Place Name A reference to the Bishop of Winchester William of Waynflete, who in 1458 founded Magdalen College, one of Oxford…
Place Name Miss Barbara Thrupp was the energetic former Mitcham Council housing manager who devoted her life to local authority…
Place Name Name change. The historic name of a field, Meophams, which lay on the north side of the road.…
Place Name Yorkshire, England’s largest historic county, is divided into three ridings (from a Viking word meaning third) – North,…
Place Name Westmorland is an historic county in northwest England, famous for its landscapes, including parts of the Lake District.…
Place Name Sussex, a historic county on England’s south coast, has prehistoric roots. It was a significant Anglo-Saxon kingdom, founded…
Place Name Southampton, on England’s south coast, boasts a rich maritime history, going back to Roman times as a port…
Place Name Shropshire, bordering Wales, is England’s largest landlocked traditional county. The Romans established a fortress at Wroxeter, once the…
Place Name Radnor, or Radnorshire, is a historic county in mid-Wales with roots stretching back to ancient Celtic and early…
Place Name Montgomery, a historic town in Powys, Wales, was the county town of Montgomeryshire and has roots going back…