from the Old English words "swine" and "dun" meaning "pig hill" or possibly Sweyn's hill, where Sweyn is a personal name.

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By *tella Heels OP TV/TS over a year ago

west here ford shire

"The original Anglo-Saxon settlement of Swindon sat in a defensible position atop a limestone hill. It is referred to in the Domesday Book as Suindune, believed to be derived from the Old English words "swine" and "dun" meaning "pig hill" or possibly Sweyn's hill, where Sweyn is a personal name.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Barking: Its name came from Anglo-Saxon Berecingas, meaning either "the settlement of the followers or descendants of a man called Bereca" or "the settlement by the birch trees.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Named after a celtic, Saint, St eia who traveled to Cornwall On A millstone

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I grew up near Sheffield, a field next to the river Sheaf. We're not very imaginative.

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By *tella Heels OP TV/TS over a year ago

west here ford shire

There is a village not far away called bagweldyart

We just call it bag load of idiots, love to know where it came from

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By *randmrsminxyCouple over a year ago

Gloucester

I lived near minehead local folk law says it got it's name from when the vikings came and got hammered on a scrumpy. And when the woke up the said got in himel mine head

and the name stuck

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