Place names can be a complicated thing. The English language does not guarantee two similar-looking words will sound the same. And nowhere is this more evident than in place names. Throughout the course of history England has been invaded hundreds of times. The Saxons, the Romans, the Vikings – armies from all over the world who all left a little bit of their culture, and language behind when they left. These people were the among the first to build villages and towns and name them,...
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