Does any one know about the meaning of place names?

Loads of place names have the same parts to it, like Ham, wick bridge etc. Some are obvious, and I know that Ham is short for hamlet, but there are loads that I don't know! Id there a website with a dictionary of these?|||Placename Meanings





There are dictionaries of british place names. That you should be able to get quite cheap. Foud page as requested (looks better on table)





Anglo Saxon -Word Meaning - Examples of place name





barrow -wood -Barrow-in -Furness





bury -fortified place -Banbury/ Shaftesbury





ford -shallow river crossing -Stamford





ham -village -Birmingham





hamm -enclosure within bend of a river' -Southhampton


Buckingham





hurst -wooden hill - Staplehurst/ Chislehurst





leigh / lee / ley -forest clearing -Henley





mer /mar /mere -lake -Cromer





ney -island





port -market town -Bridport





stead /sted -place -Stanstead





stow / stowe -meeting place/holy place -Stowmarket


/Padstow





ton / tun -enclosed village / farmstead /manor


-Tonbridge/ Alton /Luton





wick / wich -Produce of a farm Greenwich (fields)


Woolwich (sheep)


Butterwick (dairy)


Chiswick (cheese)


Norwich (?)|||Í know some of the Wesh place names near to me for example. I live in Cwmsyfiog which means Strawberry Valley which sounds lovely.|||no there isn't - no one is interested enough. Why don't you write one? Here is another for your book - 'by' on the end of a place name means 'town'. Derby for example means 'animal town'.|||ID .. stands for ... Identification Card|||I Googled 'meaning place name elements' and got quite a few sites like the one below.|||If you go to the library, you should be able to find a book on English place names. Most countries have them for their particular language.|||Some are anglo-saxon..like Ham=a settlement %26amp;Hamm =a water meadow such as a stream runnng through a field.