tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post8950020770393677257..comments2023-10-07T22:03:43.897+01:00Comments on I live, I love, I craft, I am me...: 3 3 3 Toponymy 3 3 3kjsutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064786032612487652noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-19605812224638020192015-12-04T20:53:02.463+00:002015-12-04T20:53:02.463+00:00It is fascinating finding the origins of place nam...It is fascinating finding the origins of place names.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00682070120172969234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-15467640041544358942015-12-03T20:47:23.089+00:002015-12-03T20:47:23.089+00:00This is fascinating! I've got an English Dict...This is fascinating! I've got an English Dictionary of place names-<br />For Penruddock, it says, Celtic hill or chief (with an uncertain second element) , Ullswater - lake of a man called Ulfr (Scandivanian)<br /><br />xKezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705356707599121605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-65780660664895741722015-12-03T17:48:52.490+00:002015-12-03T17:48:52.490+00:00Love your 'educational posts' as one is ne...Love your 'educational posts' as one is never too old to learn. I have always liked the sound of Thorngumbald (a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire). No idea what it means but this link told me https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThorngumbaldThreads through my lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-20181549347766576452015-12-03T15:58:15.599+00:002015-12-03T15:58:15.599+00:00Love these names and their origins. Many around he...Love these names and their origins. Many around here are from First Nations or those brought over from England and Scotland. Wales has some really strange ones too!Kerry O'Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951445594586971908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-21462441910231508192015-12-03T15:45:26.398+00:002015-12-03T15:45:26.398+00:00I always get my tongue in a twist trying to pronou...I always get my tongue in a twist trying to pronounce 'thwaite'. XJuleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08580391460678291981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-15741287366820576582015-12-03T15:31:26.335+00:002015-12-03T15:31:26.335+00:00Not bored at all. I also am fascinated by place n...Not bored at all. I also am fascinated by place names. xx Jakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01289130103691572154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-12368508588378122332015-12-03T11:45:26.672+00:002015-12-03T11:45:26.672+00:00don't forget that Celtic peoples are more wide...don't forget that Celtic peoples are more widespread than many think. Cumbria = Cymru Fach...little Wales.<br />the 6th Century Red Book of Hergest was written in Welsh...but talks of The Men who went to Cattraeth...Catterick...gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-30636431046548998662015-12-03T11:28:09.915+00:002015-12-03T11:28:09.915+00:00Hello lovely :D
I love place names, especially the...Hello lovely :D<br />I love place names, especially the quaint English villages. It's a bit trickier in Wales but there is a place called 'Happy Valley' near my sister up Mid-Wales. Doesn't it sound lovely?!<br />xxxxx SaraSarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703288339689114251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-2936367113646209982015-12-03T08:19:02.132+00:002015-12-03T08:19:02.132+00:00I loved it, but then I also love the little book y...I loved it, but then I also love the little book you gave me. Pity you can't pick up one similar on the town names in Cumbria. Thanks and take care.<br />BTW, we have a Penrith here in Oz and it just below the Blue Mountains and a river runs through it and is crossed by a couple of bridges, so your version could work for our town too.Susan Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11945482062858126629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-12672051663973909672015-12-03T08:02:30.754+00:002015-12-03T08:02:30.754+00:00I can give one to add to your list. I used to liv...I can give one to add to your list. I used to live near Canewdon in Essex. It means Cana's people'. Something I learnt in school, when we did a project of our area over forty years ago!<br />Julie xxxxxKC'sCourt!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16768777808237333266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671225480721447118.post-50421655961993600702015-12-03T07:56:03.945+00:002015-12-03T07:56:03.945+00:00How place and peoples names have come about is fas...How place and peoples names have come about is fascinating isn't it! xxAmy at love made my homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111180584250029433noreply@blogger.com