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The Origins of Place Names Around DurhamEnglish place names may seem to have been made by a random name generator, but I have it on good authority (wikipedia) that they actually have meanings from olden days. The University of Nottingham has a thingamijig you can use to look up the root meaning of English place-names, and here is a glossary of…Read the story →